Westfield Nursery And Primary School

Sustainability 

Westfield Nursery and Primary School is committed to empowering pupils to be advocates and agents of change for a more sustainable world by providing education on climate change and equipping them with the skills to make positive environmental decisions. Drake’s climate action plan focusses on four key areas: Adaptation and Resilience, Biodiversity, Climate Change Education, and Decarbonisation. Key initiatives include:

• Embedding climate change education (CCE) into the curriculum 
• Enhancing sustainability efforts through improved waste management (food waste, plastics) and the "reduce, reuse, recycle" strategy.
• Reducing energy usage
• Promoting biodiversity by creating habitats, improving air and water quality, and implementing rainwater harvesting.

These efforts aim to nurture a more sustainable community and prepare students to tackle environmental challenges. We are working with the following organisation: 

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CLIMATE ACTION PLAN

Our Climate Change Education Vision:

To ensure that all teachers and school leaders are equipped to give children and young people the knowledge and tools to understand climate change, take climate action and protect the environment.

Our Mission

• To support teachers and school leaders to become experts when teaching children and young people about sustainability and climate change.
• To develop a shared language / vocabulary about what climate change and sustainability is. 
• To increase awareness of the environmental impacts of climate change within the community, staff and children
• To engage people to care about the environment and to act to reduce the impact of climate change.
• Better equip children to make sense of climate change, discuss what is happening with their peers and ask questions.
• To support children to care for their community and environment. 

We are committed to achieving our mission by:

• Ensure we are evidence-informed to support teachers and school leaders.
• Ensure all learners are able to engage with climate change education and that it is inclusive and reduces inequalities. 
• Embed climate change education into policies and frameworks.  
• Children, our senior leadership team, teachers and educators need upskilling with CPD training and continued support. 
• To ensure that we inspire a creative and innovative generation of young people ready to face the issues of climate change, we must be ambitious in our approaches.

Westfield Nursery and Primary School Climate Action Plan 2026