The Termly Tongue

 LAST term, the Termly Tongue EXCLUSIVELY brought you the news of how Maryhill students joined schools from across the county to attend the Cool Stoke Climate Change Conference at the Staffordshire Wildlife HQ.

The purpose of the day was to discuss and debate the causes, effects and possible solutions for climate change. Having impressed the judges at Cool Stoke with their excellent media skills, our team were awarded the first prize of two mini-hydrogen powered cars.Our team who consisted of Bethany Bowker Josh Ellis, Matthew Haworth and Jade Leese, produced a newspaper article, poster campaign  and radio broadcast that discussed local issues regarding climate change.  They were inspired by flooding events that had actually occurred in school  earlier this year. Back in July heavy rain and thunder storms hit Kidsgrove causing localised flooding and disrupting roads.The students carried out huge amounts of research into the  effects of climate change and discovered how scientists claim that June this year was the wettest month on record in England—all thanks to climate change.Holly Hoar, who judged work at the Cool Stoke Climate Change Conference said how students sealed their first prize by the high quality of their radio report.