Climate Action and Sustainability
BackSustainability, recognising climate change and ecology are vitally important; in business, at home and in our children’s education. Here at OPJ, we pride ourselves on our forward-thinking approach to environmentally driven education and community engagement. We are at the start of our journey to that goal of sustainability, beginning with educating our students in a nurturing and sustainable environment and one that is both engaging and enjoyable.
Our pupils are involved in active learning about the environment. We’ve filled our library with books that celebrate and share amazing facts about the Earth and environmental movement leaders like Greta Thunberg and David Attenborough.
Students feel most powerful and engaged when they connect their own lives to what’s going on in the world.
Rubbish exists. It is all around us. Food waste is the biggest occupant of landfills in the UK. Here at OPJ, we recycle everything we are able to. All card, paper, metal and plastic is sent for recycling. Cooked food waste from the kitchen is sent to methane production plants. We have our weekly competition, weighing the waste and trying to improve week on week.
Teaching children about the food they eat takes on a whole new meaning when they grow it themselves. Termly cookery sessions for every child supports this. As does our amazing and Bath in Bloom award winning Gardening Club who have constructed a number of planters whereby vegetables and flowers are planted across the year. The vegetables are then used by our children tro create delicious dishes, pickles and chutneys, for us all to enjoy!
For our children, promoting walking to school is another component part of our sustainability voyage. We encourage pupils to walk, scoot or cycle to school by having regular walk to school awards competitions. We intend to partner up with Modal Shift Stars to help our school become as green as possible.
Find below our Climate Action Plan:
