At Hook Infant School, we are constantly looking at how we can change our school environment to benefit our children, the Hook community, local wildlife and ultimately our planet. We have partnered up with a range of organisations to help us on our journey and encourage our children, parents and village community to join us as well.
The organisations we are working with include:
- Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust with Wilder Schools
- Surfers Against Sewage with Plastic Free Schools
- Woodland Trust with the Green Tree Award
- Hook Parish Council
- Hart District Council
- Hampshire and Isle of Wight Amphibian and Reptile Group
- Lets Go Zero
In April 2022 the Department for Education introduced their 'Sustainability and Climate Change Strategy for the Education and Children's Services systems. Luckily we had already been looking at reducing our carbon footprint, reducing single use plastics and enhancing our grounds for wildlife and outdoor education, so were able to adapt our existing practices fairly easily. These include:
The Green Team
A staff team that plan our strategic direction to increase outdoor learning experiences and opportunities within the school. This includes adopting national initiatives such as the Department for Education's "Sustainability and climate change: a strategy for the education and children’s services systems".
School Council
Set up to allow the 'ideal opportunity for pupils to get more involved in the way a school is run' (Save the children, 1999).
Trailblazer
Our outdoor learning provision, a mix of curriculum lessons linked to the outdoors and hands on activities to encourage motivation and engagement. Staff have been trained to deliver a range of lessons using our outdoor areas.
Young Watchers
At the beginning of each new school year, one child from each Year 1 and Year 2 class are nominated by their classmates to be their representative as a Young Watcher. The children are active in supporting tasks to help keep our school safe. This includes checking the playground equipment is safe, as well as checking the gates, fences and hedges are all secure. Our Young Watchers are active in encouraging a litter free environment around our school.
Wild Things
Our school wildlife club. This group performs surveys, habitat creation and often helps with maintaining areas used for outdoor learning activities.
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We have made the Pollinator Promise, have you?
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We will be adding our School Development Plan for "Our Green School" and our 'Climate Action Plan" soon.
Use the interactive map below to explore our wildlife habitats that we use for outdoor learning opportunities, such as biodiversity and habitats, knowledge and understanding of our local environment, climate education, etc.
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