Opening ceremony

The opening ceremony will involve a torch relay between schools with specific students and staff walking/jogging from one school to the next (click here for route). This will be held on the morning of Monday 27th February 2023 and it will include a special guest. When the group reaches the next school, eg. Field End Junior School’s group arriving at Ruislip High School, the headteacher and the next group of torch bearers will meet them to receive the torch.

The torch bearers will be provided with Vanguard Learning Trust water bottles for the journey and presented with certificates of achievement when they arrive at their destination school. There will be a short reception at each school; this will involve the headteacher reading a pledge (click here) on behalf of the school to commit to the community’s participation in the environmental sustainability week in order to reduce the community’s carbon footprint and promote changes in individuals’ behaviour in relation to environmentally sustainable practice.

It is hoped that a video of the opening ceremony will be collated shortly afterwards so that it can be shared with the community as part of the week.