To mark today’s first-ever “Green Britain Day”, youngsters at a Teddington school have been showing just how easy it is to make every day an environmental celebration.

Since Monday, teachers and pupils at Stanley Junior School have taken part in an environmental week, acknowledging everything they have done to become the first school in Richmond to earn the coveted Eco Schools’ Green Flag.

During the past four years, pupils have visited bee hives in Twickenham, done conservation work and visited a recycling centre in Feltham to learn about reusing, reducing and recycling.

There were also many visitors to the school, including parents who gave talks, and workshops focused on climate change, sustainability and conservation. These included biodiversity workshops, building nesting sites for stag beetles, recycling relays, making collages from recycled materials and model solar car races.

The Stanley Road school’s science co-ordinator Adrian Corke said: “We hope our Environmental Week will remind everyone in the school community of the importance of sustainability and that we all have the power to make small changes to our lifestyles which can have huge impacts on how we look after our environment, and, ultimately, the planet.”

Today’s Green Britain Day – a drive to show the nation is leading the race against climate change before London’s 2012 Olympics – will see children dressed in something green and bringing in a pound in for an environmental charity chosen by the school’s Eco Council.

Stanley Juniors is also open today for parents and friends of the school to take tours – conducted by members of the Eco Council – looking at many of the developments over the past few years, including its solar panels, extensive recycling facilities, environmental garden, allotments and use of the school grounds.

For more information about the school’s green activities, log on to stanley-jun.richmond.sch.uk and scroll down to the green initiatives link.

To find out more about Green Britain Day visit teamgreenbritain.org.