Wimborne St Giles are delighted to announce that our Eco Crew have been awarded an Eco Schools Green Flag Award – with Distinction: recognising “a very impressive and impactful year of Eco-Activity and the fact that young people in your school are passionate about protecting our planet”.

Eco Schools praised the fact that, “Clearly a lot of consideration was given to how you would meaningfully embrace the Eco-Schools’ ethic and involve your entire school community in your activities including the ideas to create a fruit orchard in the wildlife area, to take part in the “Just One Tree” day and to launch a fundraising campaign on World Water Day. We especially liked that the children took part in bee-keeping and pond-dipping sessions, that they identified the different plants, animals and insects found in the school grounds and also that in Art they studied the work of Andy Goldsworthy. In addition to all these endeavours, the amount of work and effort you put into the sustainability in the curriculum planning is inspiring.”

Wimborne St Giles is proud to be part of the family of schools in the Diocese of Salisbury Academy Trust. Mark Lacey, CEO, congratulated the school on the award and its Eco Schools work which is fully aligned with the Trust goal   to ' provide energy efficient and environmentally sustainable school buildings through a deeper understanding and awareness of caring for the planet.'

Headteacher Mrs Hill praised the children and wider community for their hard work and efforts across the year: “Everything we do here at school is rooted in our vision, ‘Together We Grow: Together We Give’ and ‘making the world a better place’. This has been a huge team effort and we are thrilled that our children's passion and enthusiasm has been recognised in this way. We are so proud of the efforts of our Eco Crew and we are really looking forward to building on their legacy again this year.”