ECO Schools
Our Vision
To offer ALL children outdoor learning experiences and opportunities to enhance and complement all aspects of the curriculum and strengthen each child’s social, emotional and physical development. The right clothing is key to children accessing outdoor learning - see our 'outdoor clothing information' leaflet below.
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Objectives for 2025-2026
● To raise awareness of eco-friendly approaches to transport
● Further develop the nursery wildlife pond to encourage wildlife
● To reduce the amount of waste produced at the nursery and to recycle more ‘difficult-to-recycle’ items.
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National Education Nature Park Grant
In 2023-24 we were awarded a grant to help us improve the biodiversity of our site and to empower children and young people to make a positive difference to both their own and to nature’s future. As a result of the grant we were able to carry out a number of initiatives, including:
·Planting wildflowers
·Developing our planting areas
·Planting flowers / fruit & vegetables
·Adding climbing plants to fences
·Adding more rainwater storage and irrigation
·Investing in cameras and IT equipment to monitor and record developments
·Investing in tools & gardening gear
·Building Storage for our gardening tools & equipment
·Ensuring that all children have appropriate wet weather gear to access outdoors in all weathers
Take a look at the photos below to see some of our work.
We are continuing to develop our grounds and following receipt of a Nature Park top-up grant have been able to install a wildlife pond in our Orchard area. Children have been busy looking for signs of spring and also planting herbs and vegetables. See the pictures below and look out for further updates!
The Great Big School Clean 2026
We were proud to be part of the nation's biggest mass-action environmental campaign between13th to 29th of March. Children enjoyed collecting litter around the nursery site and some families borrowed equipment and picked litter in the community. Well done everyone!
For more information: keepbritaintidy.org
No Mow May 2026
Plantlife’s No Mow May Movement is back for 2026 and the nursery has pledged to join this initiative again!
No Mow May is one of the easiest ways to help the environment – letting wildflowers like daisies, dandelions and clovers grow while supporting bees and butterflies. (Even small wild patches add up to make a huge difference to nature.) Find out more here: https://www.plantlife.org.uk/campaigns/nomowmay/
Nursery Garden
The fruit, vegetables, herbs and wildflowers are continuing the thrive in our nursery garden!🌱🌾😊
22nd - 28th September 2025: 'Recycling week'
22nd-28th September was ‘Recycling week’. Children in Butterfly class have been learning all about recycling and listened to the story of 'The Life of A Little Plastic Bottle'. Nursery recycle lots of things, including: plastic, cardboard, paper, glass, food waste etc. However, we also try to 'rescue' as much 'rubbish' as we can and use it in junk modelling!
What do you recycle / rescue in your home?
Find out what you can recycle in your grey bin: https://www.wirral.gov.uk/bins-and-recycling/grey-recycling-bin
See what happens to your recycling: https://www.recyclenow.com/how-to-recycle/what-happens-to-my-recycling
RSPB Big School Birdwatch 2026
We had fun watching the birds in our Forest school area for our Big School Birdwatch. During the hour we identified 3 blackbirds, 4 sparrows and 4 magpies, eating our bird food that children had made the previous week. The children love looking outside observing the wildlife we see on a daily basis. 🥰 🐦⬛🌳
