The following schools are encouraging their pupils to reduce the waste generated by Christmas cards:
| School |
LEA |
Alternative ways of sharing Christmas greetings |
| Holymead Infant School |
Bristol |
For the third year, children were asked to bring only one Christmas card for the whole class which was displayed in the classroom after being shared at carpet time.
Well done Holymead Infants - a step ahead of the rest! |
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| Dunmail Primary School |
Bristol |
Each class made a large card from recycled materials to display in the classroom which everybody signed.
Staff bought a bauble to display on a Christmas tree poster, with proceeds to St Peter's Hospice. |
| Samuel White's Infant School |
South Glos |
Children were encouraged to send one card to their whole class, to be displayed on the class notice-board. A donation to the schools' Christmas charity, NCH, was suggested.
"A great initiative, long overdue!" |
| Glebe Infant School |
N Som |
Children created group cards out of recycled materials. They planted bulbs and made edible gifts to avoid waste. |
| St Teresa's RC Primary School |
Bristol |
Staff participated in the St Peter's Hospice Bauble Scheme.
Each class devised its own system for sharing Christmas messages without waste. Children were encouraged to donate 50p to St Peter's Hospice. |
| In January the school asked pupils to bring in the Christmas cards they had received rather then throwing them in the bin. Groups of children made the cards into gift tags during their lunch breaks, and these will be sold in aid of charity next Christmas. Some clever maths allowed pupils to estimate that they had made 6507 tags! |
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| Dundry C of E Primary School |
N Som |
Children made 20 mini cards from one piece of A4 paper during special afternoon workshops. The school provided a special mini postbox for posting the cards. |
| The Tynings Primary School |
South Glos |
Children were asked to contribute 50p - £1 towards a Christmas charity. |
