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- 10th March 2010
Enterprise
Enterprise - not a subject, more a way of life!
Enterprise is a specialism of Paddington Academy. The emphasis of Enterprise is on developing its characteristics among our students in years 7 to 13 through as many different formal and informal contexts as possible.
| ECO Schools Project |
Battery recycling available at PA NOW!
Have you ever thought of recycling your batteries? Well, now you could bring yours and your friends’ and family’s old and run out batteries to school for safe disposal!
Did you know that batteries that are put into your ordinary rubbish bin leak toxic chemicals which poison animals as well as plants that we eat? Did you know that the UK has the poorest record at battery recycling?
We can change this if we work together as a team – so let’s make PA a greener and a better place to be. Recycling containers are in the reception and the staff room. Bring in as many batteries as you can!
Planting our Rowan tree from the BBC
This week the Ecoschools team planted a rowan tree on the Paddington Academy school grounds. It was a gift from the BBC as part of their Breathing Places project to encourage wildlife and nature in urban areas. We chose the green area at the end of the playground because it will be the centrepiece on our site for the organic garden and eco area.We hope the tree will grow to 10 metres tall and provide lots of berries for the birds to eat for at least the next 40 years.
A group of young people have worked hard over the last year to make Paddington Academy a greener place to be. Working on Eco-schools as part of their Social Enterprise GCSE they have implemented a number of projects and gained the Eco-schools silver award for their schools. These dedicated young people have run campaigns to reduce energy use and increase recycling by creating campaign videos. They also organised Global Warming Awareness workshops and raised 80 pounds for Tolerance UK by selling recycled pens on World Earth Day. Their future plans are to prepare and deliver assemblies to the whole school on sustainable issues, work with the global company PricewaterhouseCooper to design and make murals from recycled materials and begin a drive on cycling to school. Award winners for Westminsters young achiever: Paddington Academy Eco Team, nominated for their fundraising for World Earth Day and raising green awareness
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| Malawi Partnership Update |
Paddington Academy's first letters to Malawi are going this week
School Partner:Malawi (click to download)
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At Paddington Academy we are dedicated to the promotion of global awareness among our students, this is with a view to broadening their horizons, encouraging tolerance and preparing them for the social, economic and environmental challenges of the future. Staff and students alike have opportunities to become involved with international education projects. This is to enrich our educational experiences by sharing our knowledge and understanding at a global scale.
Bahrain & Paddington Enjoy international Literacy Learning
Year 9 students have again begun to work with a Year 9 class at St Christopher’s school in Bahrain. We have written postcards and poems as part of the National Poetry day celebrations.
We are sending our work, and sharing teaching resources this week. We are hoping to receive our envelope from Bahrain very soon. We look forward to continuing this project over this term.
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