‘Sustrans Big Walk and Wheel inspires pupils to make active journeys to school, improve air quality in their neighbourhood and discover how these changes benefit their world.’ 

Some interesting final statistics recorded from this year's Big Walk and Wheel Challenge! WELL DONE 4W who were the overall leading class with 191 active journeys to school. Bring on Walk to School Week coming up on 19th May! 

On Monday during assembly, Claire Murrel, an environmental officer from Stevenage Borough Council visited our school to talk about what we can do to reduce, reuse and recycle. We learnt that it is best to reduce and reuse - to stop waste being created in the first place. We looked into how to recycle in our local area in Stevenage and we learnt that glass is infinitely recyclable meaning it can be reused again and again! We now know some handy tips to help reduce the amount of waste that we send to landfills and will be much more mindful of how to protect our planet.

On Wednesday, Year 4 walked to the town centre to learn all about the Stevenage Regeneration project taking place. We were guided by staff from the project who gave us a tour of some of the new areas (the playground and event area) as well as facts about the new bus station and historical clock tower. The mural detailling the history of Stevenage (aka the 'Strong Oak'!) was the most interesting part! The children showed curiosity and respect to their local community, well done!

On Friday 10th November work on the new community woodland was completed and officially named “Fairlane Wood”. Although all the past and present members were not able to join due to limited places, we were able to take some of the ECO Committee members to re-visit the trees that they planted and take part in various nature-themed activities. We learnt more about the trees in the existing woodland – did you know there is actually a moat in the woodland! We also collected some seeds and then were lucky enough to interact with some amazing birds of prey! Here are a few photos from the event and look out for our upcoming ECO Committee Autumn Newsletter where we will tell you more about our trip.

To support Clean Air Day, families were encouraged to walk, scoot, cycle or ‘park and walk’ to school. Children in our ECO Committee made signs for our drop off zone and posters made by children in 4O were put up around the school.

This week, children in our ECO Committee have been taking part in Keep Britain Tidy’s Big Litter Pick campaign. We have ‘pledged to pick’ and will work to clear the grounds of any litter to make it safer for the wildlife that lives here. Two children in our school have got ahead of the game and spent some of their weekend litter picking in their local community. Well done, Marley and Anniyah!