Primary Activities

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Activities

Wastewords		Find recycling words in the wordsearch provided and work out their meaning.
Understanding recycling		Work out the definitions of recycling terms.
Rubbish review		Look at the way in which rubbish is dealt with at your school.
Playtime		Write and present a recycling play! Suitable for ages 7-11.
Shopping		Examine common items of packaging, discussing how this can be reduced.
Recycling presentation		Research and write a presentation on recycling.
Name that symbol		Identify common recycling symbols. Suitable for ages 7-11.
Rubbish check		check and manage the amount of rubbish in your school. Suitable for ages 7-11.
Plastic bottle puppets		making use of junk materials by making puppets. Suitable for ages 5-7.
Litter exercise		an introduction to reducing litter in your school. Suitable for ages 7-11.
Litter survey		a questionnaire to be used for the litter exercise.
Litter certificate		give this to the class or pupil who collects the most litter.
Looking at Packaging		an exercise to look at different kinds of packaging and explore why we use packaging. Suitable for ages 5-7.
Sorting rubbish		learning to sort objects in a variety of ways. Suitable for age 5.
Attractive rubbish		exploring magnetism. Suitable for age 5.
Musical instruments		making simple musical instruments out of rubbish. Suitable for ages 5-7.
Recycling paper		a fun activity to make recycled paper. Suitable for ages 5-7.