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The Eco Council elections have taken place this term where children across the school have visited the Polling Station to vote for their class Eco Councillor.

Year 1 Coral: Finlay 

Year 1 Amber: Ivy 

Year 2 Honey: Poppy 

Year 2 Saffron: Isla 

Year 3 Emerald: Sebastian 

Year 3 Mint: Harrison 

Year 4 Sapphire: Lucas 

Year 4 Teal: Georgia 

Year 5 Lilac: Arlo 

Year 5 Indigo: Arlo 

Year 6 Magenta: Esme 

Year 6 Fuchsia: Violet 

Environmental Review & Action Plan

As part of their Green Flag Award, the Eco Council have carried out an Environmental Review of the school. They have chosen to work on the following three topics: marine, biodiversity and waste. The children discussed project ideas for each of the three topics and created an Action Plan.

Sharing our opinions and ideas

We are very proud of Isla, one of our Eco council members, who gave up her Saturday morning to speak about climate change at the Climate Action Sunderland event. She spoke just before and then was able to have a chat with the North East Regional Mayor, Kim McGuniness. Well done Isla.

Eco Council Project Work 

Waste

The Eco Council and visitors from Keep Washington Tidy led an assembly during Recycling Week 2023. The children shared a video they had created about how to ‘Reduce, Reuse, Recycle’. During Recycling Week, the school held an e-waste collection where pupils were invited to bring unwanted electrical items to be recycled. The children visited the Waste & Recycling Centre to see how waste is recycling and took part in a workshop. 

Biodiversity

Trees have been planted around our school grounds to provide homes to wildlife. A wildflower meadow has been created to attract butterflies and bees. We have installed a hedgehog house, bird feeders and a bug hotel. We carried out a bird and butterfly count to see how many creatures we could see.

Marine

Children in KS1 learnt about plastic pollution in marine habitats. They created posters to encourage people to protect sea creatures and look after marine habitats.