Eco Warriors

Powell’s Eco Warriors are a group of 12 children – one chosen from each class (years 1-6). Each year, children are elected by their peers based on a presentation given to the class where they outline why they should be an Eco Warrior.

Meet the 2025-26 Eco Warrior Team

What do our Eco Warriors do?

Our Eco Warriors meet regularly with Mrs Smith to discuss ways of improving our school to make it more environmentally friendly. The Eco Warriors have opportunities to share their ideas as well as influence decisions that are made and then feedback important information to their class.

Each week, the Eco Warriors are in charge of sorting the school’s paper recycling, litter picking around the school and turning off the classroom light when not needed. 

Our latest achievement:

This year we have worked on a number of new projects. We have picked apples from our orchard, made juice and sold it in the playground to raise money for FOPS. We have introduced a new play area called Recycle City! This is a really fun space where children can play creatively with recycled materials. We have also had our first Car Free Friday, where a third of the school swapped their cars for greener transport for the day. Following the success of this we have also signed up for the Gloucestershire Big Walk and Wheel, to encourage greener transport choices over a 2 week period in March. The Eco warriors have helped plant a community woodland at Westonbirt and have also taken part in the RSPB Big School Bird Watch. 

We are working towards renewing our Eco School flag this year and I'm sure the judges will be impressed with all the work we have been doing. 

Previous achievement:

The Eco Warriors completed a series of pledges to help the environment and gain their Blue Peter Green Badge. They had to choose one pledge from each category: Power, Plastic and Plants. Additionally, as a group, they had to complete a supersized pledge, which required them to turn off lights and devices when leaving the classroom. After completing their pledges for at least 2 weeks, they all created a piece of artwork that symbolised how important it is to make positive changes that will save our planet. In Gold Book, the children were awarded their badges and became Climate Heroes!

Other Eco Warrior achievements:

• Raising £200+ from recycling crisp packets, click here to read the Newspaper Article
• Litter picking around the local area
• Adopting a Panda from WWF
• Helping Friends of Powell's with pre-loved uniform sale