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Barons Court Primary School and Nursery

Eco Council

Eco Council

Together We Can Make A Difference

2025-2026

We are an active Eco Council at our school. Please take a look throughout the year at all of our amazing work and the impact we have. 

Following an open invitation to every child in the school, this year's Eco Council has been chosen for both their enthusiasm and fresh ideas. We have agreed to meet every fortnight to discuss new projects and the next steps towards making our school as environmentally friendly as we can.

The council has agreed in the first meetings that they would like to make a difference to our local area and so it has been agreed that they will be working alongside the Community Mentors to carry out litter picks in the streets around our school. We are hoping to strengthen links to local community action groups to inspire a wider demographic and taking a shared responsibility for our area.

In addition, there was a strong feeling that more could be done to raise the awareness of the potential global impacts of our local actions. The Eco Council have been inspired by the different themed topic-led days designed by the Pupil Leadership Team and are looking to create their own 'Environmental Awareness Day' in 2026, where activities throughout the school feed into the theme of helping the environment. It is hoped that we can invite people from outside our school to share their expertise and build a sense of duty to care for our planet. Look out for more on this in the Spring Term.

In the meantime, the Eco Council will be monitoring the use of energy and consumables, with the intention of looking at ways to reduce their usage to work towards a sustainable future. 

If you have any ideas for our school relating to environmental issues, please make them known to a member of the Eco Council and we will endeavour to discuss it in a future meeting.

Autumn Term 2025 - An Update from our Eco-Council

This year, the Eco Council wants to spread their message of the impact an individual can have and they have been discussing ways to ensure as many people as possible are playing their part in caring for the environment. They have started by relaunching the 'Wheel of the Weekend' homework activities, encouraging children and families to take part in fun and rewarding projects that help build ties between nature and our community. These range from helping birds survive the winter, to making a donation to a local charity shop.
We are also planning to get into the local streets this term armed with litter pickers and bin bags, to make a difference to our neighbourhood and, by making actions visible, encouraging others to think twice about littering.
In our most recent meetings, plans are beginning to form about our inaugural Eco/ Environmental day (name still to be agreed!), where environmental awareness will be central to the school day and learning will be inspired by conservation and sustainability.
One other thing that has been highlighted by the Eco-Council this year, is the food waste generated by the school. We are looking at increasing the amount of waste that can be used on our own site for compost instead of being transported elsewhere. A food bin has been introduced to the staff room in an effort to collect the vast amount of used tea bags that make excellent compostable materials that can be added to our wormery that produces both vermicompost and liquid fertiliser.

Action! All electric outlets have been targeted. Turn it off when not in use!

Light switches targeted


Attracting Bio-Diversity in our School Grounds

 

 

 

 

 

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