Eco-Schools
At Sexton’s Manor school we are very proud to be registered as an Eco School which recognises our commitment to developing strategies that sustain and enhance resources and the environment. This is a result of the hard work of our pupils, parents and staff in addressing environmental issues. We currently hold our 3rd Green Flag award.
Eco Committee meets every Friday lunchtime with Mrs Wright ( Eco Schools Coordinator). There are approximately 23 children representatives from Years 1 to 6. The children share ideas, complete an annual environmental audit, set environmental targets, run workshops using recycled crafts, run environmental campaigns across the school, hold assemblies to update our pupils and run competitions which help our school to work towards achieving our Eco Schools targets. We have Eco Monitors, voted for by the pupils. The Eco Monitors ensure each class is following their Energy Pledge and the Eco monitors checklist. More information about Eco Schools can be found on their website www.ecoschools.org.uk.
Projects include:
- Walk to school initiative – Walking Bus
- Reduce plastics waste.
- Recycling batteries.
- Suffolk Recycling Project.
- TerraCycle – Crisp packet recycling scheme.
- Big Garden Bird Watch.
- Bury in Bloom Busy Green Fingers.
- Fairtrade workshops.
- Junior Road Safety Officers.
- An 'Electricity Free Day' and energy saving initiatives.
- Eco Monitors selected in each class to ensure everyone is recycling and saving energy.
- Litter monitors for the playground.
- Growing fruit and vegetables.
- Forest Schools - HLTA trained and running weekly sessions.
- Wildlife Garden – For habitat study.
- Poppy seed planting for Remembrance Day
- Foodbank donations.
In July 2017 we achieved our third Green Flag Award.
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Look at our eco-board. This is updated regularly.
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Look at our school eco-code:
Eco Code
We need the world to be greener
As global warming is getting nearer
Recycle paper, plastic and glass
We need everyone to do it in class
Little things will go a long way
So come on all, let’s save the day!
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Look at our eco-displays
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We made a butterfly using plastic bags....

We created our own outdoor area to use in our learning daily.....


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Eco-day - Whole School









Selling our own vegetables






Key Stage One Outdoor opening








The Deputy Mayor came to open our Greenhouse

We sold plants at the Summer Fayre

We sold plants at the Summer Fayre

We made our own bug hotel

We are working hard to save electricity.....



We have been busy planting........



Eco-club hard at work weeding......

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and in Key Stage 2
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Team building and problem solving in Key Stage 1
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We made animals from recycled materials
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Making Bird Feeders
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RSPB Big Schools' Birdwatch
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Mr Hobbs, Waste Development Officer, presenting an assembly on recycling
We have built an igloo from plastic milk cartons.
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Sorting the milk cartons
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Building the igloo
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