Mark First & Pre-School Academy pupils learn about recycling

The school, which is part of the Wessex Learning Trust, welcomed the Carymoor Environmental Trust to run events for key stage one and key stage two learners.

After a whole-school assembly, younger children were virtually joined by Wigglebert Worm to learn about composting, while older children in the school took part in a virtual workshop called Fantastic Plastic. 

Mrs Joanna Collyer, head of the school, said: "All the children thoroughly enjoyed the morning.

"They showed that they knew a lot about recycling already and also developed their understanding further to help the environment and reduce the amount of waste that we throw out."

WORKSHOPS: The sessions were provided by Carymoor Environmental Trust

After learning about composting with Wigglebert Worm, key stage one pupil Jemima said: "I enjoyed learning about recycling and Wigglebert Worm." 

Noah added: "I really liked sorting the recycling picture".

Pupils involved in the Fantastic Plastic workshop learnt about the importance of putting the correct recycling in different bins and containers. 

Pupil Lilly said: "We learnt about the blue bag, which we will be putting plastics and some metals in."

Eve explained: "In the workshop, we played a game where we had to match up different types of materials and work out which were reusable."

Mark First & Pre-School CE Academy is located in The Causeway, Mark, near Highbridge.

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