Action Against Litter – Newsletter Issue 5

Monkton Primary School

Children at Monkton Primary School really enjoyed themselves when TDC delivered anti-littering workshops, the children showed excellent environmental awareness and were fully engaged. You could enjoy learning the catchy BIN IT! To the beat song too – view the litter song lyrics.

Ambassador project ThinkForward and Hartsdown Academy (RUCU Beach Clean 15th July);

Team Think Clean is a group of ThinkForward Ambassadors based at Hartsdown Academy. Think Clean have come together to create a Social Action Project to influence and help the younger generation to live in a cleaner environment and ‘Make Margate beautiful again.’ The team plan to do a Beach Clean on Friday 15th in partnership with Rise.Up.Clean.Up and aim to share their experience and encourage more young people to keep the beaches tidy. TDC has been helping to support the Team Think Clean project by providing equipment and attending ambassador group meetings, workshops and the teams organised litter picks..

ThinkForward is a charity providing unique, personalised coaching and employability programmes for young people at a key stage in their lives based in secondary schools across the UK. https://www.instagram.com/thinkforwarduk/

The Margate Arts School

The Margate School ‘Visual Communications course Design, Society and Nature’ course students have been working hard to complete their qualification this year and have come to the end of their course. Keeping Margate clean and beautiful has been a topic the students are passionate about. The students have been busy designing a range of beach flags and communication workshops;

Palm Bay Primary School

Well done to all the Eco Ambassadors at Palm Bay School who have achieved two AQA unit awards this year. Fantastic work!

Schools out for Summer!

Why not take a look at the ‘Pollution Patrol’ website, parents /guardians might enjoy using some of the activities within the website with their young ones during the school holidays.

Here’s what the website has to offer and some further information:

Children Encouraged to Become Pollution Patrol Advocates

Air pollution is a problem that can affect everyone, with children being particularly at risk as their bodies are still developing. To encourage children and their parents to act as advocates for improving air quality, Tunbridge Wells Borough Council has received funding from DEFRA’s Air Quality Grants to produce the KentAir Air Pollution Digital Resource for primary schools in Kent and Medway.

Immersive resource to reduce air pollution around schools

The free digital learning resource, the Pollution Patrol, includes an immersive 360o story where children can adventure through the fictional town of Sooting; and interactive games that educate and inform children about what air and air pollution is. The Pollution Patrol provides practical and curriculum-linked solutions for in school lessons, and fun at home learning for children, and their parents to reduce their impact on air pollution, firstly in relation to travel to school and around the wider community.

Air pollution in Kent and Medway with the Pollution Patrol

Air pollution has many sources with some of the most significant being traffic, factories, domestic use of fuels for heating, and farming activities. Though the air quality in Kent and Medway is generally better than at any time since before the Industrial Revolution, it can still affect everyone’s health. Government statistics estimate that air pollution in the UK reduces life expectancy with 7-8 months on average and comes with an associated cost of up to £20 billion each year.

While legislation and policies aim to minimise the impact of air pollution on health and the environment, the wider community in Kent and Medway are encouraged to take their own steps in improving the local air quality. Have a look at the Pollution Patrol on https://pollutionpatrol.org.uk/ to learn more about air pollution and to gain practical resources to reduce your
own impacts