Eco-Schools

Introduction

Bristol has growing network of schools aiming to be sustainable by 2020. Catch up with what is going on by reading

Bristol Eco-Schools News

Below is a list of the schools in Bristol which are part of the Eco-schools programme:

• Ashley Down Junior School
• Cheddar Grove Primary
• Holymead Infant School
• Luckwell Primary School
• Sea Mills Infant school
  
• Speedwell Nursery School
• St Bede's Catholic College
• St Bonaventure's Catholic Primary
• St Teresa's Catholic Primary
• Stoke Bishop CofE Primary
• Westbury-on-Trym C of E Primary School

Other useful links:

• Find out how to get your school involved in the  Eat-a-Metre project.
• Growing schools - learning in the living environment
• Welcome to the latest edition of the SEEd e-newsletter. We aim to keep you in touch with news on sustainable development in the Education sector, ESD, jobs, funding and any upcoming events, courses or consultations. Please let us know what you think!
• Big Bristol Habitat Hunt - Go wild... Have fun! Its a fun, educational and mulitsensory way for children to connect with nature, and has strong curriculum links too. Register for the survey and we will send you details of how to do the survey in June. The school with the most imaginative ideas for its school grouns will win £1,000 towards imporving them. Enter by Monday 26th July.

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Kingsweston Eco-Schools action meeting

Johanna Welch, Eco Co-ordinator at Kingsweston School, sent us this great photo of her Eco Committee and their Sea Mills Juniors counterparts.

Johanna Welch has recently taken on the role of Eco-Schools Co-ordinator at Kingsweston School. The last co-ordinator left and although the school continued doing some great eco stuff they forgot to re-apply for their Green Flag. To get back on track the Eco-Schools Committee from Sea Mills Junior School visited Kingsweston to help complete an environmental audit.

Johanna told us:- ‘First pupils and staff filled out questionnaires. Next, we talked about the good things Kingsweston was already doing. Then, we thought about how we might make our school better.  The pupils from Sea Mills Juniors shared with us what they did to earn their Green Flag. We finished the meeting off with drinks and biscuits and a plan to travel to Sea Mills Juniors for a visit. ‘

Johanna and her team are now working on their new Action Plan and hope to apply for their Green Flag later this year.

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