This week Year 4 students at St Stephens Community Academy in Launceston took part in an Outdoor Climate Day.

The children were involved in a variety of activities which they enjoyed immensely. Initially, they created beautiful floor pictures using a variety of natural items they found around our wooded area.

These pictures reflected an element of climate change that they wanted to acknowledge. Following on from that, they took part in whole class and paired activities where they explored locations across the world and lead each other blindfolded on a tour to their favourite tree and back. Another key focus was the 3 Rs of: Reduce, Recycle and Reuse. They collected a variety of examples of each that they could find in the school environment and had fun in team races to sort a variety of given objects. In the afternoon, the children made ‘tippee taps’ from bamboo, string and recycled milk bottles.

These are designed to provide water, with limited waste, in remote areas. They were great fun to make and the children were very resilient and resourceful. Finally, the children made bug hotels and wildflower seed bombs, which will enhance our own school grounds for the insects and bees that we want to watch flourish here at St Stephens in months to come.

“Well done Year 4 great team work! We are immensely proud of our curriculum that enhances our pupil’s understanding of the world we live in and how to be a ‘Sustainable Citizen’. Our school values of Communication, Relationships, Advocacy and Leadership well and truly in action.” Maura Furber, headteacher explained.