Burnley schools scoop cash prizes in the Yellow Woods Challenge - 14 September 2004
St John’s RC Infant School has won £300 and been named the ‘Gold Oak’ winner in the Burnley Yellow Woods Challenge- the simple, educational and fun environmental initiative run by Yellow Pages and the Woodland Trust working with Burnley Borough Council.For eight weeks, 11 local schools competed in the Yellow Woods Challenge, which encourages school children to collect old Yellow Pages directories-featuring sandcastles on the front cover. Local schools collected 606 old directories for recycling.
The top local honours go to St John’s RC Infant School for collecting 0.7 old directories per pupil. St John the Baptist RC Junior School has come second, receives £200 and a ‘Silver Birch’ certificate, whilst third place goes to Rosegrove Infant School which receives £100 and a ‘Bronze Beech’ certificate. Yellow Pages will also dedicate a tree in a woodland trust wood to Rosewood Primary School for collecting the most directories in total.
All schools from Burnley challenge will be entered into the Yellow Woods Challenge UK Finals in October 2004 where they will compete with up to 1,200 schools from across the UK to win cash prizes of up to £2,000. And for every pound Yellow Pages awards to schools in prize money, a matching pound is given to the Woodland Trust to help protect native woodland.
For more information about the Yellow Woods Challenge, or to download the educational materials, visit: www.yellow-woods.co.uk.
