Emer The eco girl
Emer has two big jobs. She works to give children better living conditions and aims to help young people realise that they matter and can make a difference in cleaning up our world. She is keen to make sure that children have decent homes and that no child lives in poverty. She supports children in care and helps them become independent. Emer hates waste and encourages everyone to reduce, re-use and recycle. She tries to banish litter, graffiti and vandalism and promotes clean air and the use of public transport.
Ideas for activities:
1. Write an anti-litter rap or collaborative poem – get the class to make a list of all the things people throw away – eg crisp bags, chewing gum, plastic bags. Shape them up into a word picture
2. List some ways we could save energy in the home
3. Which of the following can be recycled? – See Fun activity sheet 4 (PDF 86 KB)
- Newspapers,
- Bean Cans
- Plastic milk cartons
- Wine bottles
- Nappies
- Clothes
- Cardboard boxes
- Plastic bags
- Batteries
4. Talk about how our world is polluted – air , water, landscape – whatcan children do to help clean it up?
5. Get them to read “Stig of the dump” by Clive King (caveman uses bits people left behind) see also “The Wombles” by Elizabeth Beresford (cleaning up what others leave behind).
6. Talk about saving and budgeting – make it into a maths puzzle – eg if you had somuch pocket money and you need to pay for a trip to the leisure centre, a top up for the mobile and you fancy a treat how do you decide which you can afford?
7. Different sorts of homes Make a list of all the different types of homes that people live in eg: Flat, bungalow, caravan, terrace house, farmhouse, children’s home. Pick one different to your own and write a poem about how you would feel if you lived in a different type of home.
