Well done to our Earth Stewards led by Mrs. Abbott for supporting the school to compete the actions towards the Eco- Schools Green Flag! We were awarded a DISTINCTION!

Congratulations!!! Fantastic work!

We are very pleased to tell you that you and your Eco-Committee at St John's CE Primary School, Thornham have been successful in meeting the requirements for the Eco-Schools Green Flag Award.

We reviewed your application and noted the following:

It is evident that young people in your school are aware of environmental issues and passionate about protecting our planet! Thank you for sharing your meeting minutes with the Eco-Schools’ Team. They really helped to provide an insight into your Eco-Schools’ work, and the dynamics of your pupil-led Eco-Committee! The quote provided by one of your members reflects their interest in sustainability, it’s brilliant that they have been chosen for your Eco-Committee, granting them the chance to create positive impacts in their local community and beyond. Completing the Environmental Review allowed your Eco-Committee to recognise the positive changes that your school has already made and gain an appreciation of the future impacts that they can create of ideas for creating an impactful Action Plan. Your Environmental Review is packed with comments, and this is exactly what our team enjoys seeing. It’s clear that completing it provided your Eco-Committee with plenty of ideas for creating an impactful Action Plan. You chose to work on topics that mattered to you, and this is a sensible approach that will lead to increased engagement and bigger impacts. This approach places them at the heart of your Eco-Schools work and will lead to increased engagement. We enjoyed reading about your litter and energy monitors – this sounded fantastic! It is great to see how you incorporated environmental issues into all aspects of your school activities. Your Action Plan contains a diverse range of activities aimed at creating positive behaviours, making an immediate difference to your local environment, and expanding your Eco-Schools’ initiatives into your local community. We enjoyed reading about your range of activities within your curriculum! We enjoyed seeing your uploaded painting creations. These examples clearly demonstrate that staff members in your school are willing to go above and beyond to include these important issues in pupil’s learning! Pass on a thank you to them from the Eco-Schools’ Team. Your Eco-Committee have used a wide variety of methods to inform their school community about their work, your assembly sounded fantastic! This shows they take pride in their achievements and are working hard to involve and educate all around them! We loved seeing your Eco-Board. It’s really visual and engaging and it’s great to see your Eco-Committee celebrated. Your greatest success is a brilliant achievement. Your whole school participation and enthusiasm has been a huge success with a positive impact on your pupils! It’s clearly something that pupils will be proud of and leaves a great legacy to build upon! We love your collaborative approach to creating an Eco-Code, this approach has allowed young people to take ownership and create a final code that will be treasured by everyone at your school! It was also wonderful to read you had supplemented your environmental learning with a trip to the zoo and Hopwood Woods to learn about stone age history and biodiversity to learn about biodiversity - this sounded brilliant! Thank you for your question suggestions for next year’s Environmental Review, they’re intelligent ideas that we will take into consideration when compiling next year’s review. Thank you so much for submitting such a terrific application. We have loved reading about your journey and are incredibly impressed by all you have achieved. We have no hesitation in awarding you an Eco-Schools Green Flag with Distinction, congratulations!