Eco-Schools
Eco-Schools is a pupil-led programme with the aim to make a school more ecofriendly; it involves hands-on, real-world learning and gets the whole school and the wider community involved in exciting environmental projects.Our Eco-code: reduce litter, increase biodiversity, reduce energy use, and cut down our carbon emissions.
The logo and Eco-code now contain increased recycling as well. From anecdotal enquiries, it became clear that many students are worried about what happens to plastic as part of waste disposal. Plastic recycling is complicated, and the school is working on solutions. However, in the meantime, the members of the Eco-committee have made it very clear they want to raise awareness and promote the elimination of single-use plastic. We have already started working on this project introducing wooden cutlery, having a no laminate policy and placed recycled bins which are labelled plastic bottles. Students are currently building a plastic greenhouse made from plastic bottles.
The Eco club meet up every week on a Thursday 3-4pm. Projects are always being introduced and worked on such as recycled Christmas cards to make into gift tags, growing plants, harvesting seeds, anything we make, grow and sell goes towards our chosen charity, this year being the homeless.
We also grow food especially herbs and give to the community, engage with other schools in the trust to meet up once a year and run an eco-rally where they all share great ideas.
Environmental awareness will always be part of the curriculum to help students understand the importance of this issue.
The Beauchamp Bin Bandits are our litter-picking team this year they will be picking litter in the community as well as the school grounds
With hard work the students achieve great things and become advocates for the future, together they have achieved three years of Eco awards with distinctions.
