{"id":309,"date":"2021-03-10T10:55:59","date_gmt":"2021-03-10T10:55:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/stniniansrcps\/?page_id=309"},"modified":"2026-05-21T22:56:30","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T21:56:30","slug":"eco-schools","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/stniniansrcps\/our-school\/initiatives\/eco-schools\/","title":{"rendered":"Eco Schools"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At St Ninian\u2019s RC Primary School, we are committed to learning for sustainability and empowering our pupils to care for the world around them. Through the Eco Schools programme, our children take an active role in leading environmental learning and improvement across our school.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>We are proud to have been awarded <strong>another Eco Schools Green Flag in March 2025<\/strong>, recognising our ongoing commitment to sustainability and climate action. The Green Flag is an internationally recognised award for schools that demonstrate a strong commitment to environmental education and action.<\/p>\n<p>Our Eco Committee, led by pupils, works together to review our school environment, identify priorities and take meaningful action. This includes developing and delivering our Eco Schools action plan, which helps us to improve our school and make a positive impact on our local and global community.<\/p>\n<p>We are currently working on our next action plan as we continue our journey towards achieving our next Green Flag. Through this work, our pupils develop confidence, teamwork and a strong awareness of how they can protect and care for their environment.<\/p>\n<p>This work supports the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, particularly <strong>Article 24<\/strong>, which highlights every child\u2019s right to a safe and healthy environment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\ud83d\udc49 To find out more about the Eco Schools programme, please visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.keepscotlandbeautiful.org\/eco-schools\/\"><strong>Eco Schools Scotland website<\/strong><\/a>.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-715\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/stniniansrcps\/uploads\/sites\/12586\/2023\/09\/20135756\/sustainability_7-1-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/stniniansrcps\/uploads\/sites\/12586\/2023\/09\/20135756\/sustainability_7-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/stniniansrcps\/uploads\/sites\/12586\/2023\/09\/20135756\/sustainability_7-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/stniniansrcps\/uploads\/sites\/12586\/2023\/09\/20135756\/sustainability_7-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/stniniansrcps\/uploads\/sites\/12586\/2023\/09\/20135756\/sustainability_7-1.jpg 1260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At St Ninian\u2019s RC Primary School, we are committed to learning for sustainability and empowering our pupils to care for the world around them. Through the Eco Schools programme, our children take an active role in leading environmental learning and improvement across our school. We are proud to have been awarded another Eco Schools Green &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/stniniansrcps\/our-school\/initiatives\/eco-schools\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Eco Schools<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21415,"featured_media":0,"parent":35,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-309","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/stniniansrcps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/309","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/stniniansrcps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/stniniansrcps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/stniniansrcps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21415"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/stniniansrcps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=309"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/stniniansrcps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/309\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":881,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/stniniansrcps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/309\/revisions\/881"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/stniniansrcps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/35"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/stniniansrcps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=309"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}