A very special visitor was put in the hot-seat today in year 1 when Mr Nick Fletcher, our local member of parliament came to Green Top to answer questions about plastic pollution and climate change. The children certainly didn’t let him off lightly! Here are class 6’s awesome ‘I wonders’….
Miss Rodgers – Why is single use plastic still being produced when we know the effect it is having on our world? (It’s production is being reduced but we need to stop buying so much and chose alternative packaging too.)
Deacon – When will we stop making petrol and diesel cars? (Production in this country will end in 2030, although some cars imported from other countries will still be used in Britain.)
Junior – In Scarborough there is a ‘re-cycling’ fish where people can collect waste plastic from the beaches and put it in the fish for re-cycling. Could we have something like this in Thorne? (Mr Fletcher suggested we contact our town council to ask.)
Kalab – Why can’t there be a recycling centre just for plastic? (Mr Fletcher suggested we take the lids off plastic bottles so they would crush more easily to reduce their size and gave us some handy tips on how to make our plastic waste cleaner by not putting anything in our re-cycling bins that had touched food, or rinsing before re-cycling.)
Hunter – Is there a different, safer alternative to plastic? (Scientists are working on bio-degradable materials to replace plastic, but we can help by choosing snacks without packaging such as fresh fruit.)
Harrison – How could you make it easier to re-use our plastic bottles? (By choosing a hard plastic water bottle or by encouraging our school to go single-use plastic free as he has just suggested they do in the Palace of Westminster.)
I was so proud of the intelligent questions you asked and of the discussion we had afterwards about Mr Fletchers suggestions. It s awesome to see just how much you have learned about protecting our beautiful planet.
Thank you so much for taking the time to visit us Mr Fletcher.
