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.

Our Green Flag

This year we have registered with Eco-Schools to earn our green flag! 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.

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

Eco Council Meetings 2024-2025

Eco Council Minutes 21st February 2024

Planting in the local community with Civic Pride!

The Eco Council members in Year 4, 5 & 6 were recently invited to help the volunteers of the local community group ‘Civic Pride’ to plant the areas surrounding our school. They had a lesson in how to prepare the beds and handle the new plants. Well done Eco Council members!

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!