Pupils and educators at two Monklands schools have scooped a top honour from environmental charity Keep Scotland Beautiful.
Drumpark Primary and Nursery in Coatbridge and Clarkston Primary were visited by a representative of the organisation to celebrate their tenth Green Flags – the top accolade in the international environmental Eco-Schools programme.
As part of the 30th anniversary celebrations of the international Eco-Schools and Young Reporters for the Environment programmes, Keep Scotland Beautiful has hosted an online assembly, organised live lessons and set celebration challenges.
Additionally, schools celebrating a milestone will be visited to mark their success.
The Monklands schools were visited by Keep Scotland Beautiful’s senior education and learning officer Catriona Rae, who presented their eco-committees with a certificate to mark their tenth flags.
Barry Fisher, CEO of Keep Scotland Beautiful, told Lanarkshire Live: “This year we celebrate 30 years of schools making an environmental difference through Eco-Schools.
“It’s great that we were able to visit both Drumpark Primary School and Nursery and Clarkston Primary School to present a certificate of achievement and to hear from the children, young people and educators about their inspiring action and commitment to improving our environment.
“For the past 30 years we have loved hearing about the remarkable achievements of our young people and the development of learning for sustainability across the world, and we look forward to continuing to provide support through our Climate Action Schools framework.”
Eco-Schools is the largest sustainable schools programme in the world operated internationally by the Foundation for Environmental Education (FEE) and delivered by Keep Scotland Beautiful.
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