Welcome to our Eco Committee page, where we will update you on our progress in fighting the war against climate change. We will update you every term on our website. Keep checking back here so that you can see just what our wonderful eco-warriors have been doing to promote better waste management, save energy and promote wildlife in our expansive school grounds. 

Autumn

We have been very busy this half term with setting up this year's eco council. In September, I asked the school to apply to become one of our eco-councillors. I was lucky to have so many fantastic applications and it was very difficult to choose only two from each class. However, I managed to whittle it down and I was very proud to announce the chosen applicants in a special assembly. During which, I handed them their brand new eco council badges. 

We held 7 meetings during Autumn Term. The initial meetings started with finding out what we wanted to achieve this academic year. We reviewed what we had in place and the children each investigated an area that the school could improve in. These included the school grounds, healthy living, biodiversity, energy and transport. After another meeting we decided to settle on three main areas. These are:
 

• Waste

  • We would like to reduce the amount of waste we produce.

• School Grounds
  • We want to improve our school grounds to create further sustainability as well as educate our children in looking after the Earth.
• Energy
  • To have a consistent approach to energy usage across the school.

Our eco warriors were fantastic in getting to work on these areas straight away! First of all, they encouraged all school children to get involved in a weekly litter pick on a Friday. It was another meeting before we decided on our eco code. This was a whole school eco code that we all agreed to abide by. The eco code was in the form of an acrostic poem:

W – Wash using the shower instead of the bath

A – Always recycle plastic, cardboard and glass

S – Save energy by turning off monitors and lights

T – Turn down the heating by 1 degrees to save energy

E – Everyone can change the world and we love our life-giving trees!

F – Free the world from extreme climate events

R – Rock on Quarry Hill! We can use our brilliant common sense

E – Engines can be turned off so we can walk with friends

E – Easy peasy! Then we can have a clear Thames!

We are took part in Cut Your Carbon Month and all children should have come home with 9 carbon saving ideas to do at home. You can find the handout on our X (formerly Twitter page). Please do tag and comment to us the ways in which you are taking part!

Additionally, we have signed up to the Big Battery Hunt and are going to do an old book swap in the Spring Term. We have exciting new ideas for the new term such as creating an edible garden! Come back in the new year to find out what we have been up to!

We are also looking at planting some flowers and seeds to attract bees and grow some of our own food. Could you help? Please let us know. We will gladly welcome any help from the local community.