Mayor visits Caldershaw Primary for Eco Week

The Mayor and Mayoress visit Caldershaw Primary for Eco Week

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Children from Caldershaw Primary School hosted VIP guests in the conclusion to a fun-packed and thought-provoking Eco Week at the school.

The week-long event helps to raise awareness of ecological and environmental issues and included a number of class activities and group projects.

Children and staff were joined by the Mayor and Mayoress of Rochdale and councillor/Eco Governor, Peter Winkler, who were shown around by members of the Eco Council.

The guests were shown several different projects, which classes from throughout the school had undertaken as part of Eco Week, and then came the difficult task of judging the school’s upcycling competition.

Children had been set the task of using used items and rubbish to create something new; entries included furniture, fashion, clocks, planters, bird boxes and banners.

The upcycling process gives children the opportunity to create something new out of what is usually considered rubbish.

Eco Coordinator, Miss Reed said: “We would like to say a huge thank you to everyone who has entered this year’s upcycling competition. The response has been overwhelming and the standard of designs has been truly remarkable. We have been thoroughly impressed with the ideas pupils have come up with and the incredible amount of effort that has gone into their projects.”

The Mayor and Mayoress had a tough job on their hands to choose winners but after a lot of deliberation they managed to narrow it down to two overall winners.

The winner from Key Stage One was Lewis Whales and the Key Stage Two prize went to Harvey Crawford. A number of other prizes were given to runners up.

The Mayor said: “It has been a difficult decision, everyone is a winner here today. We have chosen designs that caught our eye, they were very simple yet effective and something that everyone could have a go at.”

Councillor Peter Winkler said: “The Children should be very proud of themselves, they have done a lot of excellent work. A big well done to all the children who got involved in the upcycling competition and to our winners.”

All the entries will be displayed around the school and will become a feature when the RHS judges visit the school later in the year as part of Rochdale in Bloom.