Eco 2022/23
What is Eco Schools?
"The Eco Schools programme consists of a growing community of schools throughout Europe who are committed to the continuous improvement of their local environment. Most young people care deeply about environmental issues and wish to make a positive change in the environment around them. The Eco-Schools programme provides an ideal way for fostering environmental awareness in the entire school in a way that links to many curriculum subjects. The primary aim of the Eco-Schools programme is to educate and empower young people to make positive decisions and become change makers for an environmentally sustainable world."
Please see their website for further details. http://www.eco-schoolsni.org/cgi-bin/generic?instanceID=1
As schools develop their environment they are awarded bronze and silver certificates and Green Flag status.
Our school has recently elected a new Eco Committee consisting of nine Key Stage 1 and 2 pupils. The committee, with the help of the whole school community, will work together towards achieving awards.
Keep following our page for updates on how we are getting on...
Check out our 'green' people - "The Eco-Committee"
As a whole school community, we conducted an Environmental Review of our school. We used the outcomes of this to inform our choice of Eco topics/themes to focus on. A copy of our Environmental Review is also found on our Eco-Schools noticeboard.
Eco-Code Competition - Can you help the Eco-committee invent a new Eco-Code for our school?
Councillor Julie Flaherty, a member of the Environmental Services Committee, from Armagh Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council, will judge our Eco-Code competition entries.
