All 80 of Wigtown Primary School's pupils wandered along the road as a high visibility crocodile to pay a visit to the Powerpod at Wigtown Town Hall. In a crazy half hour - 40mins, the pupils crowded round the mini PV cells, hydrogen cars, wind turbines and tried to generate their own electricity on the bike, answering tough questions on renewable energy as they pedalled.
After school had finished, a few familiar faces dropped by to try things out again without the rush!
Saturday
We stayed outside the town hall on the Saturday, complementing the co-op's own 'green trailer', with a wind turbine and carbon caluculator. Early on, a group from Newton Stewart High School dropped by to help out, quickly learning how to deliver workshops to the younger visitors. Ami, Phyllis, Shannan and Caitlin also took on the role of media scouts for the day, interviewing Wigtown's residents and visitors and investigating the feelings and thoughts about renewable energy and climate change.
Post from the girls: "We had great fun today at the Powerpod. We have learnt lots of interesting facts about electricity. We had great fun making smoothies, teaching everyone else about it and interviewing people about what they know. It was an excellent day and we hope you come back to Wigtown. Thank you. Caitlin, Phyllis, Ami and Shannan"
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