Lean Green Eco Machine

We've only gone and done it!

On Tuesday 6th November, we were assessed for the gold standard eco schools award, the Green Flag. The Eco committee showed the assessor, Ray Harrington-Vail, from the Footprint Trust, around the school and told him about the different schemes that we had carried out to make our school more environmentally friendly. They were really enthusiastic and at times Ray struggled to get a word in edgeways! Of course, this enthusiasm is what the project is all about and we were successful in our application, making NOdehill the first Middle School and only the second school to become a Green Flag school.

   Our large Green flag came this week and we are currently looking into getting a large flagpole from which to hang it, and whether or not we will need planning permission for the pole!

Thank you to everyone who has participated in this project and helped to get us this far along the road. Of course, the work doesn't stop here, and we need to keep working to become more and more sustainable.

Green Flag application

The term has ended but before it did the Committe met to go through and complete the apllication form for the Green Flag award. We should be assessed sometime in September. We are quietly confident and very hopeful that these pages illustrate we have done enough to get the award. Thanks to everyone who has contributed to getting us this far.

Remember it doesn't all stop if we get the award - we are firmly committed to develop sustainability at Nodehill and make sure the impact that our school has on the environment is as positive as possible.

Silver award

In November we looked at the assessment criteria for the Silver Award and Green Flag and the Eco schools committee decided we had fulfilled all the criteria for the Silver Award. We applied and were successful. The certificate is shown below.

Bronze Award

Based on the work of the previous 2 years, we applied for the Bronze Eco schools award in October 2006 and were successful. The certificate is below.