Eco week has been a rip roaring success! Above you can see an investigation which was being carried out in the science room. The children were provided with a scoop of sand from the beach and, after water was added, they were instructed to analyse what they found in the sand other than shells and pebbles. Plastic floats, so after a good stir, myriad pieces of plastic rose to the surface of the water. Do you know what a Nurdle is? I certainly didn’t until yesterday. A Nurdle is a piece of rigid, pre-production plastic, about the size of a small, polystyrene ball. The children were tasked with finding these and separating them from the secondary plastic or pieces of broken down micro-plastic which floats around in our rivers, seas and oceans. The children are familiar with the dangers of plastic but were amazed, and frankly appalled, by the amount of Nurdles and plastic which we found in what was a very small amount of sand. This horror only increased as they discovered that once made, plastic of this nature never disappears and is found throughout the food-chain, even in humans. Real food for thought. This was just one of the super activities which the children have been up to. In the Nursery, the children learnt about the importance of bees. Rohan’s Grandad brought in an empty hive and apiarist’s suit for the children to see. They all had a taste of some delicious honey and were gifted a large pot as well as some pendants, which was incredibly generous and we are very thankful. The Reception class too have been involved. They have been learning about the peril of plastic and have fashioned their own bags by recycling newspapers. They are fabulous! Great learning all round I think you’ll agree.
FSM School Pre-Prep 