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Members of the Hull International Pupil Council had their first meeting of the academic year at the Wilberforce House Museum. The session was led by Clare from the Hull Museums Service and she was brilliant! We started in the education room looking at artefacts which gaves clues about different aspects of William Wilberforce's life. Then Clare gave us a guided tour of the museum. which was really interesting. Many thanks to Clare and to staff and pupils from Bricknell, Chilte

This has been the first year of the brand new Eco Excellence In Schools Award from the wonderful C3 Group. All of our seven primary and three secondary schools have strong and proactive Eco Committees who demonstrate time and time again that they are dedicated to helping the environment. As well as many in-school projects the schools like to collaborate with other organisations and businesses. This year, all of our schools have been busy collecting plastic bottle tops through

Jessica and Aaliyah from the C3 Group have visited Newland School for Girls to meet their Eco Committee. The students have been busy during the last year with various Eco projects. These have included collecting plastic bottle tops as part of the Schoolcycled project, reducing waste and ensuring students were using the correct bins. The students were also eager to share their work in developing a garden area with even more ideas for planting up different areas of the school.

Dr Steven Forrest and Dr Bianca Kronemann from Hull University visited St. George's Primary School Eco Committee to plan out their school version of the Eco Game. We had another wonderful afternoon with the children writing the game cards and using Lego to help them visualise how the game will play out.