St Ives school flagged up as green champions
GREEN-fingered superheroes at Westfield Junior School have won a third Green Flag for their contribution to saving the planet.
GREEN-FINGERED superheroes at Westfield Junior School, in St Ives, have won a third Green Flag for their contribution to saving the planet.
The school is only the second in Cambridgeshire to be granted the award, part of the International ECO-Schools programme, which recognises the efforts of schools to be environmentally aware.
Westfield has been singled out to be a case study school, supporting others in their quest to become greener.
Assessors praised the way children enjoyed the range of eco-projects and how the programme was deeply rooted in everything that happened at the school.
Led by teachers Diane Cant and Jill Burt, Westfield has made eco-friendly measures part of daily school life, with a thriving eco club with more than 40 members, a nature area, a fruit orchard and a vegetable patch where children grow produce for the school kitchens.
Teacher Frances Smith said: “It’s been a huge amount of work, but the children have loved being a part of it and have got involved at every stage.
Most Read
- 1 The Real Pie Company has opened in Huntingdon
- 2 Eight things we learned from the prime minister's briefing
- 3 Michaela’s horrific ordeal: ‘My partner threatened to slit my throat and bury me alive’
- 4 Drugs uncovered in Huntingdon home
- 5 Drug Dealer from Huntingdon has been sentenced
- 6 Updated details of the Christmas lights switch-on in St Neots
- 7 London Luton Airport and NATS will go ahead with Huntingdonshire flight path
- 8 Crafty Monkey is encouraging people to shop local this winter
- 9 Councillor wants apology for Nadine Dorries 'misogynist' tweet
- 10 Steve's Taxis has donated more than £20,000 to Hinchingbrooke Hospital
“Being green has become embedded in the workings of the school.”
To find out about the ECO-Schools programme, visit www.eco-schools.org.uk
