Eco Council

Last year, our Eco Council managed to gain the Green Flag award which was a huge achievement. This year is also an exciting one for Cippenham’s Eco Council and the whole school. 


This year, Cippenham’s main goals are:

Free Trees for Schools and Communities

Cippenham School is incredibly lucky to have such a huge amount of green space even though we live in a busy town. In order to utilise this space, and increase biodiversity, the eco council successfully applied to The Woodland Trust’s free trees scheme. The eco council did some research and looked at a map of the school to determine a space where hedges could be planted and are awaiting a delivery of 105 saplings to be planted soon. Watch this space for updates of our planting project!


Food Waste

Food waste is a huge problem in the world with an estimated one third of all food produced being wasted. Food that is thrown away could be enough to feed people who really need it, and in addition to this, wasted food is an environmental concern as it causes dangerous greenhouse gases. Cippenham School’s eco council are working on ways to address the food wasted in our canteens at lunchtime. The children have been busy doing lots of research into this and are coming up with a plan of action!

Cut your Carbon

Throughout the month of November, the whole school took part in Cut your Carbon, an initiative involving 6 challenges to try and reduce our carbon footprint. Challenges included things like ‘no power hour’ which meant switching off all non-essential electrical items, and ‘veggie vibes’ which involved going meat free. The eco council did an amazing job at promoting the initiative by creating colourful posters that they stuck up around the school; each rep spoke to their class to promote interest in the challenges. At the end of the month, Miss Davis (Eco Lead) counted up all of the numbers and submitted them as part of the inititative.

Respect  |  Kindness  |  Honesty  |  Resilience  |  Independence  |  Growth Mindset