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Eco Schools

Significant Eco Dates

23rd-25th January - The Big Garden Birdwatch 

2nd-8th March - Waste Week 

13th-29th March - Great Big School Clean

8th-14th June - Water Week 

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Eco-Schools is a global programme engaging 19.5 million children across 67 countries, making it the largest educational programme on the planet.

To find out more about the Eco Schools Programme

For over 25 years, Eco-Schools has been empowering children to drive change and improve their environmental awareness through the simple Seven-Step framework in order to achieve the international Eco-Schools Green Flag.

 

Eco-Schools develops pupils’ skills, raises environmental awareness, improves the school environment and creates financial savings for schools as well as a whole host of other benefits.

 

Pheasey Park Farm Primary School and Early Years Centre achieved the Eco Schools Green Flag in 2017. Since then, we have successfully renewed our Green Flag four times, as renewal of the award used to be compulsory every two years but is now annually.

 

The most recent Green Flag renewal was successful in 2025 where we received the award with a Distinction and received the following detailed feedback:

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Award Level: Distinction

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Your first local litter pick for The Great British Spring Clean. Your Eco Warriors not only helped clean up the community but also became role models. Their passion was contagious, inspiring other pupils to get involved.

  • By researching the different trees, plants, and vegetables growing on site, the Eco Warriors will deepen their botanical knowledge while developing key research and communication skills. Creating QR codes adds a modern, interactive twist that brings the whole school community into the learning journey. You could even take it further by adding student-recorded audio or drawings, making it a living showcase of their learning.

  • Taking part in Keep Britain Tidy's Great Big School Clean allows your school to actively contribute to a national effort focused on reducing litter and safeguarding our local environments. The campaign encourages pupils to take pride in their surroundings and become active stewards of their community. With the EcoWarriors leading the charge, your school can raise awareness, organise litter picks, and inspire others to take action.

  • In Science, Year 5 explored the topic of living things by focusing on the global issue of deforestation and its impact on chimpanzees. As part of their learning, they created an advertisement for the Jane Goodall Institute to raise awareness about the decline in chimpanzee populations, highlighting how habitat loss, particularly from deforestation, plays a major role. It was a powerful blend of scientific learning and global citizenship in action.

  • Year 6 engaged in an eye-opening unit on renewable electricity, deepening their understanding of how energy sources impact the environment. They explored the key differences between renewable and non-renewable electricity. A visit from a Polestar engineer brought everything to life, as students learned firsthand about how electric vehicles work, their emissions compared to traditional cars, and the broader environmental benefits. This learning experience beautifully connected science, sustainability, and global awareness.

Our Eco Code

The Eco Code is our school environmental mission statement which reflects the topics that our Eco action plan is based on and demonstrates our school's commitment to being sustainable.

 

Every year, pupils throughout the school are set the challenge to create an updated Eco Code that reflects our school Eco actions, which they are informed about through key stage assemblies and the Eco display board. The Eco Committee then engage in discussion about all the entries and vote on which they believe to be the most relevant, effective Eco Code. The chosen Eco Code is displayed in prominent places around the school including classrooms, main reception, staff room, corridors and offices.

Watching ‘Your Planet’ on BBC Newsround is a great way to keep up to date with news articles related to nature and the environment.

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DAY

June 2025

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Examples of work that took place during our Eco Day! Year groups focused on different environmental themes.

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