Gloucester in Bloom Schools Challenge 2010

We are pleased to be supporting the Gloucester in Bloom Schools Challenge 2010. Every school within Gloucester City is eligible to enter, and there are two separate parts to the challenge. This fun and informative quiz is one of the challenges, and you can have a go at it as many times as you like. For the second challenge, Gloucester schools are asked to plant up old containers with wildlife-friendly plants within their grounds.

To take part in this challenge, contact Sara Boon on 01452 396279 or email sara.boon@gloucester.gov.uk. Judging for both challenges takes place in June. Schools who enter either challenge will be in with a chance of winning top prize of a wormery, and second prize of a Deluxe bird feeder pack, which has been sponsored by the Recycle for Gloucestershire Schools team. Test your knowledge by working your way through the quiz, answering as many of the questions as possible, and at the end click send!

Reduce

Reduce

Question 1: There are many ways we can reduce the amount of waste we throw away. Can you think of two things you could do when you go shopping that will help you reduce waste?

a: b:

Reuse

Reuse

Question 2: There are many ways to reuse things. ‘Freecycle’ and ‘Freegle’ are good examples of this.
What does ‘Freegle’ stand for?

Recycle

Recycle

Question 3: Aluminium cans are made from bauxite, which is extracted from the ground. Name one country where bauxite is regularly mined.

Question 4: How many 2 litre pop bottles does it take to make one adult size fleece jacket?

Compost

Compost

Question 5: Can you name these creatures? They like to live in our compost bins!

Question 6: Once in a household compost bin, which item takes the longest to break down?

Gloucester

Gloucester

Question 7: The Household Recycling Centre at Hempsted is for residents of Gloucester. Can you name 8 things that can be recycled here, that can't be recycled in your green box at home?

1: 2:

3: 4:

5: 6:

7: 8:

Question 8: Name 4 materials you can put in your green recycling box at home

a: b:

c: d:

Question 9: What famous creatures (wicker and real) live on this Gloucester roundabout?

Question 10: The coat of arms for Gloucester displays the latin phrase “Fides Invicta Triumphat” but what does this mean? See picture.

Sustainability

Sustainability

Question 11: Can you suggest three things you can do to invite wildlife (birds, butterflies, insects, hedgehogs) into your garden?

a: b:

c:

Sustainability

Sustainability

Question 12: “Where do I live?”

 

Tiebreaker

Tiebreaker

Question 13: Can you think of a limerick that captures the theme of the Gloucester In Bloom Schools Challenge for you?

Here’s an example of a limerick:
There once was a man from Nantucket
His compost he kept in a bucket.
But his daughter, named Nan,
Ran away with a man
And as for the bucket, Nantucket.

Tiebreaker

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