Let There

Be Light!!
This half term we will
G reen Britain Day.
All over the country adults
and children are taking steps
be installing Solar forward to create a greener
Panels in the south Britain, We’d like to take the
facing roof of the old opportunity to celebrate how
building. This installation will make a huge green Hobbayne is!
difference to the way energy is used in the
school.
Firstly energy generated will supply 10% of ten
Food for Thought
All of our food waste
energy we need. Secondly, the Government will from lunch time and fruit
give us 40p for every KW of energy we use as time in class. Is collected
part of the Feed In Tariff! Thirdly, any unused and taken to Biogen
energy can be sold to the National Grid! All of this Greenfinch. Here in a low
combined should save the school an estimated carbon process, they
£3000 a year! recycle waste food in their anaerobic
digestion (AD) plants to make renewable
energy. All that remains is a liquid, rich in
Eco Rangers nutrients, which they return to the land as a
Our Eco Rangers are doing a great job touring biofertiliser to grow crops, or feed to pigs!
the corridors and classrooms at lunch times mak-
ing sure that energy is not wasted around the
school. They check lights are off on empty rooms Rag TRAID
and cupboards; that and projectors are turned off. Our latest recycling
initiative - clothes! Clothing
They also have a quick look in the bin to check
donated to TRAID
paper is not being thrown away but recycled! As recycling banks is
an incentive to staff and children the Eco Rang- transported to TRAID's
ers award a certificate each week to the greenest central warehouse and
class! sorted by hand according to quality and style.
The clothing is then sold back to the public in
one of TRAID's charity shops. Clothing that is
Recycle, Reuse, Reduce. torn or stained is reconstructed and
All unwanted paper and cardboard is either reused in the school or collected by our Recycle monitors and redesigned into new one-off pieces and sold
under the award-winning recycled fashion
picked up by Ealing Council. Wondering what happens to it? Paper is pulped and used to make newspapers.
label, TRAIDremade. The money that is
The cardboard is shredded, pulped, decontaminated and dried—end product products such as cardboard raised by TRAID through this operation is
packaging or green living products such as biodegradable coffins! used to expand TRAID’s recycling activities,
Y3 Writing - trip to St Mary’s Church this week French Partnership News!
Year 4 have been exchanging letters with their French pen-pals
Dear Mrs Cosstick, in Chilly-Mazarin near Paris, and we are looking forward to their
Thank you very much for all the fun in the morning at teacher’s visit to Hobbayne next week. Below are two of the
the church. We especially like the Crypt even though it letters. You can follow the link in our e-school Languages Room
was a tiny bit dark the bells were very exciting and the to the “Partnership Page” where you can join in discussions and
stained glass windows were very nice. We are very take part in votes along with pupils from Chilly-Mazarin. And
glad that we came—and you might see us again! don’t forget to practise your French ready for our French Café
during International Week !
Love Jane and Mikaela
by Sahil
To Mrs Cosstick,
Thank you for letting us come to your church. My favourite part was the crypt. I
didn’t know a lot of things that you told us before we came. The snacks were
very yummy. You were very nice. The graves were beautiful. I had such a lovely
time!
Love Meisha

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