Water, earth, fire and wind – the four elements of our activities.
We help amphibians migrate safely.
As part of our Toad Taxi initiative, our toad patrols have saved more than 2,000 toads, frogs and newts from certain death under car wheels. They also collect data about the migrating species, which helps our young volunteers better understand the ecosystem of wetlands.
We inform the local community about the necessity of protecting nesting islands.
Together with specialists from the Záhorie Protected Landscape Area, we take care of a nesting island on the Kunov river dam. After two years of care, new information signs have been placed and many kilograms of waste have been collected. Every year we are allowed to enter the island by boat and help the birds by cutting down the overgrown vegetation. The river dam is our favourite water sports resort – in this way we support responsible tourism.
We pick up litter from rivers and lakes.
Every year in spring and autumn we run a bank clean-up campaign, during which we regularly take care of the Pieskovňa reservoir near Borský Mikuláš and the nesting island on the Kunov river dam, and clean the Toad Taxi routes.
We monitor wildlife and wild birds.
Our partnership with professional ornithologists taught us how to use the eBird app for sharing data about observed bird species and their numbers.
We publish educational tools for young environmentalists which help them learn about local biodiversity – such as a series of 32 bird postcards made by local enthusiastic bird-watcher and teacher Svetozár Štefeček, or the Toad Taxi board game.
We protect birds from unseen glass panes.
Vulnerable bird species keep dying after hitting glass panes they cannot see. The shape of our Kamikaze stickers was designed at the local art school. We use and recycle pieces of discarded sticky foil provided by our partner, GH Studio.
We build infrastructure for our blue quests.
Our boat hut was formerly an old unused garage and is the result of hundreds of hours of volunteer work with the kind help of the owner, Senica Recreational Services. Senica Sea Scouts
We explore the blue ecosystems around us.
Many of our teachers, students, sea scouts and volunteers like to spend their free time on the water. The presence of sea scouts at our school is proof of a mutually enriching coexistence.
We give new life to old materials.
Apart from the traditional recycling offer, for three years now we have organised a make-a-waste-wood-paddle workshop for students and teachers at the end of the winter holidays in our school workroom.
We collect data and do long-term research.
Our weather station provides us with the material needed for the GLOBE Observer programme and, together with the annual amphibian migration statistics, helps us motivate young talents for their scientific careers.
We study microplastics and look for new ways of fighting environmental issues.
Our mealworm farm, with chemical marking of their experimental polypropylene diet, won us second prize in the National Biology Olympiad.
Water is our main subject of interest.
We use the HYDROSPHERE protocol in practical outdoor water sampling activities on pH, optical qualities and the presence of invertebrates.
Earth is our school grounds – we learn and plan how to keep it cooler.
Our plan is to build a real hobbit house on our traffic training ground. So far we have got just a couple of beehives, and every year we organise a peer-to-peer learning day about Earth and blue issues.
Fire keeps burning in our hearts.
Wind is the main source of energy for our sailboats and inspiration for our sailing adventures.
Our programme We Are At The Same Boat is full of maritime features, including boat barrels as the main prize for active class teams, and our trips to the seashore.
