I am extremely proud to announce that Wellshot Primary has been awarded their 7th Green Flag! This is largely down to the hard work, enthusiasm and commitment of Mr Hardie and our Eco Committee. Our whole school community really pulled together over the last two years to support our Eco Committee with this fantastic achievement!
Here are just some of the things that we have done…
- Planted fruit trees to make a small orchard
- Writing our new Eco Code and sharing it with pupils, friends and family
- P6 and P6/5 successfully took part and gained our John Muir Awards
- Recognising food waste and how to reduce it.
- P7 visited and planted at the allotment
- P5 sustainability – Global Citizenship
- P5 looked after, grew and released brown trout through the Clyde in the Classroom initiative
- P7 started a Pupil Voice committee dedicated to saving energy
- P3 raised awareness of products which we can recycle, supporting the 3 R’s – REDUCE, REUSE, RECYCLE
- The children in the nurture class looked after eggs which hatched chicks with the help of Living Eggs
- Litter campaign to keep our playground tidy and the local community tidy by carrying out litter picking sessions
- Recycling bags were introduced into classrooms for paper and plastic
- Participated in the RSPB Big Garden Bird Watch
- Making bird feeders in our lower primarys
- Road safety presentations were shown at assemblies on behalf of our JRSO’s.
- Participated in Fairtrade Fortnight – organising a tuck shop and café for parents to sell fairtrade products, presentations, visiting local shopkeepers
WE HAVE BEEN BUSY! KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK!
Wellshot Primary have successfully undertaken the Eco- Schools programme for a number of years and proudly display our awarded flag in recognition of the hard work of pupils and staff.
The programme is designed to encourage young people to make a commitment to improving their environment both in and away from school.
The Eco-Schools programme can help schools to:
- improve the school’s environment
- reduce litter and waste through recycling initiatives
- reduce energy and water use
- devise efficient ways of travelling to and from school to reduce our carbon footprints
- promote healthy lifestyles through eating and activities
- encourage active citizenship
- build strong partnerships with a variety of community groups
- develop international and global links
