Eco School
Bowesfield Primary School is embarking on a meaningful path towards improving the environment in both our school and local community whilst at the same time having a lifelong positive impact on the lives of our young people and their families.
The creation of The Eco Committee
We have created an Eco Committee from years 1-6 using a whole school poster competition. We met to discuss eco issues within our school and what we hope to achieve by the end of the academic year.
To date, we have created an Action Plan and completed an Environmental Review of our school, which enabled us to assess what we need to do from the smallest of things to larger, more adventurous projects.
What we have achieved so far:
- We got the whole school thinking about protecting our environment and the climate change through the creation of a bring and buy sale.
- Introduced clothes recycling unit. This encourage local families to donate unwanted clothes and items.
- We started a litter picking project which involves the Eco Committee working alongside the park ranger in the local park to clean up the area.
- We speak about current climate issues through weekly assemblies known as picture news.
- We keep parents informed about the projects through social media such as facebook and our school website.
What to expect going forward?
- We will strive to try and achieve Eco Schools Green Flag status by the end of the academic year.
Meet our Eco Committee team!
The Eco Committee have been busy! The children have started a litter-picking project at Ropner Park. Every fortnight the children will work alongside the park ranger to clean up the area. Well done, you have worked so hard!
Children across the school had a fantastic time buying new toys, games and puzzles. This was a great initative set up by members of the School Eco Commmittee.
Eco School Code
Eco School 2023-2024
Good news! Over the summer break we were awarded the Eco School Green Flag award! To achieve this we have implemented sustainable practises such as recycling, reducing energy consumption with energy saving posters and promoting environmental education among pupils.
Such a busy start to the term:
- We have created a new board of committee members
- We have successfully planted 5 new fruits trees, built bird feeders, bird boxes and wind chimes.
- We have also attended the our first Youth Climate Coalition meeting in Stockton on Tees. This was amazing because it gave us an insight into the amazing work carried out by other schools.
Eco Committee 2024-2025
Eco Committee have had another busy year at Bowesfield Primary, the children have worked alongside the Tees valley wildlife trust to install planters and plant seasonal flowers, planted a hedge row, planned organised and advertised the annual bring and buy sale at the summer fair and the Eco committee have successfully applied and achieved a Picture news Gold award for their efforts.
