Harford Manor School Green pages
Education for sustainable development
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Harford Manor School has many ongoing gardening projects, recycling and energy saving schemes
involving all the classes, staff, pupils, governors and visitors. The following pages in this section
of the website show just some of them.
Eco-School accreditation
At Harford Manor School we have been working towards Eco-School accreditation through our
activities in the school curriculum, building and grounds. We have had support and encouragement
from school Governors, Norwich in Bloom, a local gardening group “Gardens for Wildlife” and staff
and pupils from our local Secondary School, the Hewett School, Norwich and local volunteers
We are currently working hard to try to gain the Green Flag award.
We have a well established Garden Club which has been meeting weekly for several years.
Four years ago we gained the Eco-schools Bronze Award and since then we have continued
working to raise awareness throughout the school of issues such as recycling, saving energy,
growing plants including food and looking after the plants and animals that are around us,
both in the school grounds and in the community.
The school Eco-code was devised by Key Stage 3 and is short and to the point:
Keen to go green – keener to be greener!
During the past 18 months, our Eco-Team (Green Team) have carried out an environmental audit,
prioritized areas in which to work, set targets, established an Eco notice board, written a Litter
Policy and carried out practical work in growing plants, looking after the school wildlife area,
establishing growing areas and looking at ways to save energy. In addition, they successfully
pressed for water “harvesting” to be set up where possible and ensured that each class has the
necessary equipment to recycle paper, cans, plastic bottles and to collect fruit and vegetable
peelings etc. for the school compost bin.
The Green Team is made up of students from different Key Stage groups and representatives from the
Student Council, the Humanities Teacher (and staff Governor), two Community Volunteers
(one of whom is also a Governor), the Site Manager and two members of staff who help run Garden Club.
Additional support has been provided by staff and pupils throughout the school and in particular,
the school has benefitted from the hard work and enthusiasm of Orange Class (Key Stage 4),
who have carried out a “make-over” of the school sensory courtyard and are currently carrying
out re-development work in the wild-life area in order to make it accessible to all pupils at Harford
Manor School. This class have demonstrated how work in the environment can provide practical
opportunities to teach and learn in many areas of the curriculum, including Maths, Science,
PHSE and Citizenship, Art, Technology, History and Geography and ICT.
Work is ongoing in developing sustainable outdoor education and staff and pupils at
Harford Manor School are building on well established foundations.
Pat Ward,
Teacher.
To find out more about Eco-schools click here
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