Bishop launches £1,000 nature prize for primary schools

Does your local school have a wildlife haven, nature trail, thriving recycling scheme, or a fabulously productive organic veg plot?

Or are pupils planning projects to bring more of the natural world into school or help tackle climate change?

Their work could become the first winner of the Bishop of Norwich Environment Prize for Schools.

The award is for a project focused on children and the environment in a Church of England primary school in the Diocese of Norwich – with the £1,000 prize to be spent on the winning scheme.

It could be a wildlife area or vegetable garden, a scheme to help children engage with the natural world or ideas which reduce waste or boost recycling.

The judges will be particularly interested in hearing how children are involved in devising or running the project – which might be already-thriving or perhaps something pupils are looking to launch.

The Bishop of Norwich, the Rt Revd Graham Usher, who is the Church of England’s lead bishop on the environment, said: “This award is about giving children the chance to experience the joy and solace of God’s wonderful creation, helpings them to love it, understand it, care for it and become a voice for it.”

The prize money, to be spent on the winning project, could buy trees or tools for an outside area, binoculars and identification charts for wildlife-watching, or something to get a great scheme underway.

It is really quick and easy to enter – just complete this simple online application form by Monday June 2.

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