Gateway's Eco Warriors

Congratulations to:

William – Robins (Y2)

Esmae – Parrots (Y2)

Harleigh – Penguins (Y2)

Lily-May – Kingfishers (Y4)

Joshua – Owls (Y4)

Grace – Toucans (Y5) 

Violet – Peacocks (Y5)

Autumn – Doves (Y5)

Sophia – Eagles (Y5)

Poppy –  Eagles (Y6)

Medine – Toucans (Y6)

Ahrea – Peacocks (Y6)

 

Meeting Minutes

February 2026

This month, all classes completed the RSPB Big School Birdwatch. All children from EYFS up to Year 6 have spent time outside looking for and listening to birds in the school grounds! We have enjoyed spotting woodpigeons, magpies, blackbirds, starlings and robins. Eco Committee will be uploading the results by the end of term. 

Tuesday 2nd February 2026

Today, we tied up some loose ends. We reminded teachers that we need the RSPB Birdwatch results by the end of the term. We also discussed World Book Day, as after school, we will help with a second hand book and uniform sale to help reduce, reuse and recycle! We have made some exciting plans for May, when the whole school will be working on our We Are Environmentalists topic. Finally, we have selected our nominated Litter Monitors: Thomas K, Eleanor J, Sienna W, Elsie D, Arwen, Mason Z, Maia K, George PS and Seren. 

January 2026

We have had a busy month, meeting several times to put together and practise our whole school assembly. We enjoyed delivering our  assembly where we shared our Environmental Review, Eco Code and up coming plans for the RSPB Birdwatch. 

Tuesday 8th December 2025

Today we met and finished our Eco Code, ready to share with the school shortly. We finished our littering action plan and discussed our upcoming assembly. Parents and carers will be informed via a newsletter and on Dojo later this week. We have also signed up to the RSPB School Birdwatch and will share that with the school during our assembly in January.

Tuesday 25th November 2025

We have worked hard to make progress on our Action Plan and have lots of ideas for how to improve the school grounds and biodiversity. We have decided that we would like to raise money for a hedgehog charity, as hedgehogs are now endangered. Next time we meet we will finish our Action Plan and work on our Eco Code. Esmae and Poppy shared ideas they had worked on at home for Eco Committee as well. 

Tuesday 11th November 2025

Today we finished our Environmental Review. We looked through the whole document and noticed positives and negatives. We discussed each area and decided on our three focus strands for this year: Biodiversity, School Grounds and Litter. We feel we can make lots of positive changes in these areas and are looking forward to writing our Action Plan.

Tuesday 21st October 2025

We held our first meeting today! We talked about how the Environmental Review works and how that leads to an Action Plan. We then began reviewing the first 5 strands of the Environmental Review. 

September 2025

Mrs Barnes and Mrs Scovell led an assembly to explain about Eco Schools and forming an Eco Committee. Children then went away and wrote a speech about why they want to be an Eco Warrior! Classes then voted and our Eco team were elected. Children loved receiving their special Eco Warrior badges in Celebration Assembly.