William Brookes School Blog

Students set the bar high for recycling competition

Nicola and Katie are demonstrating creative flair with a beautiful ‘Christmas Angel’.

The piece was made as an entry to the Shropshire Council/Novelis/Alupro aluminium recycling awareness competition. Primary and secondary schools throughout Shropshire have been challenged to produce Christmas decorations from used aluminium foil and trays, with the winning schools netting a healthy £400 first prize.

Judging will take place at Novelis, Bridgnorth on Wednesday 9^th December.

Good luck to our little angel.

Please bring in any used tin/aluminium foil items (washed!) from your chocolate wrappers, take-away containers, milk bottle tops, etc, for our Year 9 Recycling Group to make their Christmas decorations. All donations must be brought to Miss Taylor as soon as possible!

We are trying to win £400 for the school !

If ever you wanted proof that you’ve got to be ‘in it to win it’, here she is. Not only did Joanna scoop third prize for her Christmas card design, she’s also taken the same honours in a regional competition to promote use of public transport in the
Midlands.

The Year 9 student’s artwork will now be on tour throughout the West Midlands as a back poster on buses.  The design features children on a bus with green lights above their heads, ‘Think green, go green’ is the message. 

Joanna will attend a presentation next week to receive a framed copy of her finished design, along with £250 worth of art supplies for our school.

In her own words, Joanna recalls entering the competition: “Last term, I was asked in DT to design a poster for greener travel to go on the back of buses all around the West Midlands. My design was of kids on a school bus with green lights above their heads. Everyone in the class did one and Mrs Wild gave them in. Then, a few days after we came back, a friend of mine said Mrs Wild wanted to see me about winning something. I thought it was just a joke, but I was wrong! 14 people from schools all around the West Midlands have been chosen, and I was one of them! Imagine that!  There will be more art supplies for the school and my design will be on buses all around the West Midlands!”