Eco Council - Going Green!
The new Eco Council met with Miss Crawford in the Autumn term. They discussed what their role was; to make the school as eco-friendly as possible through eight different areas:
Energy and water
Travel and traffic
Purchasing and waste
Buildings and grounds
Inclusion and participation
Local well-being
Global dimension
They then thought about what the school already does within each area so that at the next meeting they can create an Eco Code for the school.
Eco Projects
1. Switch Off Campaign
We want to encourage everyone in school to think more carefully when they
use electricity so we presented to the children in assembly our "Switch off
Campaign". All the children and staff in school now think more carefully
when they leave a room and always make sure that they
Switch
the Lights off!
2. Encouraging Recycling
We want to encourage everyone in school to think more carefully when they
use paper and card, we have reminded everyone to use the recycling boxes in
each room and have also set up:
The Christmas card collection for old cards
The battery and used ink cartridges recycling centre
3. Stationery Shop
We want to encourage everyone in school to think more carefully when they buy pencils, crayons, pens and notebooks. We want them to buy stationery which has been made from recycled products. Our shop is open each Thursday at Playtime and Lunchtime.
We sell:
Recycled Rulers (15p - 25p)
Recycled Pencils (from 15p each)
Recycled Paper Notebooks (40p)
Recycled pens (15p each)
