Monday 30 May 2011

Birds on the Roof

What a lovely environment we must be creating here at Culloden Academy when birds and animals decide to make us their home. 


These Oyster Catchers live on the roof of the swimming pool and this is the third year in a row that they've decided to bring up their chicks here.  


Thursday 12 May 2011

Culloden Students win Eco Poster Competition

Congratulations to Zoe Webster of 4LG1 who has won first place in the Green Shoots Eco Poster Competition. This National Competition sponsored by Johnston & Carmichael required students to design a poster with an environmental theme.

Judges were Aberdeen based artist Nicole Porter, Mac Mackie of Mackies of Scotland and Sandy Manson Chief Executive of Johnston Carmichael. The judges task was to pick 12 winners for Johnston Carmichael's annual calendar and one overall winner for a national poster campaign. The criteria included: most visually impressive, clarity of message and overall environmental impact.

The school recieved £100 for taking part and a further £300 for winning. Zoe's work will be published as a poster to raise awareness of environmental issues across Scotland.

Yvonne Cornish 2KS2 and Kiera Johns 2KS2 were runners up and their work will appear in the company's calendar.

Wednesday 11 May 2011

Our New Wind Turbine...

So we now have a fantastic new form of renewable energy coming to Culloden Academy. Adding to our fantastic Solar Panels that are already creating loads of electricity for the school, we now have delivery of our wind turbine. It's huge and it's going to be spinning very soon bringing us even more brilliantly renewable energy. The Windmill took the whole day to install but I've condensed most of the process into this two minute video! Check it out...