ECO-SCHOOLS ECO-SCHOOLS
Lighting fires
“Good teachers are those
who know how little they
Planting sustainable ideas
know. Bad teachers are
those who think they
know more than they don’t
know.”
R. Verdi
“When asked what learning
was the most necessary, he
said, ‘Not to unlearn what
you have learned’.”
Diogenes Laertius
“You cannot teach a man
anything; you can only help
him find it within himself.”
Galielo Galilei
“Wonder is the desire for
knowledge.”
St Thomas Aquinas
“The mind is not a vessel
to be filled, but a fire to be
ignited.”
Plutarch
“I put the relation of a fine
teacher to a student just
below the relation of a
mother to a son.”
Green fingers: Year 10 pupils Frances Brown (left) and
Aine Coles from Cockermouth School using data loggers
Thomas Wolfe
how photosynthesis works. This is a really great way – the Tidy Britain Group – for its commitment to the
for the students to understand theory with a practical environment.
experiment. We are delighted that all the effort which was put
But the centre is far more than just a science into the building has paid off. It is a wonderful place to
resource for us, it is a valuable asset for local schools spend time. We will continue to use sustainable building
and the local community. The centre’s auditorium, with methods in the proposed new science laboratories and
capacity for 250 people and a PC and large screen is planetarium as well as a new ICT labs for the school.
ideal for presentations and special lectures.
We recently invited year 6 students from local • Joan Ellis is the development manager at Cockermouth
schools to the centre for an Earth and Space Day, School.
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where we created a planetarium in the auditorium. The
flexibility of the space means the auditorium can be
Further information
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