Eco Schools

 

What is Eco-Schools?

Eco-Schools introduces the concepts of sustainable development into the heart of our everyday activities in school. The scheme is rooted in a genuine desire to help children become more effective citizens by encouraging them to take responsibility for the future of their own environment. It is not about environmental excellence, it is about our school starting to look at how it impacts upon the environment and how this is decided upon and can be managed.

Pupil involvement is a key part of the Eco-Schools programme. We hope that having pupils engaged in the whole process, including monitoring, action planning and decision-making, will lead to genuine ownership of the programme and an increase in their sense of responsibility for the school environment and local area.
 
The scheme looks at nine key areas of school activity:  

• Litter
• Energy Conservation
• Waste & Recycling
• Water
• School Grounds
• Biodiversity
• Transport
• Healthy Living
• Global Perspective

  

Our Eco Code 

We are Colston's Primary School,

We recycle cos we know it's cool,

Packets, tins, bottles, paper and cans,

Leave it all out for the recycling van!

Reduce plastic,

Switch off all the lights,

Walk or take the bus,

Reduce all those flights!

Save the animals,

Don't chop down the trees,

Reduce, Re-use, Recycle,

Please, Please, Please!!!

 

 

The Environmental Review

The following 21 questions were asked by members of the Action Team: (Results in Red)

Litter / Rubbish

• Is there too much litter on the ground in the school grounds?
• Does the school have organised litter picking sessions?
• Are there enough bins inside and outside, in the school grounds?
• More and more litter on school grounds
• More / better bins needed from outside areas
• Children need to be encouraged to put litter in bins

Energy

• Are the lights left on in classrooms when people aren't in them?
• Is it sometimes too hot in classrooms and the heating cannot be turned down?
• Are the computers in the ICT suite left on when not in use?
• lights are left on in classrooms/ corridors when not in use
• overhead projectors are left on at times when not in use

Waste

• Does the school recycle its paper from classrooms and offices?
• Does the school compost its waste fruit/vegetables/weeds etc?
• Does the school try to buy goods made from recycled materials?
• school needs to start recycling in every classroom
• information about kitchen waste