We are the mighty Eco Committee and our job is to help the planet by spreading awareness of environmental issues and doing our best to lead change.
If you are interested about being an Eco Warrior for next year, or just want to find out what we do, ask any member of the Eco Committee, Mr Easter or Ms Smith.
As an Eco-School, we start the year by completing an Environmental Review of the school through different topics: Biodiversity, Marine, Energy, Litter, Water, Healthy Living, School Grounds, Global Citizenship, Transport and Waste. You can see our Environmental Review on our Eco-Board. This helps us to identify our strengths, and areas for development. We then decide which topics we will want to work on. After a discussion, we develop an action plan and decide on ways that we will monitor and evaluate the changes we make. Through the process we learn about planning, teamwork and how to inform and involves others.
Over the past couple of years, we have led several improvements to our school grounds. We now have a woodland, a pond and areas of rewilding. We have also brought in recycling bins for food waste, pens, oral care products, paper and batteries and provide opportunities to donate and collect pre-loved school uniform. Single-use plastics have been eliminated from snacks and school dinners, water-saving taps installed, energy-saving lights and litter picks for children to use at break times.
We take part in national campaigns like the Spring Clean, when we collect litter in Churchfields and Elmhurst Gardens, What’s Under Your Feet?, where we analysed the invertebrates living in our field, Waste Week, when we aim to monitor and reduce waste and deliver an assembly on waste and litter, and the RSPB Birdwatch. We often write a page for the school newsletter and post on social media to tell adults what we have been doing.