Scotland’s inspirational achievers are awarded recognition for Learning for Sustainability
Education Scotland is delighted to announce the winners of the Learning for Sustainability Awards.
The awards – held in partnership with the Daily Record - recognise the amazing achievements of Scotland’s people and the settings, schools and communities that have demonstrated passion and commitment to building a socially-just, sustainable and equitable world.
The COP26 Summit beginning next week provides a unique opportunity to recognise and celebrate innovation in the Scottish education system and our commitment to Learning for Sustainability (LfS). Within Scotland’s curriculum, LfS is recognised as an entitlement for all learners and a recent international PISA study showed that our learners are world-leading global citizens.
The Scottish Government identified 'People' as a key theme for the COP26 Summit and has declared that it wants it to be the most inclusive COP summit ever to be held. This includes a strong focus on young people and in engaging disadvantaged and hard-to-reach communities.
The Awards support these ambitions and help to highlight those who have demonstrated passion and commitment to Learning for Sustainability.
Nominations for the six categories - which includes winners and highly commended awards - closed on 12 September and were for recognition across the following areas:
Community Learning and Development Award, Educational Supporter Award, Leadership Award, Practitioner Award, Youth Award and Learning Community Award. The winners were announced by the Daily Record today.
Full list of winners :-
Learning for Sustainability Community Learning and Development Award
Winner - The Intergenerational Forget Me Not Gardening Group
Winner - Glasgow Science Centre
Highly commended - St Paul’s Youth Forum
Highly commended - North Lanarkshire Youth Climate Ambassadors
Highly commended - Dyslexia Scotland
Learning for Sustainability Educational Supporter Award
Winner - Trudi Togneri, Stirling High School
Winner - Jackie McMaster, City of Glasgow College
Highly commended – Neil and Charlotte Smith-Mégret, Rubbish Paddlers
Highly commended - Howard Beck
Highly commended - Marie Leck, Young Enterprise Scotland
Learning for Sustainability Leadership Award
Winner - Jennifer Hutton, Dunblane Primary School
Winner - Debbie Matthewson, Stow Primary School
Winner - Lesley A Morrison, Westercraigs Nursery School
Winner - Elizabeth Langlands, Northmuir Primary School
Winner - Rebecca Favier, St Andrew’s Fox Covert RC Primary School
Highly commended - Iona McCroary, Stirling Secondary Autism Provision St Modan’s High School
Learning for Sustainability Practitioner Award
Winner - Fraser Boyd, Robert Douglas Memorial School
Winner - Angela Yekken, St Ninian’s High School
Winner - Keri Reid, Muthill Primary School
Highly commended - Melissa Dunn, Southdale Primary School
Highly commended - Denise Harvey, Ardrossan Academy
Highly commended - Seonaid Forrester, Renfrew High School
Learning for Sustainability Youth Award
Winner - Mathew Ritchie
Winner - Callum Isted
Winner - Children’s Parliament Investigators for Scotland’s Climate Assembly
Highly commended – The children of Sunnyside ELC
Highly commended - Alloa Academy ASN class
Learning for Sustainability Learning Community Award
Winner - Stow Primary School
Winner - Dunblane Primary School
Winner - Turnbull High School
Highly commended – Connecting Classrooms Scotland, India Cluster
Highly commended – Mearns Primary School
Highly commended – Drymen Primary School
Highly commended – Milngavie Primary School and Early Years Centre
Highly commended – North Rhins Partnership Schools