Green Schools Committee 2024/2025
We were awarded our first Green-Schools flag for Litter and Waste in 2016.
In 2019 we achieved the second flag for Energy.
In 2021 we achieved the third flag for Water.
In 2023 we achieved the fourth flag for Travel.
The Green Schools initiative is an international programme for schools that promotes environmental accountability and sustainability through an award scheme. It is designed to encourage and reward the development of sustainable environmental management systems that involve the entire school community.
The aim of the programme is to educate pupils, teachers and parents on environmental issues, increasing their awareness of difficulties and problems and encouraging them to become active participants in the solutions to these problems within their own schools. Everyone has a role to play and students are helped to participate in the decision making process through a ‘Green Schools Committee’.
Schools who achieve certain goals and targets are awarded a ‘Green Flag’.
As part of our Greens School Campaign on saving energy we held an Action Day on Friday the 25th January. We decided on an Electricity Free Day to make us all more aware of how much we take it for granted. All children wore green clothing to school to highlight the importance of looking after the environment. Children took part in an energy quiz, completed artwork based around the theme of energy and had a day free from the interactive whiteboard and other devices.
Students from First class to Sixth class enjoyed participating in workshops which explored the topic of energy and sustainability in a fun and engaging way.