Dear Parent

Help us sow the seeds for a greener tomorrow.
I’m happy to tell you that Winchester House School has joined Generation Green, a new programme from British Gas to help our children do their bit to make the planet greener.

Greener at school
During the year, we will be undertaking green tasks to encourage us to save energy and cut our carbon footprint. Every task we complete earns credits called Green Leaves. When we reach our Green Leaf Goal we receive green-themed rewards for the whole school. We start this year with GREEN WEEK whereby the children will be talking about and learning about green issues. Included in this is wear green day, when the children can dress in green clothes or promote recycling and come up with creative costumes from recycled materials. We would like to charge each individual taking part £1 to help raise money for solar panels for the Science block.

Greener in the classroom
Generation Green also gives staff a wide choice of teaching materials we hope will help make learning about green issues even more fun and inspire children to take an active role in protecting the environment.

Greener at home
Any support you can give us will be very welcome. For example, going along with your children when they ask you to do green things at home. Small actions like switching off lights to save energy can make a big difference. Your own green actions could even earn Leaves you can donate to WHS to help us reach our goal. Getting household bills online to save paper is just one simple way to get Leaves. To find out more go to the Generation Green website generationgreen.co.uk.

Thank you for your support. Here’s to a greener tomorrow.

Yours sincerely,

Miss EC Braund

Biology Teacher