June 2022

Congratulations!!!

Fantastic work!

We are very pleased to tell you that you and your Eco-Committee at Yeadon Westfield Junior School have been awarded an Eco-Schools Green Flag.

We reviewed your application and noted the following:

We love your democratic and fair approach to appointing Eco-Committee members. It’s wonderful to see how other pupils played a part in the selection process. It's clear that you've done some amazing Eco-Schools work this academic year, but we would love to have seen your minutes to understand the planning phases. It was brilliant to see how completing your Environmental Review helped your Eco-Committee to spot gaps in your school's existing environmental activity and set ambitious goals. It demonstrates an insightful and self-aware approach to your Eco-Schools work and highlights, at the same time, the stellar efforts that had already been made towards creating a biodiverse school environment. You have clearly given much consideration to your Action Plan. It was concise, SMART (Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant and Time Bound) and clearly informed by the findings from your Environmental Review. We love how your young people took ownership of this fundamental task. They did a fabulous job! We love how teachers have carefully and thoughtfully embedded environmental activities into the curriculum. Building bee houses and bug hotels, and improving the marine habitat by involving the children in cleaning out the school pond is a wonderful way to engage and educate while having lots of fun! We were really impressed by your use of whole-school videos and newsletters to promote and involve young people and members of the wider community in your Eco-Schools work. You've clearly looked externally and engaged with different campaigns, people and organisations to provide your students with meaningful and impactful experiences such as tree planting and litter picks. Fantastic work! It's wonderful to see how your three actions inform your Eco-Code. It’s clear that your Eco-Committee took great care writing it. The parent quote is further testament to how your excellent work this academic year has both educated and empowered your students to build on all of their wonderful achievements. Congratulations to you all for your thoroughly-deserved Green Flag with Distinction!

As always THANK YOU very much for your hard work, we are so proud of all our schools and the collective achievements they have made to protect our planet for future generations. We look forward to working with Yeadon Westfield Junior School again next academic year to help you expand on your eco-actions and successes of this year.

Have a great summer break,

The Eco-Schools Team