Woodlea Primary School is committed to educating its pupils about caring for and respecting the environment and developing responsible citizens who are able to make valuable decisions.

As part of our responsibility to the environment and as an Eco-School we aim:

• To develop an awareness of environmental issues
• To promote environmental issues and raise awareness amongst the wider school community
• To become more sustainable in the school environment and reduce the environmental impact of the whole school
• To link environmental issues in with the curriculum

Woodlea Primary is proud to continue its membership of Eco-Schools and annually works towards the Green Flag Award. 

The whole school works together to ensure that the Eco-School principals are embedded in the daily life of the school and indeed in the whole school community. The staff ensure that work on the nine eco-schools topics is weaved creatively through the curriculum and the children are responsible for electing an Eco-Champion in their classroom. The Eco-School Reps are then encouraged to act as an eco-role model to the rest of the school, to encourage recycling, reduce litter in the playground, eat healthily and conserve energy. 

Eco Council 

Our Eco-Council meets regularly and have been very busy.  They have been discussing the environmental audit which is being carried out this term and our action plan for the year.  

They have decided to concentrate on 3 key projects/areas that we want to focus on this year.  The children have lots of ideas, but we think we have picked the three:

Energy – specifically reducing the school’s energy use

Biodiversity and

Waste which includes promoting Surrey’s Rethink Waste Scheme

What have we been up to?

Hedge and Tree Planting

We have planted some trees which will form a mixed hedge by the outdoor classroom. Apparently, a hedge can support over 200 different species. Woldingham is full of non-native laurel, which is not the best at supporting wildlife, so Woodlea children are doing their part to improve the local habitats.

Pond Clearing

Time has also been spent clearing the pond area for all the creatures that live in here. 

Litter Pickers

New litter pickers have arrived which the children are very excited about.  The children are helping to clear any litter on site.