Green Day 2010Riverside Special School, East Riding of Yorkshire

11 June 2010

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Green Day at Riverside Special School, East Riding of Yorkshire

Riverside Special School caters for pupils between 5 and 16 years old with moderate learning difficulties and complex needs. The whole school took part in Green Day which ran in early June.

The school had two focuses for their Green Day: firstly to allow the pupils to experience a variety of energy saving activities and secondly to learn how to make the school grounds greener.

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Riverside Special School

“We invited the Waste and Recycling Officer into

school to help run the activities. Green Day was a

great experience for all pupils to participate in fun

activities whilst gaining an understanding of what

they can do to help our environment.”

Sarah Hoffman, Riverside School

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Activity one

The school has a sensory garden. As part of Green Day the pupils made improvements and spent some time using their sustainable outdoor learning space.

You can find more information about how to run similar activities by looking at ‘Grow your own lunch’ on page 24, ‘Bottle greenhouse’ on page 34, and ‘Design and create’ on page 40 of the Green Day teacher’s activity kit.

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Activity two

Pupils made small windmills to investigate the concept of energy creation from natural sources.

To find out more about running a similar activity with your school have a look at ‘Where does our electricity come from?’ on page 26 of the Green Day teachers’ activity kit.

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Activity three

Pupils wrote a pledge to say how they’d behave in a greener way in the future. Then they presented these to the rest of their class.

To find out more about running a similar activity with your school have a look at ‘Pledge tree’ on page 12 of the Green Day teachers’ activity kit.

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Activity four

The school ran a poster competition with pupils producing work to encourage more energy saving behaviour and recycling around the school.

To find out more about running a similar campaigning activity with your school take a look at ‘Community competition’ p15, ‘Persuade them ‘til they’re green’ p20, ‘Launch a campaign’ p22, ‘Class campaign’ p27 or ‘Spread the word’ p41 of the Green Day teacher’s activity kit.

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Thanks to staff and students at Riverside Special School, East Riding