Recycle, Recycle and more Recycling

On Friday 18th February years 5/6 went on a trip to the Global Renewable site in Leyland to learn about how to save our environment. After a guided tour around the building year 5 went to do some experiments while year 6 had some fun with the games to understand more about Recycling.

Year 5 learnt a lot about micro organisms and did a very interesting experiment to understand a bit more about bacteria. They had a very long talk with their guide and saw some pictures of micro organisms to see what it was like.

Later on in the afternoon it was year 5’s turn to have some fun. They had a long tour around the building looking at the rubbish going through all the machines. On their way they stopped to have a little talk about the 3 R’s; Reduce, Reuse and Recycle. They also did some experiments with magnets to have a brief idea of what the machines do.

In an interview with a girl from year 6 named Supriya she said, “It was really fun going to the global renewable site. I liked going through the walkway looking at all the rubbish and the machines, although it was a bit smelly! I also liked it when our rubbish was weighed on the Green Hand Machine. I liked playing the games. My favourite game was putting the pie pieces together. Our class had a long talk about rubbish with one of the guides. It was very interesting.”

Soon it was time for them to go back to school. They had really good fun finding out about recycling. Years 5 and 6 have now promised to follow the 3 R’s: Reduce, Reuse and Recycle.


Adona M