Page 28 - End of year report 2022-2023, Eco-Schools Wales

Empower communities to have a greater stake in local regeneration

The Eco Council at Maindee Primary School decided one of their biggest Eco concerns in and
around our school was the amount of litter accumulated. Maindee is a city centre school
surrounded by public footpaths and they realised a lot of the litter was coming from the
community. Working with Keep Wales Tidy and the wider community they have dramatically
reduced the amount of litter in and around school. Read more here.

At Mountain Lane Primary school the Eco Committee were keen to work on an initiative
which would reduce the amount of dog waste on the paths and pavements around school.
The committee decided to involve the whole school by asking pupils to produce posters to
raise awareness of the issue. An evaluation of the target has indicated that dog waste reduced

dramatically as a result of the initiative from 90 to 38 incidences. Read more here.

The Eco Committee at Crickhowell Comprehensive school were inspired by the Great Big
School Clean event on Keep Wales Tidy’s website and decided to clear debris from a local the
stream to prevent blockages of the culvert and to reduce the risk of flooding. Read more here.

Create more community green space in town centres

Cwrys Primary School developed Gardens in their ‘all concrete’, KS2 playground, and
consequently recorded an increase in the numbers of bees (bumble and honey) observed in
their school grounds, during their minibeast surveys. Read more here.

The Local Places for Nature project run by Keep Wales Tidy since early 2020 has created,
restored, and enhanced green spaces across the country. The Eco-Schools team have helped
promote the scheme to schools, and consequently schools in urban spaces have received
Local Places for Nature packages, helping to put a bit more green space at the heart of the
community. You can read an example case studies from Pentrebane Primary school who
participated here (please note these are case studies written by Keep Wales Tidy).

Nature based solutions for climate change and flood management

Newtown Comprehensive School realising that there was a lack of quality green space in
school have developed their grounds to included wildflower meadows, raised beds, and over
100 new trees. Read more here.

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