Attleborough school scoops national recycling honour - 24 November 2004
Chapel Road School, Attleborough, has been named a Recycling Champion in the national finals of the 2003/04 Yellow Woods Challenge – the simple, educational and fun schools environmental competition run by Yellow Pages and the Woodland Trust, working together with local authorities.The school has won £2,000 from Yellow Pages and been named a ‘Gold Oak’ winner for collecting the most old Yellow Pages directories per pupil in the small school category.* Schoolchildren collected a total of 6,079 Yellow Pages, equating to a staggering 103 directories per pupil. This is the current record for the number of directories collected per pupil in the Yellow Woods Challenge, since it started in 2002.
Sarah Cram, recycling officer with Breckland Council also picked up a ‘Gold Oak’ Recycling Officer award, in recognition of the number of directories collected per pupil by all schools within the Breckland area.
Chapel Road School was one of only 12 national finalists in the 2003/04 Yellow Woods Challenge. Kirk, the Challenge mascot, joined pupils at the school on Tuesday 23 November to Children from [SCHOOL] will join congratulate them on their astounding achievement.
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In total, almost 1,400 schools across the UK took on the Yellow Woods Challenge last year, recycling directories and learning about the environment while competing to win cash prizes from Yellow Pages. And for every pound awarded to schools throughout the Challenge, Yellow Pages gave a matching pound to the Woodland Trust, raising £50,000 to help the Trust protect native woodland.
Richard Duggleby, head of external relations at Yell, the publisher of Yellow Pages directories, said: “The results of the 2003/04 Challenge have exceeded all our expectations. It is fantastic to see such commitment to recycling and conservation among schoolchildren, teachers and local authorities. I’m already looking forward to next year’s finals!”
Mrs Karin Heap, headteacher with Chapel Road School, said: “I am so proud of the children for winning the UK Finals of the Yellow Woods Challenge. I’d like to thank the families and local community who helped us collect so many Yellow Pages directories. We have recently been raising funds to improve the school environment and the money we’ve won will give a tremendous boost to the project, enabling us to build a raised sensory flower bed and seating in the playground.”
For further information about the Breckland 2004/05 Yellow Woods Challenge, please contact the Recycling Helpline on 01362 656 836.
