Ecoschool

Year 4 Trip to Klimahaus Bremerhaven

In February 2025 and October 2025, our Year 4 classes visited the Klimahaus in Bremerhaven for an exciting educational experience about climate and geography. The students explored the interactive exhibits, traveling through different climate zones along the 8th longitude, from the icy Arctic to the humid tropics, including experiencing the temperatures in these different zones. They engaged in hands-on activities that demonstrated the effects of climate change and how different regions adapt to their environments. The visit provided a fun and immersive way to learn about weather patterns, ecosystems, and sustainability. Students also discovered practical ways to protect the planet, such as reducing waste, conserving energy, and making eco-friendly choices in daily life.

Primary School Sustainability Assemblies

As part of our journey to becoming an Eco-School, our Primary School has placed a strong focus on raising awareness of environmental issues. During the 2024–2025 school year, every class took responsibility for researching, preparing, and leading a whole-school assembly on a sustainability topic.

Through these assemblies, students not only deepened their own knowledge but also inspired their peers to think critically about how everyday choices impact our planet. The process encouraged teamwork, creativity, and public speaking, while promoting our shared responsibility for the environment.

The assemblies explored a wide range of issues, including:

• Climate Change and its Effects
• Sustainable and Renewable Energy Sources
• Buying Local – The Journey of Food and Its Environmental Impact
• Reducing Your Carbon Footprint
• The Benefits of Trees and Forests
• The Role of Bees and Pollinators
• Water Conservation
• Reducing Plastic Waste
• The Importance of Recycling
• Earth Day Celebration
• The Dangers of Littering
• Protecting Endangered Animals

These assemblies have helped create a stronger culture of environmental awareness across our school community, ensuring that sustainability remains at the heart of our learning and daily actions.

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Year 3 & 4 Visit to Leibniz University Hannover…

On Wednesday 11th June 2025, our Year 3 and 4 students had the exciting opportunity to visit Leibniz University in Hannover to learn more about sustainability in action.

During the visit, the children explored a variety of interactive stations set up in the university concourse and led by university students. These hands-on activities introduced them to different sustainability projects, giving our pupils the chance to ask questions, experiment, and see how research connects to real-world environmental challenges.

The experience was both inspiring and practical, sparking curiosity about how we can all contribute to a more sustainable future. It also gave our students a glimpse of what studying science and sustainability at university level looks like — a truly memorable day of learning beyond the classroom.

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Launch of the PULSE School App

For the 2024–2025 school year, we are proud to introduce our brand-new school app, PULSE. Designed in collaboration with two of our own alumni, this app provides parents with quick and easy access to key information while also helping us significantly reduce paper use across the school.

The app is part of our commitment to becoming an Eco-School, as it replaces several traditional paper-based processes with a digital platform. By doing so, we are cutting down on unnecessary printing, reducing waste, and making communication more sustainable.

Why PULSE?

• Better for children: Parents can instantly see house points and mentoring notes, making it easier to celebrate achievements and support learning goals at home.
• Better for parents: All information is available in one place, easy to access when needed, with no disruptive notifications.
• Better for the planet: By reducing printing, the app directly supports our eco targets.

What’s included?
At launch, parents can view their child’s house points and mentoring conversations. From October 2025, interim reports will also be published through the app, further streamlining communication in a more environmentally friendly way.

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Year 2 trip to the paper making factory

Our Year 2 students were lucky to visit a paper making work shop. In this hands-on workshop, pupils discovered the practical art of paper-making. Using old newspapers, they created pulp, scooped and poured the mixture, pressed it, and finally dried their sheets to produce new handmade paper.

Through this creative process, students experienced firsthand how a discarded material can be transformed into something useful again. They also learned about the wider impact of recycled paper in protecting forests, conserving resources, and helping to combat climate change.

The children were especially excited to watch their creations take shape. One pupil commented, “It was amazing to see how something old and used could turn into something completely new that we made ourselves!”

This activity combined science, creativity, and sustainability, showing pupils that even small actions — like reusing paper — can make a positive difference for our planet.

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Waste – Too Good to Throw Away

On Friday 19th September as part of our sustainability education, pupils took part in a workshop on waste separation and recycling (Umweltbildung – Abfallvermeidung – Ressourcenschutz). Our Year 2’s worked on up cycling using waste materials. The session highlighted how everyday materials such as paper, metal, and plastics can be recycled, and how small the amount of residual waste can be when sorting is done carefully.

Students learned how waste prevention and recycling are key methods of conserving resources. They explored material cycles, such as the journey of plastics through recycling processes, and discussed practical strategies for reducing waste in their daily lives.

The workshop also introduced students to regional waste disposal and recycling systems, helping them understand how these processes work locally and why their individual actions make a difference.

By the end of the session, pupils gained not only knowledge about recycling but also a deeper appreciation for the idea that much of our waste is “too good to throw away” and can be given a second life through responsible consumption and disposal.

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