Hover your cursor over the Eco-Schools button on the menu to see pictures of William Hague MP presenting the Eco-warriors with the Green Flag.
What is Eco-Schools?
The Government in England wants every school to be a sustainable school by 2020. Eco-Schools is an international award programme that guides schools on their sustainable journey, providing a framework to help embed these principles
into the heart of school life. There are 3 awards to earn: The Bronze Award was earned in March 2008 The Silver Award was earned in March 2009 The Green Flag was earned in May 2010 Have a look at our Action Plan at the bottom of the page to find out the projects we will be working. What have we done so far? Improved the school grounds by building our school garden Building our school garden in 2007 It is amazing what you can grow! Picking runner beans. "Look at the size of this one!" Tasty! Proud gardeners Gardening club work very hard Planting pansies What shall we do next? Can you believe it? Biodiversity - finding out about minibeasts!
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The school grounds - improving the quad
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It was covered in moss. A lot of the plants were overgrowing or dead. |
We used to keep PE resources in here and it was very untidy. We did not like using the quad. |
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Isaac Allemby's grandad pruned the trees and pulled out the weeds. |
He also made some fantastic edging for the flower beds. |
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We had to clear the old plants. |
It was very cold! |
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Now, we like using the quad to help us learn. |
Mr Brown's class used it to do observational drawings as part of their art topic |
Litter picking
We have a big problem with litter around the school grounds.
The Eco-warriors try their best to pick up as much possible.
Most days they come back with a whole bag full of rubbish!
Where does it come from?
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Another bag of litter. We found it on Monday morning so it must have been left over the weekend. |
Out and about collecting the fruit waste. |
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So much litter! |
The Eco-warriors found this massive bit of plastic in the wildlife area. It was about 2 metres wide and had very sharp edges. It was very dangerous! Where had it come from? |
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Another day - another full bag of litter |
Where had this metal pole come from? |
Biodiversity
During the winter months we put out bird food to help the birds survive the cold. Some bird feeders are in the wildlife area and some are near the bungalow. We use wild bird food. The Eco-Warriors hard at work.
For more information visit the Eco-Schools website: www.eco-schools.org.uk
If you are another school hoping to join Eco-Schools then please feel free to contact Carnagill and we will help you as much as possible. Email admin@carnagill.n-yorks.sch.uk 
Check out the Eco-school website if your school wants to make a difference to its environment and watch this space for regular updates on our progress!