Currie Ecology Nest Records (British Trust for Ornithology Nest Record Scheme)

 

Date:  23rd May 2013 - Update
Nest Box  No./ Nest record No.	Location	Species		Nesting Activity	Notes
1/	Quad.	Blue Tit		Female brooding 8 eggs	Male is bring food for the female
2/	Front (Sparrow)				Apparently unoccupied
3/	Front (Sparrow)				Apparently unoccupied
4/	Front (Sparrow)				Apparently unoccupied
5/	Roley’s Wood	Blue Tit		Female brooding 9 eggs	Maybe more eggs to come!
6/	Roley’s Wood	Great Tit		Female on 4 chicks	Only about 2 days old!
7/	Roley’s Wood			Some nesting material inside	Looks like building stopped
8/	Roley’s Wood	Blue Tit		Nest with 3 eggs	Maybe more eggs to come
Open Nest - record No.
TBC	Quad.	Blackbird		Four large chicks	Almost ready to fledge.! This is the second brood of Blackbird s in the Quad. this year!  A record!

One Planet Big Voice competition

This year's S1 and S2 poetry or prose recital competition has the theme of 'One Planet'. The final will be held on 31st May... pupils should speak to their English teacher to take part!

Litter campaign success

Congratulations to the S2 pupils who went to the Filmhouse cinema on Wednesday to see their anti-litter campaign video on the big screen. Currie High won second place for our campaign, which featured a range of posters, bin stickers and a short film, conceived, shot and edited by pupils. The judges said it was a “Great concept, delivered consistently and with creativity throughout”.  

 

The pupils won a new video camera, which they have donated to Ms Jordan and the English/Media Studies department.  They decided to split the £250 prize money equally between the school Eco fund, the English department, and Computing, who analysed all the litter survey results. 

Council officials surveyed litter outside the school before and after the campaign, and the % of littered streets after lunch went down from 91% to 70%. This is a good improvement but there is obviously more that can be done! Congratulations to all the pupils involved. 

To watch the anti-litter film again check out http://vimeo.com/63733518