Eco

I am extremely proud to announce that Wellshot Primary has been awarded their 7^th 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