We are proud to hold an Eco-Schools' Status here at Wiveliscombe Primary School. Each year, our pupils have the opportunity to campaign for and subsequently elect two members of their class to form our eco-committee.

Our eco-committee this year are:

• Year 6: Ella and Florrie
• Year 5: Theo and Arlo
• Year 4: Alfred and Flora
• Year 3: Dylan and Zara M
• Year 2: Iris and Reuben
• Year 1: Poppy and Izzy
• Reception: Arlen and Ava

Last year, we achieved our Green Flag by completing our action plan which was to: 

Improve our school grounds and increase the biodiversity - we did this by planting new trees, creating new habitats such as wildlife piles, spreading wildflower seeds. 

Decrease the amount of litter in the school grounds and local area - we did this by encouraging litter picking at playtimes, completing litter picks at forest school and year 4 did a litter pick at the rec. 

To improve snacks and lunchboxes - letter to parents about healthy choices/single use plastics/assembly and lunchbox/snack surveys 

This year, our action plan is: 

• Transport: To encourage fewer children to travel to school by car. We will have an active travel week after Easter to encourage different ways to travel to school. 

• Water: To reduce our water use by installing a water butt We have invited Wessex Water to come in and talk about water efficiency. 

• Marine: To increase awareness of single use plastics and aim to reduce the use of them across school.  We have purchased new litter pickers so every KS2 class has a litter picker.