Last academic year the Eco Committee worked closely with TFL on their STARS programme. TFL came into school for several workshops and helped the student body design and implement initiatives to encourage the Emanuel community to travel to school sustainably, actively and responsibly by championing walking, scooting and cycling to reduce congestion and improve road safety and air quality. Approaches included giving assemblies to promote the benefits of active travel, spot prizes to students who walked and cycled to school during Eco Week and monitoring air quality by looking at the indicator species lichen. We achieved an incredible shift to see over 90% of the Emanuel pupils travelling to school actively and therefore were awarded both Silver and Gold accreditation within the year. A fantastic achievement for the Eco Committee.
Mrs Hawkridge, Teacher of Biology
Eco committee
