Bin Raider

On Wednesday 17th March Years 3, 4, 5 and 6 went into the Hunter Hall to be entertained and educated by the Quantum Theatre group with a play called 'Bin Raider'.

Who left the lights on? And why don't they clear up after themselves?

Bin Raider lands on Earth in a school playground. The school is a microcosm of the global problems of the Earth: the head is trying to gain ‘Eco Status’ for the school but no one is taking any responsibility for recycling waste, cutting car journeys or saving energy. The head has become so frustrated he’s almost given up!

The topics covered in the play are; what to do with rubbish, introducing the idea: 'reduce, reuse, recycle', why it is better to walk or cycle rather than take the car, how to save energy and water,  how the 'Greenhouse effect' works and the effects of climate change.                

The hour long play was brilliant and all of the students thoroughly enjoyed the performance especially joining in with the songs and getting to shout out when the actors were not reducing, re-using or recycling!!  Some of them were even lucky enough to go up and join in the action.

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