Green award for school

Royd Nursery Infant School have been successful in achieving the Eco-Schools Green Flag with Distinction Award.

The Eco-Schools Green Flag is an internationally recognised award and celebrates excellence in environmental action and learning.

Class teacher and Eco Team Leader, Miss Rawding commented, “I work closely with Mrs Heathcote who has a team of children known as our ‘Eco Warriors’ to launch campaigns for the whole school to take part in. Our Eco project empowers and motivates the children at Royd to drive change for a more sustainable planet and raises environmental awareness in our school and local community.”

After achieving The Green Flag Award in 2020, children at Royd have been working determinedly towards their renewal application and are thrilled to have been awarded The Green Flag with Distinction Award.

The Green Flag with Distinction Award is the highest possible level that a school can be awarded. It gives added recognition to those Eco schools who go a little further with their Eco projects.

Mr Sly, Deputy Headteacher added “Royd is committed to adding value to our children’s lives. If we are able to give them the opportunity to lead change within their school then hopefully this will positively impact them at home as well as in their wider community. I am delighted that staff and children’s commitment to the project has been recognised, as their passion and efforts are admirable.

Teaching Assistant, Mrs Heathcote who also leads the Eco Team commented “Our Eco Team have worked on many projects this year including ‘Switch Off Fortnight’, ‘Waste Week’ and ‘Walk To School Week’. Children know the importance of saving energy, carbon emissions and other valuable resources where possible. They actively monitor whether rooms that aren’t being used at playtimes and lunchtimes have things such as computer screens and lights turned off when they aren’t being used. The children even had a clipboard and checklist for each classroom so they could report their findings. They really enjoyed trying to catch the teachers out and telling them that they needed to turn things off. It creates a positive culture around school as well as healthy competition as each class wants to save the most amount of energy”.