Eco Schools

Krishna Avanti Primary School is an Eco-School. We believe it is important for everyone to learn about climate change and sustainability.

Eco-Schools is an award programme that helps schools become more sustainable.

Sustainable development means thinking about how our choices and actions affect our planet. It also means finding ways to live that don’t create problems   for the future, or unfairly affect other people’s lives.

The 9 Eco-schools topics are:

1. Water – ways to reducing our consumption (the amount) of water. Effects of water pollution.
2. Waste – Reducing first, repairing, re-using and re-cycling.
3. Litter – knowing how litter can harm wildlife.
4. Biodiversity – Understanding of plant and wildlife.
5. Energy – ‘switch on to switching off’ when equipment or lights are not in use. Ways we can cut down on carbon emissions. Understanding of renewable energy sources.
6. Global Perspective – being aware of issues in other countries and understanding our link to the rest of the world.
7. Transport – exploring ways to travel that cut down our carbon footprint and benefit our health.
8. Healthy Living – Adopting a healthy lifestyle. This includes physical well-being, healthy eating, understanding and knowing how to deal with our emotions, our level of confidence and outlook on life.
9. School Grounds – transforming areas to enable exploration of nature and outdoors learning opportunities.

The Eco Warriors monitor each room on a weekly basis to check that lights have been switched off and taps  have not been left running. They also collect paper waste and manage the compost bins.