Eco-Schools Action Plan St. Anne’s Primary School
Eco-Schools Topic: Outdoor Learning and Biodiversity Date Range of this Plan: August 2013 – June 2014
After the result of the Big Bird Watch over the past couple of years we are noticing that we do not have a wide variety of birds/insects/animals in our school grounds. We would like to attract more wildlife and provide shelter/homes for some animals/insects during the year. We aim to increase the biodiversity in our school grounds.Action / Who's in charge? / When will it be done by? (if ongoing, when did it start?) / How can we monitor it? / How will we know when we're successful? / How much will it cost? / Did it work?
Any ideas for the future?
Create a bug hotel to encourage insects to live there. /
Outdoor Learning/
Biodiversity Council
/December 2013
/Observations during council time and Golden Time Gardening Group
/We will see a variety of insects using the bug hotel.
/Free of charge as crates to make hotel will be donated.
/Top up and clean up our bird feeders and make sure there are safe bird houses for the birds to use. /
Outdoor Learning/
Biodiversity Council
/Ongoing
/Fortnightly check during council time.
/We will attract and see more birds using the bird boxes and feeders.
/Free of charge as school staff have donated bird seed and nuts.
/Arrange visits to local parks and outdoor areas. /
Outdoor Learning/
Biodiversity Council
Park Rangers /Ongoing
/Contact through email to Tollcross Park Rangers.
/A variety of classes will be visiting local parks.
/Free as children will walk to Glasgow Green.
/Make a graph to record the different types of birds that visit our school and how often they come. /
Outdoor Learning/
Biodiversity Council
/February 2013
/During the Big Bird Watch.
/We will see and record a bigger variety of birds compared to the previous year.
/Free.
/Find an area in the school that can be turned into a wild meadow. /
Outdoor Learning/
Biodiversity Council
/Ongoing
/Regular observations during council time.
/We will see a range of wild plants, flowers and butterflies in the wild meadow.
/Free.
/Eco-Schools Action Plan St. Anne’s Primary School
Eco-Schools Topic: Outdoor Learning and Biodiversity Date Range of this Plan: August 2013 – June 2014
After the result of the Big Bird Watch over the past couple of years we are noticing that we do not have a wide variety of birds/insects/animals in our school grounds. We would like to attract more wildlife and provide shelter/homes for some animals/insects during the year. We aim to increase the biodiversity in our school grounds.Action / Who's in charge? / When will it be done by? (if ongoing, when did it start?) / How can we monitor it? / How will we know when we're successful? / How much will it cost? / Did it work?
Any ideas for the future?
Because our garden is now out of use we need to provide bird homes in the playground. /
School Grounds council/Eco Council
/Spring
/ /Birds will be using bird boxes as their homes.
/Speak to builder to arrange cost.
/As part of carbon neutral choir we are going to design and plant an orchard. /
School Grounds council/Eco Council
/Feb-April
/Regular communication with tree planting company
/Trees will grow and bear fruit.
/Price/cost to be arranged.
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