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Eco Schools
Eco-Schools is an international award programme that guides schools on their sustainable journey, providing a framework to help embed these principles into the heart of school life.
The Eco-Schools framework consists of seven elements:
1. Eco-Committee
2. Environmental Review
3. Action Plan
4. Involving the whole school and wider
community
5. Linking to the curriculum
6. Monitoring and evaluation
7. Eco-Code
The framework supports schools working on different environmental and sustainable topics. There are nine topics that you can choose to work on.
Nine topics:
1. Energy
2. Water
3. Biodiversity
4. School grounds
5. Healthy living
6. Transport
7. Litter
8. Waste
9. Global citizenship
As you know we have achieved Eco Schools status and the Green Flag Award. Eco Club meet regularly with Mrs Platts and Miss Travis to work on Green issues in school. This year they are working on
- biodiversity in the school garden by building new bug hotels and adding more bird feeders
- waste by encouraging more recyling in school
- litter by litter picking in and around the school grounds
- energy and water by showing our peers how to save energy and water
- transport by encouraging sustainable travel
As part of this work Eco Club have created a 5 minute walk zone around school. They would like families to park outside this zone and then walk to school.
5 Minute Walk Zone with Eco Club
Eco Club have mapped a 5 minute walk zone around school. As part of our sustainability work we would encourage families to park outside the is zone and then walk to school.
Tree Planting
The children in Eco Club have been out on the school field planting some trees with Mrs Platts and Barry. The children have planted 30 saplings. The children have been learning about how planting tress helps the environment and for us to live sustainably. Take a look...
Eco Code
Today the children in Eco Club have created an Eco Code for our school. The children thought about the different ways everyone at school can help to be sustainable: "Turn off the lights and save energy" "Walk where possible so pollution doesn't make the air dirty" "...