Keep Chch Beautiful awards
Rewarding good work in the Schools Environment Enhancement Programme (SEEP) was the aim of a Keep Christchurch Beautiful function in Riccarton on 3 November.
Certificates and book vouchers were presented to 42 Christchurch schools by Deputy Mayor Carole Evans. The awards are assisted by funding from the City Council, which supports KCB and its many volunteers as part of its wider aims to ensure the city remains tidy and a great place to live.
The SEEP programme is open to all Christchurch primary and intermediate schools. It is designed to promote student participation in the development and maintenance of school grounds and the management of litter and recycling. There are four types of award: Environmental, assessed on the state of a school’s grounds and student involvement; caretaker merit, to recognise the caretaker’s role in the maintaining school grounds; recycling, encouraging schools’ participation in the Council’s kerbside recycling programme; and community pride, to recognise schools with environmental projects that benefit their local community.
The awards programme is not a competition. Schools are assessed against criteria and the programme ends with the awards ceremony at the end of the year.
St James School’s pupils spent a day picking up litter from the Bexley Wetlands area and helped their school earn a KCB commendation.
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