Our Eco-Council has representatives from Year 1 to Year 6, and  we meet regularly to work on our action plan and discuss our ongoing projects.

We worked towards, and received, our Green Flag award with Merit, which means  Deansfield is now classed as an Eco School! This year we will be reapplying for our Green Flag award, building on projects we started last academic year, and beginning new ones.

We chose our 3 Action Plan topics from the Eco Schools list of ten topics – Litter, Marine, Global Citizenship, Waste, Transport, Healthy Living, Water, Energy, Biodiversity and School Grounds. The Eco Council decided to focus on: Marine, School Grounds and Biodiversity.

Last year we installed compost bins, planted insect friendly flowers, hung bird feeders, made insect hotels and completed litter picks.  We also enjoyed workshops from Born Free, a charity who fundraise for, and work with endangered animals. This year we are hoping to reduce plastic waste in our lunches, plant more wildflowers and insect friendly plants in the school grounds, and increase our bird and insect visitors! 

The Eco-Council are very fortunate to be working with the Eltham Enviros, a team of parents dedicated to making the local area a more eco-friendly place. They fundraise to help us with our projects, and they give us lots of advice!

Look out for Deansfield’s eco projects on Instagram and in the newsletter!