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‘Powerful, brilliantly written’ ~ praise for Molly’s Amnesty Article

Posted on April 22, 2012 by Stripey

We’re very proud that Molly reached the final 10 from over 3,000 entries to the 2012 Young Reporter of the Year Amnesty International Media Awards.  Molly’s article was part of Year 4’s study of the rainforests.  Molly was one of … Continue reading →

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Year 4 join the World Land Trust Hall of Fame

Posted on April 1, 2012 by Stripey

Year 4 were delighted to hear that our fundraising efforts have been featured on the World Land Trust’s Hall of Fame!  Kelly Jacobs, Education, Outreach and Training Officer for WLT wrote, ‘I thought that you would like to know that … Continue reading →

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Earth Caretakers

Posted on December 13, 2011 by Stripey

The Year 4 Bengal Tigers have been working hard on their Earth Caretakers project.  This project draws together articles from four schools around the world, including our own, focusing on the environment.  Current Year 4 pupils were inspired by the … Continue reading →

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Totally Clued Up Presentation

Posted on September 21, 2011 by Stripey

The Year 4 Meerkats were delighted to meet Sushma Parmar from Total who came to present them with their Totally Clued Up Award on behalf of YPTE, the Young People’s Trust for the Environment.  To find out more about the … Continue reading →

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The Circle Gazette – Read Chloe, Anna & Milhan’s article about our palm oil project!

Posted on July 12, 2011 by Stripey

We’re thrilled that Chloe, Anna and Milhan’s article about our palm oil project has been featured on the front page of the July issue of The Circle Gazette! Congratulations to Chloe W, Anna & Milhan! Follow the link to read … Continue reading →

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Palm Oil Petition to the European Parliament

Posted on June 26, 2011 by Stripey

The Pedmore Meerkats have just sent off a petition from 159 children and staff to urge the European Parliament to vote on 1st July FOR a new law so that manufacturers will label whether their products contain palm oil. If … Continue reading →

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Appeal to schools to join our letter writing campaign!

Posted on May 27, 2011 by Stripey

The Pedmore Meerkats are now reaching out to local schools to ask them to join our palm oil campaign. This week we created this video which we’ll be sharing with St. Mary’s CofE Primary school next week. Pedmore Meerkats’ Palm … Continue reading →

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Pedmore Meerkats win TOTAL Green School Award

Posted on May 26, 2011 by Stripey

We’re thrilled to have won a TOTAL Green School Award in recognition of our letter writing campaign about palm oil in products. Hopefully our letters to manufacturers, the Government and European Parliament will help make decision makers think again about … Continue reading →

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Our rainforest Q & A session with Margot James MP

Posted on May 12, 2011 by Stripey

We welcomed Margot James, our local MP, to Pedmore in April. We shared our rainforest projects and asked her lots of questions about saving the world’s rainforests. Margo said that the Year 4 Pedmore Meerkats had taught her lots about … Continue reading →

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Nestle’s reply: questions unanswered?

Posted on April 14, 2011 by Stripey

As you can see from some of the comments, this was what our team of Rainforest Investigators were wondering after they read Nestle’s reply. Make up your own mind by reading Nestle’s reply (below) and comments from some of the … Continue reading →

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