Sustainability at Gorse Covert Primary School
Climate Action Plan: Gorse Covert Primary School
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Goal 1: Establishing a baseline |
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Set up a sustainability team. |
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Understand the school’s carbon footprint by identifying where emissions come from. |
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Use an online tool such as Keep Britain Tidy’s to get a breakdown of carbon emissions. |
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Understand school's energy efficiency by conducting a review of energy use. |
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Understand the school curriculum by reviewing for climate change content. |
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Create and send out pupil and staff surveys and review findings. |
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Goal 2: Create a positive culture and influence behaviour change around reducing energy use |
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Sustainability team to lead an assembly on behaviour change. |
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Display to encourage behaviour change for children and adults. |
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Make small, visible changes to help prevent heat loss e.g. draft excluders. |
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Ensure children and adults are reminded to turn off lights, monitors etc. |
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Children encouraged to share the messages with parents. |
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Goal 3: Increase or enhance green space on the school site |
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Range of new trees, bushes and wildflowers (200 saplings) planted by children on school field to enhance biodiversity. |
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Children playing amongst trees,other plants and wildlife to encourage them to be more connected to nature. |
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Grow plants and get students involved in maintenance/ harvest. |
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Goal 4: The school community plays its role in minimising climate change |
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When school resources are purchased, consideration is taken into their environmental impact. |
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Research into more energy efficient technologies. |
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Analysis of most likely areas to flood. |
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Goal 5: Develop students’ knowledge and skills relating to climate change |
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Share with pupils, parents and staff what climate change action we are taking by promoting successes and achievements. Assemblies, newsletters, etc |
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Sustainability council take part in meetings with staff, further ‘specialist sessions’ to enable them to feel like they are ‘real experts’. This knowledge is then shared with classmates. |
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Research networks and decide which is the best for school to keep up to date with latest information and opportunities. |
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Ensure sustainability/climate change is further included in the curriculum: in subject plans, house days, etc. |
At Gorse Covert Primary School, we are committed to building a greener, fairer future for our children and our planet. Through education, action, and community involvement, we aim to become a school that not only understands its environmental impact, but actively works to reduce it.
Our vision is to create a school where climate responsibility is part of everyday learning, choices and behaviours - where children are empowered as environmental stewards, staff lead by example, and families are engaged in creating lasting change.
We will achieve this by:
- Embedding climate education across our curriculum
- Making our school grounds a living, breathing example of biodiversity and sustainability
- Encouraging every member of our community to take action – from reducing energy use to reconnecting with nature,
- And proudly sharing our journey as we grow into a school that leads with integrity, innovation and hope.
Together, we are nurturing a generation who will not only understand the challenges of climate change — but will feel confident and equipped to make a difference.
