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Make your school famous!! Counting down to the Ocean Guardian Assembly...

It's only 30 days till our new endeavour takes shape to bring us all together, at one point and time, with the ‘Ocean Guardian Assembly’! This is going to be a celebration of everything we have achieved so far and an opportunity for you to showcase your school as well. Join your school assembly with ours from 9:15 to 9:40 on Friday 7th June, 2019, on the day before World Oceans Day.

Do you want to showcase and celebrate your school's achievements?

We really want the assembly to feature material sent in from all our schools taking part - that's you! We would love...

Shortlisted for TES and the NRA Awards!

In an incredible 24 hours our Plastic Education campaign reached the dizzy heights of being shortlisted for TWO prestigious national awards. This double 'wowzers' was experienced as we made the cut for not only this year’s Times Educational Supplement (TES) Awards, but also becoming finalists for a National Recycling Award.

We are in the running for both 'Community and Collaboration' awards and 'Campaign of the Year' categories, looking at how our project has connected and is supporting schools. It is a recognition of the work you and your school, alongside others, has done to...

Plastic Education 2019

Let's start with the slightly disappointing news....For the Plastic Bottle Boat Challenge 2018, we launched a record number of boats, but we don't have the evidence to satisfy Guinness...

We are really sorry and we know this news will be a bit of a let down, but we are finally calling time on last year's epic attempt to break the multi venue Guinness World Record. In our last email to schools we still needed a good deal more evidence (that met the Guinness threshold) to pass the qualification number to set a new record and we are still sadly a way short. It is disappointing that...

Over 6000 pupils across the country set to attempt new Guinness World Record

Over 6,000 primary school pupils at schools across the country are taking part in the Plastic Bottle Boat Challenge. The pupils’ aim is to set a new Guinness World Record to highlight the impact plastic waste is having on oceans and the environment.

The Plastic Bottle Boat Challenge is an attempt to set a Guinness World Record for the simultaneous launch of a flotilla of plastic boats. The boats will be made out of recycled plastic bottles by primary school children across the country. The boats themselves will then be recycled after the attempt has been made, showing the...

Bournemouth School Pupils Set New Guinness World Record

Pupils at St. James’ CE Primary Academy in Bournemouth have recently been declared Guinness World Record holders. The children achieved a record for the most plastic bottle boats launched simultaneously.

The world record plastic bottle boat launch was intended to demonstrate the impact that plastic bottle waste can have on the environment. It was carried out as part of pupils’ lessons about the issues of plastic pollution in the oceans, the environment, recycling and the circular economy.

To support this learning the children built boats made out of recycled...

Community Project Receives £17,000 Cash Boost from Heathrow Community Fund

A community project set up by Queen Mary Sailing Club (QM) to educate young people about plastic and recycling has received a £17,000 grant from Heathrow Community Fund.

Young people in school today will bear the brunt of the future environmental impact of inadequately managed plastic. This Challenge will develop awareness of the environmental impact of plastic through a Guinness World Record attempt using plastic bottles to make model boats. Our aim is to inspire plastic education in classrooms, to promote respect for our waterways and to increase sailing participation, to unite...