
Contact - Mrs Wendy Stevenson
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What is an Eco School?
Eco-Schools is a global programme engaging millions of children across 64 different countries, making it the largest environmental schools programme in the world.
18 million children attend an Eco-School worldwide. Eco-Schools is operated globally by the Foundation for Environmental Education (FEE), and was launched in 1994 in response to the 1992 UN Rio Earth Summit.
Environmental charity Keep Britain Tidy is the Eco-Schools National Operator for England, where more than 18,000 schools are registered and 1,200 schools currently hold the internationally recognised Eco-Schools Green Flag.
The programme provides a framework for learning and action around ten topics – biodiversity, energy, global citizenship, healthy living, litter, marine, school grounds, transport, waste, and water. It follows a very simple seven-step process to lead schools on their journey to achieving a Green Flag Award.
The programme is pupil-led and encourages whole school involvement. It also encourages closer links between schools and their communities. It offers many benefits for individual pupils, developing their knowledge and skills and improving their well-being. There are also many benefits for schools, with an added bonus of saving money.
Find out more – https://www.eco-schools.org.uk/
Stone Hill School Eco Committee meet at least once every half term to talk about all things green. This is led with great enthusiasm by Miss Lea, our Eco Committee aims to develop environmental awareness across our school community and to care for and develop our local environment.
2020 – 2021 Eco Committee | ||
Lower School | Upper School | Staff |
A Friebe | H Kirkpatrick E Plevey | Mr Gallafent – Chair of the Governing Body |
T Robson | B Harper L Usher | Miss Lea – Eco Schools Co-ordinator |
T Wray | J Walsh C Taylor | Ms Chapman – Deputy Headteacher |
B Vickers | D Malloy-Kidd J Bamford | Miss Exelby – Schools Council Secretary |
J Boswell R Critchlow | ||
We have already successfully achieved the Bronze and Silver Awards.
We have successfully achieved our first Green Flag Award by carrying out the following 7 steps:
Environmental Review
Action Plan
Linking to the curriculum
Involving the whole school and wider community
Monitoring and evaluation
Eco-Code
Project work
The work completed so far:
We have an Eco Mascot – called Planet Potato Man – designed by Max Brinkhurst. Please click here.
We have already achieved our Bronze and Silver Awards by improving our school grounds, making sure that we reduce, reuse and recycle our waste and by learning about how our actions impact on the world around us.
We have developed an Eco Code that is displayed in all classrooms. It is a green code that we all follow to make our planet a better place to live.
Heatherwood School – Outdoor Learning
The Eco-Committee really enjoyed their trip to Heatherwood School to take part in some outdoor learning as part of the International School Grounds Month project which is an Eco Schools initaitve. The children had the opportunity to use the outdoor classroom to learn about plants, birds, bugs and local wildlife. Children enjoyed creating pictures using natural materials and a bug hunting activity. It was lots of fun and we enjoyed working with the children from Heatherwood School. Please click here for more outdoor learning.
Helping Hands Litter Pick
The Eco-Committee really enjoyed taking part in the Helping Hands litter pick at Elm Field Park. The children were shocked at how much waste was littered around the park and the hedgerows even though bins were provided. The children all shared the same concerns that the litter was making the environment look dirty and were worried about the safety of animals and wildlife because of human activity. Children were surprised that people were not aware of their responsibility to put their waste into the bin or to take it home. They collected lots of rubbish and are keen to start a litter picking club in school to keep our environment clean and safe. Please click here for more photo’s taken.
Sensory Garden Competition. Please click here for more information. Please click here for winning design.
Bug Hotel July 2018 – Making our Bug Hotel
Some of the children from on Eco Committee worked with Miss Lea (Eco-Schools Coordinator), Miss Hurst (DMBC Energy Team) and Miss Exelby (School Council Secretary) to create a bug hotel within the upper school outdoor classroom. This is part of our School Grounds topic work.
We used old pallets as the base for making the bug hotel. We had to collect sticks, grass, leaves and mud to help establish a natural habitat to attract bugs and other insects to our school grounds. We also used old plant pots and pipes to create lots of homes for wildlife.
We really enjoyed creating the bug hotel and we are looking forward to surveying which insects have moved into the bug hotel when we come back to school in September! Please click here to view photo’s taken.
February 2019 -Class 5 – Recycled Robots
In science class 5 have been learning about recycling. We discussed and shared our ideas about what recycling is. We also thought about why we recycled our waste.
We sorted some waste into different types of materials that could be recycled, for example, paper, cardboard, tin, glass, compost and plastic. We shared our ideas and experiences about the things that we recycle at home.
We used materials that could be recycled to make our own recycling robots. It was lots of fun and we really enjoyed being creative. Take a look at our photographs.
March 2019 – Lower School Eco Day.
Children in Lower School took part in a series of activities and workshops to learn about how to care for our environment and look after life on our planet. Miss Hurst from DMBC Energy Team came into school to support us with our learning. Please look at the workshops for more information.
Class 4 – Wind watch
Class 5 – Mini Beasts
Class 6 – Plastics in our Oceans
Eco Week 17th – 21st June – We launched our Eco Week with a whole school assembly.
To achieve our Green Flag Award we have focused our learning on three topics; Marine, Water and Waste. We had a week dedicated to learning about these three topics across school. This involved in-school workshops lead by teachers, and visitors from Yorkshire Water and BDR Waste Treatment Facility. Pupils learned about:
Pupils in Year 8 visited a local recycling plant to learn about reducing waste and recycling.
All pupils in Lower School went on a trip to The Deep and took part in a number of workshops and activities to learn about marine life and conservation.
Pupils in Years 6 and Year 11 supported North East Lincolnshire Council with a beach clean-up at Fitties Beach, Cleethorpes. Pupils were shocked at the amount of waste and plastic on our local beaches and in the surrounding areas. Pupils understood the harmful effects of littering on marine life.
The girls in Upper School experienced a visit to a Water Treatment Plant and took part in a series of activities to discover how our water is collected, cleaned and distributed.
Project Work 2019-2020
Eco Warrior Challenge Summer 2020
September 2020 – The Eco Committee have shared the results of the Environmental Review with all pupils in school through a special Eco Schools Assembly. Pupils voted for their favourite three actions from the suggested actions as identified in the Environmental Review. The Eco Committee counted up the results to create our new Action Plan. This year we are going to be focusing on Transport – taking part in cycle safety training, School Grounds – developing the Sensory Garden and woodland areas to enhance outdoor learning provision and Waste – to hold a book and toy swap.