Congratulations to the winners of this year’s Green Day journalism awards. The pupils of Pedmore Primary School in Dudley won in the pupil category, with Isabel Barrett, Joy Shepheard-Walwyn and Ruth Jennings chosen as the overall winners. Katy Earnshaw, Sustainability leader from Seven Hills Primary School in Leeds, won in the teacher category.
Students from Seven Hills Primary School in Leeds taking place in their Green Day event © Seven Hills Primary School
We’d like to thank all the schools who took part in the competition for their excellent and inspiring reports, telling us all about the wonderful sustainability work they did as part of their Green Days. You can read the winning entries below – we hope you enjoy them.
Pupil category – Imagine you’re a news reporter. Write a feature article about your school’s Green Day event. What did you do? What did you learn and achieve?
Winning article by Ruth Jennings, Pedmore Church of England Primary
Winning article by Isabel Barrett, Joy Shepheard-Walwyn, Pedmore Church of England Primary
Teacher category – How did you and your school use your Green Day event to develop a longer term strategy to sustainability?
Winning article by Katy Earnshaw, Sustainability leader from Seven Hills Primary School in Leeds
Fancy doing the same activities as Pedmore or Seven Hills Primary Schools? The Green Day teacher’s activity kit has loads of ideas for activities to use when planning a Green Day event. Like Seven Hills Primary School you could design a school allotment (p24), make a recycled orchestra (p39) or launch a campaign to change people’s behaviour (p22). Or why not follow the lead of Pedmore Primary School and design an eco-friendly building (p35), have a debate (p27) or use the film Wall-E to inspire more environmentally-friendly behaviour (p20)?
The Green Day initiative inspires primary and secondary schools to improve their sustainability. You too can be part of Green Day 2011. To find out more take a look at our other Green Day web pages.
