Heartwood Heroes
Making a Difference!
Our school council are named the Heartwood Heroes as they work hard to Make a Difference to Heartwood Primary and our surrounding community.
We have two school council representatives from each of the KS1 and KS2 classes, which meet half termly, with Mrs Butters who leads the Heartwood Heroes and is the Eco co-ordinator.
The Heartwood Heroes have worked hard towards the Eco-School award to make sure we are reducing our impact on the environment and that we individually and collectively make a difference.
The Eco-Schools programme provides a unique opportunity that empowers pupils to lead change within their school and have a positive impact in their wider community. The programme encourages pupils of all ages and abilities to work together to develop their knowledge and environmental awareness. Independent research into the Eco-Schools programme in England found evidence of the positive impacts on pupils, including increased confidence, development of leaderships skills, improved pupil well-being and behaviour and greater motivation at school.
Keep re-visiting this page to see what the Heartwood Heroes have been up to and the impact they are having.
Voting for the Heartwood Heroes
The children in each class present why they would be the best candidate for the Heartwood Heroes. The class then vote for their representative to join the team.
Eco-schools 2024/2025
We have been awarded our Green Flag Award with Distinction, earning 240 points. This is an amazing achievement for our Heartwood Heroes, School, families and local community. A massive thank you to everyone who has supported the Heartwood Heroes over the past academic year. Please read the feedback we received:
Your Greatest Overall Success:
You should be super proud of your whole school communities achievements across the year. Not only have they improved children's safety, promoted healthier lifestyles, and created a better learning environment, but they have also improved the environment by reducing your overall environmental footprint, and encouraged a stronger community.
We also loved...
• It was fantastic that your Action Plan was guided by your Heartwood Heroes, who were passionate about connecting with nature, protecting the environment, and improving transport. Their comprehensive plans led to significant improvements in transport around your school, fundraising for charities-£614 is amazing! and you have reduced litter in your area.
• Thanks to staff members incorporating environmental issues into the curriculum, pupils at your school are becoming more aware of sustainable living and the importance of being active in protecting our planet. We love that your students got to visit a local recycling education centre and the impact it will have for your journey going forward in becoming ambassadors is amazing!
• Wow! Your Heartwood Heroes are master collaborators! They clearly understand that a job as big as climate change needs as many people as possible. You have involved a comprehensive list of groups, organisations, charities and individuals in your hard work to protect the planet.
Next year, why not try...
You have had fantastic achievements this year. Keep doing what you are doing to continue making a difference to the environment and your community.
Protecting our planet takes collaboration, and we will raise awareness, including in our school and the local community, truly making a difference!
Posters our Heartwood Heroes have created
Earth Day
This year at Heartwood we celebrated Earth Day which is an annual event to demonstrate our commitment for environmental protection. This year we focused on Planet vs Plastics, setting up our own recycling station for empty crisp packets, showing our support of a 60% reduction of plastic production by 2040.
Heartwood took an Earth Day Pledge to make everyday an earth day by doing the following:
- I promise to do my part to take care of the earth by picking up litter when I see it
- I promise to reduce, reuse and recycle
- I promise to help care for growing things like trees and flowers
- I promise to encourage my families members, friends and staff to learn about ways to get involved and take action by taking care of our community
Look at all our previous Eco-Schools achievements...
We have certainly made our school environment more sustainable, increased environmental learning and awareness which has benefited our local community.
Eco-school Project
The Heartwood Heroes have been busy making sure that our school is as eco-friendly as we can be. They have been awarded the Eco-school Bronze and Silver Awards.