Eco Committee

Eco Commitee 2022-23

2022

Eco Commitee 2021/2022

Stop It, Don't Drop It!

Our Eco Commitee 2020/2021

WE ARE CERTAINLY ETHICAL, INFORMED CITIZENS AT FOCHRIW PRIMARY SCHOOL

June 2019 sees Fochriw Primary School awarded with Platinum Eco Schools status.

Futhermore, we are delighted to receive confirmation of special BEACON ECO SCHOOLS STATUS! This is only awarded to a minority of schools exhibiting excellence with practice worth sharing in Environmental Education.

Platinum and Eco Schools BEACON STATUS for Fochriw Primary Schools! A track record of excellence in environmental education sees our school not just awarded PLATINUM Eco Schools status but registration as an Eco BEACON SCHOOL (one of only a handful)

Meet the Climate Change Team! Follow this link to our Youtube video. Award winners for curriculum work in science and technology and humanities. The work on climate change promotes, literacy, numeracy and digital skills. We are very proud of our Eco Committee's role in the production of the video to combat climate change.

The Eco-Committee Planned an Agenda for the Visit from the Future Generations Commissioner

The Climate Crisis Team.docx

Our Annual Fairtrade Coffee Event Organised by the Eco Committee

Third Green Flag Renewal at Fochriw 2015-2017

Eco-Schools 3rd Green Flag Renewal FPS Sept 2017 FINAL.pdf

Eco Warriors Organise a Whole School Banner Campaign in the Community. The Eco Committee worked with the CSOs at Rhymney Police Station to organise a campaign to promote safe driving in the community. (The winner is featured near the bottom of the article). Unfortunately, the banner was vandalised with a knife. However, Fochriw Primary School children showed resilience and have since become part of Gwent Police Heddlu Bach programme. They along with the Eco Committee carry out many joint campaigns in the community ensuring positive social action and education beyond the school gates.

Annual Fairtrade Coffee Event Organised by the Eco-Committee:Global Links Zimbabwe

Eco Committee Consultation for CAERPHILLY LA on the Future Generations Act July 2016

PUPIL VOICE CONSULTATION ON FUTURE GENERATIONS ACT FOR CAERPHILLY ESDG OFFICER JULY 2016.pdf

SUSTAINABILITY and the SALMON STORY 2015-16

GROUNDWORKS TRUST PARTNERS - Salmon life cycle presentation 2015-16.pdf

Eco-Committees from the North and South of Caerphilly Join Forces in a Clean-Up Campaign with Keep Wales Tidy! The Eco Committee at Fochriw Primary and Plas-y-felin Primary School collaborate showing respect for the environment.

UNITED NATIONS RIGHTS OF THE CHILD - Child Friendly Language

uncrcchilldfriendlylanguage.pdf

We Plan our ECO YEAR and Evaluate Against Criteria

An Example of our Presentation to Train Staff and Governors to be Ethical and Informed

Annual Training Presentation by Y6 Eco Reps to Staff and Governors.pdf

Ethical, Informed Citizens Exploring the Future - OUR WALES 2050 Digital Project

Wales 2050 - FOCHRIW PRIMARY SCHOOL

A short video in response to the request from the Welsh Government for schools in Wales to consider the Wales they would like to see in their future.
The children used their digital skills across Areas of Learning to consider the challenges that face humanity. They thought about creative, ethical, informed and sustainable actions. They demonstrated they were ambitious, capable learners and showed character filming in the blustery conditions in their community of Fochriw and surrounding Darran Valley! We are incredibly proud of the amount of work, thought (and additional input from the Eco-Committee carrying out research in their own time) put into this film!
After becoming NATIONAL RUNNERS UP the Eco-Committee of Fochriw Primary School did not stop there! They met in the summer term and decided how they could use this video to inform the whole school to TAKE ACTION from the ideas raised and be more sustainable so they could live in a future world they could be proud of. This entry has had a huge 'knock on' effect to the pupils of Fochriw Primary School being ethically, informed citizens.

Eco Committee

The Eco committee are always working hard to look after and improve the school and the local area.

The Eco Committee is made up of children from Reception to Year 6.

In September 2015 we successfully achieved our 2nd green flag.

This year the committee have been focusing on 'Healthy Living' and continuing to improve the 'School Grounds.'

In March 2016 the Committee worked in partnership with children from Plasyfelin Primary School to clean up the local river. This was in readiness for the release of the salmon from the award winning STEM Project Based Learning, 'The Salmon Story.'

eco_commitee_newsletter_spring_2016 (1).doc