2007 Winners

Winners, Scotland

	Milltimber School, Aberdeen 24 children aged 8-10 Category entered: Totally Active Building a Greenhouse: An Eco Project The children of P4 and P5 wrote letters home requesting that parents should collect plastic bottles, as they knew they would need over 1000 for their ambitious project to create a plastic bottle greenhouse. With some adult assistance, a timber frame was constructed which the children then filled using rows of plastic bottles. The children made pots out of newspaper that would rot away after use and then planted seeds to grow in their greenhouse. This excellent project was a great example of recycling in action and creating something really useful from what is otherwise near permanent waste.
National Winners and Winner, North
	Pilling St. John’s Primary School, Pilling, Lancs 30 children aged 7-11 Category entered: Totally Powered Up Power and Potatoes In a fantastically far-reaching study the children of Pilling St. John’s Primary School looked first at global warning and then at alternative energy sources such as wind and solar power. They explored local energy sources and found that potatoes grown nearby could be used to power a selection of clocks. Having already become committed environmentalists, they looked at where in the world their food came from and staged a sale of local produce at a nearby farmers’ market. Having decided that locally grown food tasted better, they grew their own potatoes and found that they could obtain many different kinds of food from producers just a few miles from Pilling. They did a food mile walk and managed to buy themselves a meal of local food without having to travel great distances. This wide-ranging project covered many important environmental issues including climate change, alternative energy and locally sourced produce in an exciting and absorbing manner, making it a very worthy winner of its Green School Award.
Winner, Wales
	St Aidan’s VA School, Wiston, Pembrokeshire 33 children aged 7-8 Category entered: Totally Creative Inspired By Artists and the Environment The work of several artists inspired the children of St Aidan’s School to create some wonderful environmental art of their own. Using leaves, petals, twigs and other materials found in nature they created some impressive images with the schools grounds as their canvas. They also created a set of paintings inspired by Josef Herman which were striking in their simplicity. This is a great example of how art can be used to improve people’s appreciation for the natural world and is particularly impressive for its scope and the level of involvement of the children.
Winner, South
	Robin Hood Junior School, Sutton 30 children aged 7-11 Category entered: Totally Active Towards a Greener Future The environment clearly plays a big part in the life of Robin Hood Junior School. The project provided illustrations of the children at work in their wildlife garden, around the school pond, planting vegetables in their eco-garden and even cooking a meal for the Headmistress using the vegetables they had grown. In fact their work was so good that Prince Charles invited them to Highgrove to see his garden. Other activities the children took part in included littler picking, weeding in a community allotment, recycling of paper and mobile phones. The children are also monitoring their use of energy and water and visited a reservoir to see where their water comes from. This project really showed how caring for the environment can be integrated into the curriculum and made part of the children’s’ everyday lives.
Winner, Central
	Wynndale Primary School, Mansfield, Notts 32 children aged 9-10 Category entered: Totally Active Our Bog Garden Children in Year 5 of Wynndale Primary School were given the challenge of creating a new bog garden for their school. They researched the different kinds of plants that they would like to grow and created illustrated guides for them. They investigated making the garden as attractive as possible to wildlife and looked at why encouraging bio-diversity was important. The children were fully involved in creating the bog garden from scratch and did all the marking out and digging of the bog garden themselves. It was very impressive to see their commitment and obvious enjoyment in accomplishing the difficult task of creating the bog area. It will be fantastic to see the finished result during the summer. Return to top