Glasgow primary school wins national Eco-Schools competition
St Patrick's Primary School, in Glasgow, triumphed in the tartan design challenge, part of a series of Eco-Schools activities marking 30 years of the programme in Scotland.
Organised by Keep Scotland Beautiful, the nationwide celebration included three creative challenges – a collage challenge, bingo challenge, and tartan challenge – with St Patrick's taking the top spot in the primary school category of the tartan contest.
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Andrea Gabriel, education and learning manager at Keep Scotland Beautiful, said: "Throughout the last few months we've had so much fun celebrating 30 years of Eco-Schools, with visits to some of our amazing schools and now this set of challenges.
"It's been so inspiring to see their creativity and love for Eco-Schools and it wasn't easy to select a winner.
"I'd like to say a huge thank you to everyone who took part and congratulations to our winners.
"We're so passionate about environmental education and it is so inspiring to see that passion is shared by young people and educators across Scotland."
The tartan challenge invited schools and nurseries to design a tartan inspired by the new Scottish International Eco-Schools Planet Earth Tartan, encouraging pupils to draw on their heritage and environment.
St Patrick's Primary School received £200 to support future Eco-Schools activities, while highly commended entries were awarded £100 each, with prizes sponsored by HP.
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The Eco-Schools programme promotes environmental education and action within schools and is part of Keep Scotland Beautiful's wider Climate Action Schools programme, funded by the Scottish Government.
This initiative supports schools in working towards Target 2030, Scotland's commitment to reach net-zero emissions by the year 2030.
The Climate Action Schools programme aims to equip young people and educators with the knowledge and tools to drive environmental change within their communities.
More information about the programme is available on the Keep Scotland Beautiful website.
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