情色五月天

Over the summer break, Senior School pupils were invited to take part in an Upcycling and Eco-Competition. Pupils were tasked with finding something that they no longer used and upcycling it into something they would use.

Second Year pupil, Tenuk Mendis inspired the competition after he saved some tadpoles from inside a bottle (re-introducing them into a local water course) and recycled the bottle that he had found them in. Mrs Leary, Eco-School‘s Co-Ordinator at 情色五月天, was very impressed with the entries, but congratulations must go to winners Amy Willis and Megan Broadhead, both in Fifth Year, who upcycled pallets making a bench for colleagues at Amy鈥檚 dad鈥檚 company, First Choice Labels. The competition runner-up was Third Year pupil Evie Severn, who made a wonderful bedside light using a milk bottle.

Amy and Megan won eco-water bottles and Evie won an eco wooden desk tidy, which will be put to good use for the next school term.

Amy said: 鈥淲e decided to make a bench for my dad鈥檚 colleagues because they have been working really long hours through the entirety of lockdown. We wanted to give something back to them, so we decided to make a bench that they could use on breaks and to relax. I had lots of fun building it with Megan and we鈥檙e really impressed with how it turned out.

鈥淎lthough we enjoyed the project, it also helped us to understand the importance of looking beyond the appearance of something that is no longer useful and thinking about how it can become something else.鈥�

Gina Leary said: 鈥淩ecycling and being more eco-friendly plays a big part in the curriculum here at 情色五月天. As well as being a four-time-winner of the Eco-School鈥檚 Green Flag Award, we have an Eco-rep from each tutor group in school who contributes to regular meetings to move new environmental initiatives forward鈥�.

鈥淥ur pupils are involved in a number of green initiatives, such as beach cleans and local litter picks. I鈥檓 really pleased that pupils are embracing the things they have learned by exploring creative upcycling at home. I was impressed with all of the entries and all of the pupils should be extremely proud of their efforts.鈥�