Welcome to another Eco-Friendly year at Lonesome Primary School. Our newly appointed Eco Warriors are excited to help make this our most sustainable year yet. The children are working on a termly rota so that more children have the opportunity to be part of our incredibly important eco-drive
The children met with Mrs Jenkins to establish their individual Eco-Pledges and to talk about what they would like to achieve this term.
Our Eco Warriors for the autumn term 2024 are:
L.J. - Year 6
I pledge to help with recycling, building habitats and keeping our school clean. I want to be an Eco Warrior so that I can help improve our school by recycling more.
Melek - Year 5
My Eco pledge is to build more animal houses and plant flowers for other animals and insects. I joined Eco Warriors to clean up our environment, stop littering and learn how to be better at being green.
Nana - Year 5
I pledge to keep our environment safe and clean and work with others to make our school Eco-friendlier. I joined to help save the Earth and prevent it from becoming polluted.
Leuna - Year 5
I pledge to build birdhouses and habitats for animals to support wildlife. I want to be an Eco Warrior so I can help the community by planting more to support bees.
Jason - Year 2
My eco pledge is to improve our energy-saving efforts and use the SMART reader to conserve energy. I want to help keep the school clean and litter-free.
Honey - Year 6
I pledge to help improve our school environment by supporting wildlife and taking care of the school grounds. I want to help save the Earth and keep our school clean.
Muhammad, Year 5
My Eco pledge is to encourage people in the BeDifferent Federation to stop littering and reduce pollution. This harms not only humans but everything on the planet. I joined Eco Warriors to make a difference, be greener, and help plants and insects thrive.
Aaliyan - Year 2
My pledge is to help clean our school and planet. I joined Eco Warriors to help protect sea creatures from suffering.
Gurvansh - Year 3
I pledge to build more animal habitats in our school and stop littering. I want to help keep the school clean, safe, and Eco-friendly. I'd also like to help reduce paper usage and conserve electricity, and plant bee-friendly flowers to support our insects.
Jakub - Year 3
I pledge to help the environment here at Lonesome by tidying up and taking care of the school grounds. I want to help build the pond and plant more to support the insects.
Hodman - Year 4
My Eco pledge is to save water, as water is essential to life. I joined the Eco Warriors because I care deeply about animals, the environment and marine life.
King-Judah - Year 4
Eco Warrior Weekly Activities:
| Eco Waste monitors | Monday-Friday from 1.30 pm the children will work with the kitchen team to weigh and record the food waste figures (kg) in the Eco Waste book. |
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| Litter pickers | Friday afternoons |
| Recycling rangers | The children will collect bins every Tuesday morning from all areas of the school and put these in the communal recycling bins ready for collection. |
Our Eco Warriors will be working alongside our Year 6 Eco Prefects: our Recycling Rangers, Litter Lieutenants and Compost Caddy Collectors. These children will form our Eco Committee, working alongside Mrs Jenkins and our Federated Eco Team to drive forward our initiatives for this academic year.
Our Year 6 Eco Prefects for 2024-2025 are: Enoch, Lorena, Jedidiah, Marvin, Halimah and Martin.
Working together with senior leaders, teachers, children and external agencies, we have the potential to develop positive, sustainable habits among our children that can last a lifetime and be invaluable from the day that they are learned. Whether it’s learning about where our food comes from and hopefully growing our own food too, to finding out about strategies for being more energy efficient such as using solar panels or harvesting rainwater, we can open children's minds to the possibilities of doing more with less and injecting a sense of planetary purpose into our daily routines.
We were accredited with the Eco Schools Distinction Award in 2024 for all of our work so far but there is still more to be done. Our focus this year includes:
- Applying for the Ocean Friendly School Award
- Developing our growing and planting and then using the ingredients that we harvest in our school kitchen
- A focus on collecting and harvesting rainwater
- The promotion and development of recycling that is more widely accessible to our local community
- Ongoing litter picking events to help clean up our local environment e.g. rivers, parks, estates
- Working with local groups and other schools to establish a School Working Group that tackles eco issues at the root