Eco School
Buglawton's Big Eco Adventure!
We are very proud to have been successfully awarded our Green Flag for our continued efforts to drive an eco-friendly ethos throughout Buglawton Primary School.
A Green Flag award is dependant on the successful implementation of the 'Seven Steps to Green Flag Success'. We endevour to ensure these seven steps form an essential part to our Buglawton Curriculum and daily life at our school. Our on going targets and future actions can be found alongside lots of further information on our Eco Display board outside our school office.
Making a difference to pupils' lives...
"The Eco-Schools programme provides a unique opportunity that empowers pupils to lead change within their school and have a positive impact in their wider community. The programme encourages pupils of all ages and abilities to work together to develop their knowledge and environmental awareness. Independent research into the Eco-Schools programme in England found evidence of the positive impacts on pupils, including increased confidence, development of leaderships skills, improved pupil well-being and behaviour and greater motivation at school".
Our Eco Activities:
During the academic year of 2023-2024, we worked hard to reduce the amount of litter found around our school grounds. We switched to healthier snacks which reduced the amount of packaging we took outside at breaktime, the Eco Council delivered an assembly about litter to the whole school, and we completed several litter picks around our school grounds.
Our garden has continued to develop and grow. Each class can now grow the foods they need for their Design and Technology lessons. Crops for the academic year 2023-2024 included apples, blackberries raspberries, strawberries, potatoes, onions, red onions, tomatoes, broad beans, peas and butternut squash.
Our wonderful polytunnel has been installed in the garden which has lengthened our growing season and given us a space to grow crops such as tomatoes.
We are now lucky enough to have a pond which provides a habitat for a variety of wildlife, and supports the children's learning in subjects such as science. This has boosted wildlife biodiversity in our school.
Eco Council Representitives:
Our Eco Councillors can be spotted around school wearing their red and gold 'Eco Team' badges. If you have any thoughts, ideas or suggestions for your Eco Council representitive to discuss at our future meetings, please pop over and have a chat.
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