So far this year, the Eco Council have met together to discuss what they would like to change in our school and our community. Several ideas have been put forward to the council and we have whittled them down to just three. They have been chosen as each has attempted to address a different theme linked to our ongoing Eco Schools work:

1. We have researched the environmental impact of making paper and there is a strong feeling in the council that we, both teachers and pupils, could do more to reduce our paper usage and consequently our negative influences. To action this, we will create a designated space for scrap paper so that it is available to all as necessary and teachers will endeavour to use less paper for hand outs, by using finer margins and smaller fonts.

2. The children have noticed there is an increasing amount of litter in our community and want to do more to clean up our streets. It has been agreed that it should be standard practice to take litter pickers and a rubbish bag every time a group of children visit somewhere nearby such as the beach.

3. One common theme was a lack of nature or biodiversity in our shared outdoor space. The Eco Council have been designing potential ideas to create a seating area in the playground which encourages children to engage with nature.

The Eco Council are planning to communicate these efforts in a school assembly to raise awareness and build on the ideas - we look forward to sharing this with everyone.