Eco Council

The School Eco Council is made of children from Key Stage 2 who care about the school and the wider environment. The children meet regularly and discuss what they would like to see happen in school and work together to promote and develop sustainability throughout our school so we can all be a little more eco-friendly. Over the course of the year we will lead campaigns in the school to avoid waste, encourage recycling and save resources such as water and electricity. Another role of the Eco Council is to raise awareness within the school community of the ongoing climate crisis and the importance of looking after our environment.

The role of the Eco-Council

The Eco-Committee is tasked to:

Ensure that the whole school is aware of the Eco-Schools programme
Take the lead in carrying out the Environmental Review
Ensure that everyone in the school community is represented in the decision-making process (as far as possible)
Provide a link between pupils, teachers, senior management team, governors and the whole school community
Take the lead in delivering the Eco-Schools Action Plan

Our Aims

We are registered with Eco-Schools to earn our green flag and the Food for Life programme! We aim to develops pupils’ skills, raises environmental awareness, improves the school environment and creates financial savings for schools to use on much more exciting learning resources.

Miss Brewer, our School Business Manager and Governor, insists the council members wear their badges with pride!

Our termly tasks include keeping busy planting in the garden areas of the school grounds, working on the reflective garden, keeping our school grounds tidy, promoting recycling and working toward the Woodland Trust Green Tree Schools Award.

How Families Can Help at Home

Turn off lights when leaving a room
Sort rubbish and recycle properly
Walk or cycle for short journeys
Reduce food waste
Plant wildflowers or herbs in your garden, yard, or windowsill

Spring/Summer 2026 News letter

Our Eco Council at work

Our keen council members are always busy around school planting flowers and crops, keeping our school tidy and promoting sustainability!

St James’ Eco Council have spent time planting trees and flowers around the school grounds. A Silver Birch, A Cherry Tree and a Hawthorne, kindly donated to school as part of the Bishops Harvest Appeal.

Autumn Eco Council litter pick - keeping our school tidy!

Autumn Eco Council litter picking – Doing a fab job at keeping our school tidy!

The Eco council have been busy spending their playtime planting seeds in the flower beds to attract bees and butterflies and grow our own fruit and veg! What a dedicated team!