Drake Primary School and Little Pirates Child Care
Eco Council
Our mission is: To help the world because we want everyone and everything to be able to live in an environment which is healthy.
Eco Schools Green Flag Award
The Eco Councillors worked together to achieve the Eco Green Flag Accreditation! They completed three projects this year, focused on Biodiversity, Energy and Waste.
Our feedback from the judges:
"Integrating curriculum links to help children understand both the causes and impacts of climate change ensures they develop a well-rounded awareness of environmental issues. It’s wonderful to hear that pupils are accessing outdoor learning more often - engaging with school grounds and local habitats first hand helps them connect theory to real-world experiences. Their growing confidence in discussing climate change and its potential effects on their surroundings shows how deeply they’ve engaged with sustainability education."
Royal Norfolk Show Mini COP 2025
We're very proud to share that two of our Eco Councillors were invited to take part in the Mini COP event at the Royal Norfolk Show! This exciting event brings together children from schools across Norfolk to talk about how we can all help protect our planet. Mini COP is a brilliant opportunity to share ideas, learn about sustainability, and find ways to make schools more eco-friendly. Our councillors represented Drake brilliantly and came back full of inspiration to help us become even greener!
Calculating our carbon footprint
Eco Code
Environmental Review
Environmental Review 2024-25: The eco councillors have completed an environmental review of the school and grounds
Eco Council Assembly: Climate Change
Eco Council introduced the school to our climate change project in their assembly. They used a blanket, a model Earth and sun to explain global warming. They suggested some tips about what we can do in school to reduce our carbon footprint.
Welcome to our new Eco Councillors for 2024-25!
Why did you want to be part of Eco Council?
- “I like helping the environment”
- “I care about wildlife and nature.”
- “I want to help animals and make sure they are safe.”
- “I want to help the world last longer.”
- “I want to make sure wildlife and animals are safe.”
- “I wanted to see what it was like at Eco Council, I have never been on a Council before!”
- “I want to look after the world.”
- “I want to plant more plants.”
- “I want to do litter picking around Thetford.”
Summer 2024
This term, Eco Council joined forces with SNAC to start a food waste project. Representatives worked together to discuss their views on food waste within our school and all children agreed it was too high. It was decided that the food waste should be monitored so the children could identify how improvements might be made. Both councils decided that the food waste in both halls should be weighed in order to get a better idea of exactly how much is being wasted. Children came up with a plan to weigh the food waste bags every day in each hall and record their results in a table.
Trip to Howards Plant Nurseries - 26th June 2024
Mia Witham visited on Thursday and ran a planting session with the Eco Council. We added plants into the rainwater planter in the red playground- the plants will be watered with runoff from the roof. They planted: elephant’s ear, periwinkle, bistort, masterwort, sneezeweed, bergamot and flag irises.
Eco Council joined with the council to take part in the 'Great British Spring Clean' project. They completed a litter pick in Frederick's Wood and Fairfields play area. Thank you Eco Council for making a difference to the environment and helping to protect local wildlife.
Litter picking in the school grounds
Eco Council Assembly- Recycling
