Nadur Primary School presented with the Green Flag Award

Gozo College Nadur Primary School was officially awarded the Green Flag Award yesterday, Wednesday the 24th of November. The Green Flag award is an international recognition awarded to eco-schools who promoted an environmental and sustainable developmental education in their schools. The event took place during the annual Ekoskola Seminar held at Gozo College Sannat Primary.

The Eco Schools programme was launched in Malta in 2002 by Nature Trust (Malta) as the Malta representative of FEE. From the six schools in 2002, the programme is now being run in over hundred schools in Malta and Gozo, making it one of the biggest and most successful environmental programmes in the Maltese Islands. The Ekoskola is about empowering students in the running of this programme thus ensuring that our Islands will have more responsible citizens in the future. The aim of Eco-Schools is to raise students’ awareness of sustainable development issues thought classroom study and community action.

The Gozo College Nadur Primary EkoSkola Committee formed by the majority of children and also includes members of the staff and the local community strived day in day out in promoting environmental and healthy habits for all the school community. In fact, in June 2009, Gozo College Nadur Primary’s incessant green initiatives was rewarded by the Silver Award. Environmental education forms an essential element in both the School Development Plan and the EkoSkola Action Plan itself within the Eko-Ghawdex noble initiatives. This special day will be celebrated on Wednesday 1 December 2010 when the Green Flag will be raised by EkoSkola children for the first time at school. The event will be preceded by a children’s programme on stage and followed up by a healthy eating activity for all the school community.