Green Team
The Green Team staff representatives are:
Mrs Miss
Aucock Cook
At Ashdown Primary school we are extremely proud of the eco ethos that runs through the school. This is something that is embedded in our school life and is reflected through our three key drivers of people, planet and potential.
Our eco ethos is recognised through our Eco Schools accreditation. We have held the award for a number of years, but are very proud to have been awarded a Green Flag with Distinction in 2025.
For more information about ECO schools please click here
To see our Climate Change Action Plan 2025-26 click here
Our Eco Code
Junior Green Team
We will soon be electing our brand new Green Team for 2025-2026!
Infant Green Team
2025-2026
2024-2025
Green Flag Accreditation
This year, our Green Team and whole school community have worked so hard towards our goal of renewing our Green Flag. We are very pleased to announce that, not only did we renew it, but we were awarded a Green Flag with Distinction!
Eco-week 2
In Term 5, Green Team held our second Eco-Week of the year. Green Team and other children from across the school took part in daily litter picks on our school field. It was great to see how enthusiastic children were to take part and improve the appearance of our school site, for our benefit but also for local wildlife.
We also challenged each class to have an electricity free morning or afternoon! This helped us to understand how much we rely on electricity and consider creative ways to reduce our energy usage.
The highlight of the week was our biodiversity-inspired art competition. Each class was challenged to create a piece of art that celebrated biodiversity. Some classes used traditional methods of painting or drawing, while others foraged for materials to create collages or prints. They then voted for their favourites in each class (some of these can be seen in the gallery below). These then went to the Green Team panel who decided the final winners!
Junior Winner: Ruby Junior Runner Up: Helena
Infant Winner: Maryam Infant Runner Up: Jenna
Crowborough Town Councillors visit
At the Junior Site, we were very fortunate to welcome Cllr Kay Moss and Cllr Natalie Whittle to deliver an assembly all about their 'I Care for Crowborough' event. This event has been developed with young people from Crowborough who have shared their passion for making positive environmental changes in the area. This was really inspiring for our children who will also have the opportunity to take part in projects like this when they reach secondary school. Our Green Team were also inspired to think about what environmental changes they would like to see in Crowborough and are even considering writing a letter to the council!
Christmas Tree Competition
At both the Infants and Juniors, our Green Team held a very exciting competition. Each class created or decorated a Christmas tree using entirely recycled/recyclable materials or natural materials from outside. Green Team then had the important responsibility of judging each tree at their site to declare the best decorated Christmas trees of 2024! It was very challenging to judge as each class made a fantastic effort and all of the trees looked spectacular. We are very proud of every class. After much deliberation, they declared the winning class at Infants was Woodpeckers, with Hedgehogs as runners up. The winning class at Juniors was 3 Acer for their fantastic tree made entirely of recycled/recyclable materials and the fantastic decorations and waving gingerbread that went with it! Well done to every class!
Christmas Tree Competition 2024
Pollinator Station
One of our focusses this year is to develop the biodiversity at the Junior site and we've made a brilliant start this week. Carrie, from Sussex Green Living, came to run a workshop with our Junior Green Team. Together, they installed a pollinator station in the quiet area of our field. The first group got their hands dirty gathering different materials to fill the bug hotel, making excellent homes for our pollinators. The second group did some brilliant planting in the base of the pollinator station. We can't wait to see it teaming with life next year. Thank you to the families of our Green Team who helped them collect the materials we needed. We must also thank Mercator Digital for sponsoring this project.
Pollinator Station
This poster from Sussex Green Living shares more about our pollinator station and what you can do to support pollinators at home.
Cut Your Carbon
In November 2024, we are taking place in Eco-Schools' Cut Your Carbon campaign. Which of these simple challenges will you take on to cut your carbon emissions and help fight climate change?
2023-2024
Eco Week 2023
To kick-off our ECO week, Ashdown School has welcomed Councillor Coleman (Chair of Wealden District Council), to both sites. She kindly presented an eco-themed assembly about the theme of her term of office which is: Nature Recovery in a time of Climate and Biodiversity Crisis. She spoke about nature-based solutions, the role of politics and local governance, and the importance of getting involved. Councillor Coleman then met with the Green Teams at each site, listening to the issues, concerns and interests of the children.
Councillor Coleman
The week continued with each year group focussing on a different area of ECO learning and considering ways that each of us can make a difference with impactful environmental actions. Take a look below at some of the fantastic activities that took place during ECO week 2023.
Eco Week 2023 Juniors
Crowborough Community Orchard
Our Green Team members were invited to help with tree planting at the Community Orchard which is being developed on part of the Junior School site on Herne Road.
We first toured the site to see how it is progressing and found out about the different fruit trees that are growing there. We were particularly impressed by the enormous water butts used to collect rainwater and the new log seats in the forest school area. Then we got stuck in with some clearing, digging, planting and mulching. The Green Team members worked extremely hard and were a terrific help to the members of the Community Orchard who organised the event.
Community Orchard
