On Thursday 13th May I had the pleasure of visiting the pupils of year 2 & 3 at Orchard primary school. The sunshine was asleep whilst the rain came down but it did not stop these determined pupils hunt to find the oldest piece of litter on their school grounds. Between the two glass sessions pupils competed against their fellow students but both classes drew as they both found yogurt packets dating 2001. The interesting moment was when the pupils found the same branded yogurt packets that were dates 2021, 2004 & 2001 is that the only thing that you could see to tell the difference between them was the sell by date. The older packets had not faded and were as strong and the 2021 packet.
The pupils picked their school grounds and forest school areas finding many food on the go purchased packets littered dating 2012, 2008, 2019, 2020, 2021. I total the pupils filled three bags of litter from their school grounds.
The children had a wonderful time hunting and wanted to know where they could purchase their own litter pickers so they could litter pick with the families outside of school.
Teachers comments
"It was such a lovely experience that we had and the children were all talking about it. The session has really motivated some of our children to really want to take an interest in the environment and want to help the wildlife and make the world a cleaner place."
Thank you to all the children who took part in the litter workshop, you were all very knowledgeable about litter and the environment. Thank you to all the teachers.
Little litter warriors educational workshops are 100% free to school in the Wychavon district. Thank you to Wychavon council who are funding these sessions as part of their districts anti-litter campaign.
www.littlelitterwarriors.co.uk
Little litter Warriors school visits are 100% funded by Wychavon Council
Wychavon said,
Free litter prevention sessions for schools
We are offering free litter prevention sessions for schools in our district. They are run by Karen Blanchfield, from local company Little Litter Warriors, who is also a Keep Britain Tidy Litter Heroes Ambassador.
Sessions take place outdoors and in a Covid-19 Secure way. Pupils will be taught about why littering is anti-social, the damage it does to the environment and the danger it poses to wildlife. They will then take part in a litter hunt, which is a litter pick with the added challenge of trying to find the oldest piece of litter.
After the sessions teachers will be provided with a lesson plan to run follow-up sessions. Schools are also encouraged to join Wychavon's Adopt a Street volunteer litter picking scheme so pupils can continue to help keep their community clean.
Sessions are booked directly through Little Litter Warriors. They are funded by us as part of our promise in our corporate strategy to work with our communities to reduce littering.
read more https://www.wychavon.gov.uk/waste-and-recycling/street-care-and-cleaning/littering#report