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The staff and pupils of St. Mary's High school are deeply concerned about environmental issues and want to make a positive change to our school environment. We are now one of 42,000 schools worldwide taking part in the Eco school project.
We have successfully gained the Bronze and Silver award and this year aim to gain our Green Flag.
Through Eco schools our pupils are able to develop responsible attitudes towards our school local and global environments.
In the Eco schools programme there are ten topics for the staff and pupils to focus on. Pupils can choose one topic as a major focus and two minor topics to look at.
The topics are
- Litter
- Waste
- Energy
- Water
- Transport
- Healthy living
- Biodiversity
- School grounds
- Global perspectives
- Climate change
Here in St. Mary's our main focus is biodiversity. We have produced a bug hotel and log piles for insects and created a wild area to allow a wild meadow to grow.
One of our minor topics, focuses on our school grounds. We aim to make our school environment a more stimulating place for pupils, staff and visitors.
Another minor focus we have is on energy. We aim to raise energy awareness in our school and make our school more energy efficient.
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