Climate Action
Our Sustainability Climate Action Plan for 2025 (and beyond) is bound by these core values as well as our common purpose to ensure all those within our school community live life in all its fullness (John 10:10) through the promotion and protection of God’s World.
What do we believe?
The Church of England’s vision of education Deeply Christian, Serving the common good (2026) states ‘Good schools open up horizons of hope and aspiration and guide pupils into ways of fulfilling them… rooted in God’s love and compassion for all people and for the whole of creation.’
As a Christian school, we encourage our children to:
- Be responsible for themselves and others,
- Respect life in all its forms,
- Look for hope in difficult times or situations,
- Be courageous to stand up for what we believe in.
- Pray for forgiveness for the things that we have done wrong.
- Love one another and the world in which we live.
What is Climate Change?
The dictionary definition is:
A change in global or regional acclimate patterns , in particular a change apparent from mod to late 20th Century onwards and attributed largely to the increased levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide produce they the use of fossil fuels.
There are many factors that can make the Earth warmer and colder including:
- greenhouse gases caused by human activity,
- deforestation, where more than half of the world’s surface has been ploughed and paved,
- ozone layer trapping heat closer to the Earth’s surface
- different types of air pollution which have different effects on the atmosphere.
The challenge of climate change is formidable. For children and young people to meet it with determination, and not with despair, we must offer them not just truth, but also hope. Learners need to know the truth about climate change – through knowledge-rich education. They must also be given the hope that they can be agents of change, through hands-on activity and, as they progress, through guidance and programmes allowing them to pursue a green career pathway in their chosen field (DFE 2023).