Eco-Council
Lingfield Prep Eco Council has achieved Eco-Schools status with Distinction every year since 2022. This is all due to our Eco Council's hard work across the 10 Eco-Schools topics.
We have been particularly praised for our Springwatch films and for all the collaborative events we hold at the school to raise awareness of waste, increasing biodiversity, energy consumption and working with other organisations like Fairtrade.
Eco-Schools empowers pupils, raises environmental awareness, improves the school environment and also creates financial savings for schools. The Eco-Schools Programme is pupil-led, involving hands-on learning that gets the whole school and the wider community involved in exciting environmental projects.
Eco-Schools
Eco Initiatives
Fairtrade Fortnight
Every year during Fairtrade Fortnight, Prep pupils enjoy delicious bakes at our Fairtrade café, with all proceeds going towards supporting fair wages and fair working conditions for farmers around the world.
Recycling
Our team of School Eco-Councillors made boxes for their classrooms for collecting board pens and glue sticks to recycle. Billions of these items go to landfill each year and, as they are made mainly of plastic, they will not biodegrade.
Recycling tricky items
The Eco-Council have set up a recycling point for tricky items near the Jockey's car park for objects that can't easily be recycled at home such as crisp packets and cat food pouches. Accepted items are listed on the boxes themselves. Items which can normally be recycled at home, such as plastic bottles and cardboard, are not accepted in these boxes.
Apple Juice Making
Every Autumn, volunteers from across the School community take part in apple picking to make juice that can be purchased throughout the School. In 2020 the team diversified into plum jam as well. Any money raised will go towards environmental projects.
Switch-Off Fortnight
During November, the School takes part in Switch-Off Fortnight, during which time the children learn about the importance of saving energy. Our Eco-Councillors are Energy Champions and are able to assess how energy efficient each class is.