Greening Schools

A greener county will come from involving young people at all levels and creating better environments for learning that exemplify a sustainable approach. This session will enable managers, governors and headteachers to understand how to make greener schools – from case studies of success in the ecoschools initiative, to the Suffolk Building Schools for the Future capital programme and sustainable school design, how to involve youth in green projects and campaigns, funding and support, with insights from award-winning schools in the county.

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Rosalind Turner (chair)
Director for Children and Young People, Suffolk County Council.

Rosalind Turner became Suffolk County Council’s first Director for Children and Young People in May 2005. She has over 24 years’ experience in a wide range of local government services, from teaching to social care commissioning, and from playwork to police liaison. In her current role for Suffolk she is responsible for bringing together and setting the strategy for all of Suffolk’s services for children and young people, including education, social care, Connexions, Youth Service and Youth Offending. The service is integrating commissioning and delivery with health, the Boroughs and Districts, police and the voluntary sector through the Children’s Trust Partnership. Before joining Suffolk County Council, Rosalind was Assistant Director Children, Families and Schools with Brighton and Hove City Council, a pilot area for integrated working and Children’s Trust.

Hazel Johnson
Chair, Enterprise Lowestoft

Hazel Johnson is an enterprise consultant and is responsible for funding and bids, seeking new opportunities, business and development. As Deputy Head Teacher, she has been key in implementing wide-ranging changes across schools. She has significant experience of successful bid writing and major project management and has been a keynote speaker at several conferences on a wide ranging number of issues. Hazel is the leader of two successful Enterprise Pathfinder projects and has successfully managed the organisation of large-scale educational events throughout East Anglia and London. She has also run her own businesses and has an extensive local and national network of contacts at highest levels in government and business.

Anna Surgenor
Senior Consultant, Building Research Establishment

Anna has been working at BRE for three years and her main role is managing the BREEAM Schools scheme which is growing in line with the Government’s funding requirements. She oversees and undertakes assessor training, technical client support and strategic BREEAM development which includes liaising with local authorities, regional bodies and consultancies and speaking at seminars. Anna has been involved in various other BREEAM schemes and the general update of the technical content of BREEAM.

Clare Chacksfield
Director of Programmes, Eastfeast

Clare Chacksfield is Director of Programmes for Eastfeast. She has over 12 years experience of participatory arts practice in schools, local authorities and cultural organisations. She has led, initiated and co-ordinated a wide range of strategic educational and outreach programmes in Essex, including Rec-Create, a programme of cultural activities for rural areas of Colchester. She has worked as a teacher in primary and secondary schools and with adults in a variety of settings. Clare is committed to exploring shared learning and professional development as part of Eastfeast’s new ‘Communities for Learning’ programme with up to 15 schools in south Suffolk and northeast Essex.

Ann Nickerson
Headteacher, Holton St Peter Primary School

Ann has been headteacher of Holton St Peter Primary School for 22 years, over which period it has grown from 42 to 93 pupils. The school was the first in Suffolk to gain Ecoschools status, winning its first Green Flag in 2001, and also the first in the county to be awarded a permament Green Flag from the programme. It has been featured as best practice on the DfES sustainability website. Ecoschools is not the only area in which the school breaks the boundaries - it has also been awarded an Artsmark Gold Award and Healthy Schools status. It has also developed a number of projects in partnership with active fundraising by the PTA in response to ideas from the pupils - the school now has a pond and wild area, woodland, orchard, living willow maze and many other features.