Tartu International School Goes Green

From September 16th to 22nd we celebrated European Mobility Week - a time to reflect on the way we move around and the impact it has on our environment.   Several school grades and kindergarten groups went on different trips. Walking, taking hiking trips in the nature and using public transportation helps to promote an active and healthy lifestyle among the students as well as among the teachers.   For some kindergarten children it was the first time to take the train in Estonia. Kindergarteners were excited to discover new playgrounds outside the city.         "It´s the best day ever!" (4 year-old boy during the picnic in Elva).   In addition to field trips, our school staff and students promoted alternatives for car use by sharing their photos on Padlet when coming to school walking, cycling or using public transportation.  Let´s all keep on walking, cycling and catching public transport whenever possible - better for our health, better for our environment! 

Kindergarteners of Tartu International School contributed to cleaner environment and took part of the World Cleanup Day. Our groups walked different routes in the neighborhood of our school and checked if there were places that needed to be cleaned up. Unfortunately there were! Ready to take action! Children were really passionate and excited when going "trash hunting"! They were very attentive to notice even the smallest pieces of rubbish. Cleaning up the waste offered various learning experiences and arose opportunities to discuss different types of trash and the dangers that come along. The children learnt: the difference between natural waste and man-made rubbish. At first some children also started to clean up old leaves, feathers and berries lying on the ground. After discussing the differences and talking over what kind of waste we are cleaning up, we found dog poop. Some children said that as this is also natural it can be left on the ground, so we had the chance to