The Reception class recently visited Trees Are Green, the Warwick based home of CREATES - the creative recycling enviro-arts training and education service.

The children were looked after very well by Sandra, who helped them to understand the importance of re-using and recycling rubbish, where possible, instead of throwing it away.There were some lovely activities, such as making smiley faces out of things people have thrown away, weaving material into a uninteresting plastic frame to make it look colourful and attractive, and making a clock from an old CD. Sandra showed us a variety of things which had been made from recycled rubbish, such as pencils made out of old CD cases, a mouse mat made out of an old car tyre, a pair of earrings made out of some telephone wire and rulers which were once polystyrene cups.