SDE

Our S1s are now doing an hour per week of Sustainable Development Edcuation throughout the year.

They recently finished the Climate Change unit of the course. After gaining an understanding of the causes and impacts of climate change, pupils did a role play of the Copenhagen Climate Conference that was held in 2009.   Each pupil took the part of a country and had to decide how they would negotiate for tougher or easier carbon targets.

The S1 classes are now studying Biodiversity, from an SDE perspective. We investigated the biodiversity in the school grounds and Roley's Wood, looking at how former and current pupils in the school created different habitats. After this we'll be moving on to looking at bees and the importance of bee conservation in more depth.

Two big spiders found on shrubs in Roley's Wood

Some of the different tree leaves found in Roley's Wood

Earthship Energy Fair

On Saturday 6 October Currie hosted the Earthship Energy Fair, held to celebrate workshops provided by Sustainable Communities Initiatives for P6 classes in our associated primary schools.

The Fair was opened by Alistair Darling MP and included stalls showcasing the work of pupils at Currie High School.

Alistair Darling and Johanna Carrie of Transition Edinburgh Pentlands

Stalls from the Earthship Energy Fair