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THE TEN ENVIRONMENTAL TOPICS The programme focuses on ten important environmental topics: 1. Biodiversity 2. Energy 3. Global Citizenship 4. Healthy Living 5. Litter 6. Marine 7. School Grounds

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8. Transport 9. Waste 10. Water

For more information on Eco Award Schools please see the Eco-Schools website: https://www.eco-schools.org.uk/ Or email us on admin@woodlands.blackpool.sch.uk

WOODLANDS SCHOOL ECO AWARD

THE AWARD

We have signed up to Keep Britain Tidy’s EcoSchools Green Flag programme.

The programme empowers students, raises environmental awareness, improves the school environment and can create financial savings for us in the longer term. The programme is 25 years old having begun in 1994 in response to

Further to this, the Eco-Schools programme

After achieving our first Green Flag, our school can

provides excellent evidence towards the

continue in the programme and achieve multiple

requirements for, ‘Defining spiritual, moral, social

Green Flags whilst continuing to work on and

and cultural development,’ as detailed in Ofsted’s

promote environmental issues. One of the most

School Inspection Handbook: ‘The school’s

exciting things about the programme is that the

thoughtful and wide-ranging promotion of

process is designed to engage the whole school

students’ spiritual, moral, social and cultural

and its wider community

development and their physical well-being enables students to thrive.’

the 1992 UN Rio Earth Summit. In England over

What can parents and carers do to help their children at home?

19,000 school are registered to the programme

How will it work?

If you would like to get involved in the Eco-School

and globally it is the largest educational

In school we will set up an Eco Committee with at

programme by sharing your time, ideas or skills

least one student from each Department. The Eco

please contact us directly. If you are struggling for

Committee will have the opportunity to design

spare time, don’t worry, we will keep you updated

their own ‘Eco Code’ which will be displayed on the

on our progress regularly and invite you to

Eco Board within school. This will become

participate in Eco-Schools projects or events that

our environmental mission statement.

the students organise.

programme on the planet, with presence in around 70 countries and over 19 million children are involved.

Why do we want to become an Eco School?

As well as helping the environment, Eco-Schools

The Eco Committee will have representations

will also benefit the students in our school. The

from the students, staff, parents and the

programme is designed by teachers to be

governing body. (Parents and governors will not

student-led; allowing our students to take

have to attend every meeting but will be kept up

ownership of environmental projects. It also provides our school with many real-life and contextual learning opportunities that link to our personalised curriculum within school. This includes Citizenship, PSHE, Communication and Interaction,

Physical

Development,

Social

Emotional Mental Health development and education for sustainable development. It is also an award scheme that will raise the profile of our school in the wider community.

to date with the minutes).

The Eco Committee will meet at least once every half term to discuss actions and how we can further develop our Eco Award within school, all items discussed will be displayed on our Eco Board under the current minute’s section.