Stone the crows!

There was a bit of drama at Ladygrove Park Primary School on Thursday when year 4pupils took part in an environmental theatre workshop as part of a tour of schools chosen to receive free solar panels with funding from The Co-operative.  
Twisting Yarn Theatre’s interactive play ‘The Crow Scarers’ has been commissioned by The Co-operative as part of its Green Energy for Schools scheme and builds on the climate change work taking place at school following the switch-on of the solar panels last January.

Ladygrove is among 100 UK schools to have already received £20,000 solar panels, which are half-funded by The Co-operative with match-funding from the Government’s Low Carbon Building Programme (LCBP). A further 80 schools will receive grants for renewable energy technology over the next year as part of the second phase of The Co-operative’s £2m scheme.

‘The Crow Scarers’ , written by Andy Rashleigh, is aimed at primary school pupils and shows how the environment has been affected by the different ways a patch of land has been used throughout history.

It follows the story of two children who fall through an old mineshaft while looking at a scarecrow in a field and end up travelling back in time during an underground adventure where they encounter colourful characters from the past.

The children enjoyed the accompanying workshop which explored the issues further and encouraged the young people to decide how the land should be used in the future.

Pupils will provide the props for the performance by making their own crows from recycled materials.

We are grateful to The Co-operative for giving our pupils this opportunity to learn about the environment in a creative and entertaining way. Our solar panels provide us with a prominent reminder of the need to conserve energy and this theatre workshop builds on the work we are already doing to help tackle climate change.