CLIMATE change warriors in St Theresa’s Primary School are celebrating after winning a competition to come up with the best way of boosting St Helens’ green energy.
More than 60 entries were submitted from schools across St Helens from pupils who came up with an innovation project to become a greener part of Liverpool City region.
One of the teams from St Theresa’s Primary on Cannon Street won the prize, which was presented by a representative from Lego following a surprise assembly when their win was announced.
The winning team came up with the idea of an E-tree planter, which would see a drone plant seeds, then tend to the seedlings with frequent visits to ensure they grow.
The idea was that of Noah Forster, nine, but the whole winning team, also made up of Jack Forber, nine, Tyler O’Neill, nine, Jasmine Kay, 10, Abbie Louise, 10 and Trixie Lyon, nine, each contributed their own efforts and ideas to the project in order to make it the winning design.
Congratulating the winning team, teacher Andy Bain said: “Congratulations to the winning team. You all contributed to this poster and idea, all worked on task and all took part in the presentation and spoke brilliantly “It is really impressive how you came up with your ideas and focused on the solution and how it affect St Helens and our community.
“Special mention as well to the magnetic cars team and other groups too because they are fantastic ideas and if St Helens looks like all of these projects then it would be an amazing place to live in a few years.”
Headteacher Sara Johnson added: "We are thrilled to have won. The enthusiasm and skills the children showed during this project were impressive. We are so proud of their efforts."
The project, called Together to Zero, will see businesses in St Helens receive funding and skills training as part of the city region’s promise to be Net Zero carbon by 2040, as well as working with students to raise aspirations for young people to pursue sustainable careers in the area thanks to St Helens Chamber.
The project has included a range of workshops delivered to schools in the area.
The members of the winning team each won a Lego education set, with the entire school also benefitting from further Lego education kits.
The project was also open to secondary schools, with De La Salle Catholic High School coming away with the prize.
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