BEC - Projects
The School Environmental Area
Our first project was setting up an Environmental area in our school grounds, it has been really
successful . It you would like to find out more about it, click here and it will take you to the
Environmental section of this web-site.
The Church Yard of St. Michael and All Angels Bassingham
After setting up our school environmental area we decided to carry on this interest into the
village by setting up an area behind the church.
Our
aims were...
Boxing Day
Our next attempt to create wildlife areas within the community was "Boxing Day". Staff,
children, parents and members of the community spent a Saturday morning in school making
bird- boxes. More than 50 were made and distributed around the surrounding villages, complete
with fact sheet. All materials were "begged" from various individuals and firms. We monitored
the boxes to find out how many were occupied. Most of the boxes are still being used.
If you want to know how to make a bird box , then click here and it will take you to an
BEC - What's happening now!
Playground markings
BEC has set a task for the pupils in school to design a some new markings for the
playground. We will present a prize for the winning design. We hope that they will make up their
own rules for the games and perhaps we could make a booklet of these ideas.
The designs will be judged by the BEC committee and the teachers. They will choose the
most exciting design which will benefit most pupils.
We are going to use the money we've raised from managing the recycling bins in the village car
park. This is about £350!
Seating and Litter Bins
We're hoping to approach local businesses for sponsorship.
Mrs Clough, who was a teacher at school, bought the school a seat for the pupils to sit on. We
are hoping to get some more so that people will not be squashed while sitting down!
Mrs. Ash who was our school secretary has just retired, she bought us a litter bin in the shape
of a Hippo as a present.
We have called it Helen the Hungry Hippo. Helen the Hungry Hippo is absolutely massive and
about 125 cm tall which is bigger than most of the reception children. Helen always makes
people smile because it's mouth is so big and happy!
We want to approach local businesses
to see if they will sponsor a bin or another seat.
Coffee Morning and Sunflower Competition
Each year we organise a sunflower competition.
On a Saturday morning we invite people to come to the school for a little coffee morning. They
bring their spare garden plants to swap with other people. We also have a sunflower
competition for everyone to join in on. Everyone plants 2 sunflower seeds each. They take
them home, and when they've germinated, they plant them in their gardens. At the end of term
they bring their measurements back to school and we reward a prize to the tallest sunflower.
The sunflower heads provide seeds
for the birds in the Autumn and Winter.
Suggestions Please
If you have any good ideas of ways in which we could develop our company please write in and
let us know.