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We found out that St Albans School has won the Jewelled Gecko Award. We will receive a trophy and $1000.  Well done to everyone.
Check out our report.

 Jewelled Gecko Award for 

Environmental Projects in Schools 

2010 

Nicky Wagner National MP 

Judges’ Report 

..St Albans School.. 

St Albans School presented an outstanding entry. The judges were extremely impressed with how engaged the children were with many projects and their knowledge of environmental issues, impacts, and ways to care for and improve our environment. 

The level of understanding of the importance of recycling, vegetable-growing, and reinforcing environmental awareness was extensive and well evident school wide. 

The level of preparation for the presentation for our visit was excellent. The presenters were articulate, confident, and well-researched and prepared. The multimedia approach showed initiative, creativity, and flair. 

The judges would like to identify the aspects of the project and presentation which particularly impressed them: 

 The Eco Warriors initiative. This is a novel and effective approach to identifying and rewarding good work for the environment. We particularly liked the use of badges, the blog, and of course the Eco Warrior Girl concept – great fun! 

 The tree stickers for photocopy paper use – very visual, well presented and very effective 

 The paper bag face and his messages on the video – very effective ... and cute!! 

 Wombling – again, fun and cute ... and of course, effective 

 Wonderful George – says it all! 

 Green Fingers Club – it was great to see so many pupils interested in gardening. 

 Mufti Day to raise money for the worm farm 

 Pig buckets and your online presentation about the hungry Kunekune pigs. 

 Garden shed – the way you reused the redundant sports shed so the eco club could store more gear and therefore allow more children to get involved. 

 Radio station – what an impressive setup and what a good way to remind the children about recycling! 

 Reminder stickers on the door of the photocopier room to remind teachers about not wasting paper 

 So much of the environmental project work is being carried out so willingly and voluntarily in the children’s own time. 

Overall comment 

What an absolute pleasure it was to visit St Albans School and learn about your environmental projects in such a varied, interesting, informative and extremely well-prepared and presented way. The level of environmental engagement and awareness demonstrated by the children is an absolute credit to you all – to the children for showing such genuine interest and enthusiasm and of course to the staff for developing and nurturing the children’s interest, awareness and care for the environment. 

Outstanding. Well done to everyone. Congratulations to you all. 

Finalists for the Jewelled Geko Award

We are one of the finalists for the Jewelled Gecko Award!!! 

Today Nicky Wagner MP came to visit our school to see what environmental initiatives we have in place in our school. The wonderful Eco-Warriors showed her around.