Clover Hill Community Clover Hill Community Primary SchoolPrimary School

The Journal School Awards 2010The Journal School Awards 2010

Sustainable School CategorySustainable School Category

Clover Hill Community Clover Hill Community Primary SchoolPrimary School

The government would like all The government would like all schools to become Sustainable schools to become Sustainable Schools by 2020.Schools by 2020.

At Clover Hill we aim to be a At Clover Hill we aim to be a Sustainable School long before this Sustainable School long before this deadline.deadline.

The Energy Busters!!The Energy Busters!!

We are a group of children We are a group of children from Years 2-6 who meet from Years 2-6 who meet every month to look at ways of every month to look at ways of looking after our environment.looking after our environment.

We conducted an We conducted an environmental review which environmental review which helped us to see the things we helped us to see the things we do well and identify targets for do well and identify targets for improvement.improvement.

We have just been awarded We have just been awarded the Eco Schools Green Flag for the Eco Schools Green Flag for all of our hard work and all of our hard work and dedication working towards dedication working towards becoming a sustainable becoming a sustainable school.school.

The Mayor of Gateshead, Councillor John The Mayor of Gateshead, Councillor John Eagle came into school and presented Eagle came into school and presented us with our Green Flag.us with our Green Flag.

We showed We showed the Mayor the Mayor

exactly why exactly why we were we were

awarded the awarded the Green Flag!Green Flag!

These are our raised beds we built to grow our own fruit These are our raised beds we built to grow our own fruit and vegetables. We use these in Cookery Club and hope and vegetables. We use these in Cookery Club and hope to make our own market garden this summer.to make our own market garden this summer.