Sustainability

Sustainability at the Prep School

On a global scale, the topic of ‘sustainability’ seems overwhelming and the accompanying statistics depressing. At Ewell Castle Prep School, we work to encourage ‘nature positive’ humans and to show our pupils that they CAN make a difference to seemingly insurmountable issues.

We are lucky enough to have a fabulous outdoor space, including a mature, walled garden with shrubs, flowers and grassy areas in which to play. Our pupils learn to love this space and through playing within it, we encourage them to become custodians of everything we have here. Every child just needs to do a ‘little bit’ in their custodian role, and they’re shown that in fact our open space is reliant on them doing their bit. They see first-hand that if they protect the flowers that grow, then pollinators will come; that if we compost their orange peel and apple cores, we can create new soil. They see first-hand that their actions DO positively impact nature. To cement this, we involve ourselves in local projects such as the new Chambermead Wetlands in West Ewell as well as national campaigns such as the Big Plastic Count and RSPB Birdwatch.

We have an active and enthusiastic Eco Club who help promote and facilitate child-led projects. In recent times, these children have run a successful Christmas Jumper Swap and a Book Exchange as well as working to increase recycling in our classrooms to include items such as pens and glue sticks.