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Reports to Governors 22/23

Autumn Term 22/23 - Eco Council Update

We are the 2022/23 Eco Reps for Mellor.
Year 6 – Francis, Ravi, Logan
Year 5 – Ali, Amirah, Roxen
Year 4 – Het, Manel, Navya
This is what we have been up to:
•    Environmental Review – we completed the review together by walking around school, and discussing the points on the review.
•    Brita Filter Bin Competition – we had to design a recycling bin for Brita Water to do with ‘whale watchers’ and why plastic is bad for our oceans.
•    Discussed a plastic project with Kate Bull to create a large whale filled with plastics rubbish to show the impact of plastics on the oceans (still at idea stage).
•    Discussed the Eco Roadshow on Wednesday 16th November and given permission slips
•    Picked potatoes with Beccy for Year 3’s cooking.
•    We monitored the energy in classrooms, as part of our environmental review.
•    Had our pictures taken for the Eco board.
Next Steps
•    We are looking forward to the Eco Roadshow we are attending at Rushey Mead on 16.11.22.
•    To look at our environmental review, decide on actions and write plan.

Report to Governors 21/22

Summer Term 21/22 - Eco Council Update

Since our Spring report we have...

Save energy posters – we all created and submitted an energy poster and then voted on the one with thought would be best. There were 2 that really stuck out for us and we felt one was suited for Key Stage 1, due to its colourful nature and more simple instructions, and one for Key Stage 2 that had a little more information on. We now need to ask Hemant to scan these for us, so we can print them and put them up.

Crisp packet recycling - we had our first collection from COGS for the crisps packet recycling. We received some feedback and some of the packets were contaminated with other food products, so we need to promote this better and remind people that only packets go in not food.

Grow your own Grub – we have been working hard on our entry for the ‘Grow your own mealbarrow’ competition with help from Lisa and Beccy. We decided as a group what 5 items we wanted to plant and grow and were then set the task of designing a three-course menu to include the 5 things we were growing as well as other meat, fish and carbs if we wanted to.  During this time, we have also spent some time with Lisa and Beccy planting the items into the ‘mealbarrow’. We then came back together and looked at all the menus we had created deciding on the one that fits the competition criteria best; eat well plate, nutrition, attractiveness, layout. After a few amendments, we submitted the menu. Our next step, is to look at the ‘meal barrow’ and decorate it ready for the judging on 2nd July at Abbey Pumping Station.

Spring Term 21/22 - Eco Council Update

Since our last report, we have…
COP26 - attended an Eco Roadshow/COP26 at Soar Valley College. We took part in a variety of workshops such as; food, farming and transport and solar power electric circuits.
Save energy stickers – Whilst at COP26 which noticed the school had ‘energy stickers’ on all the things to be turned off when you leave the room. As a group, we decided this would be easy to do in our school. We did a bit of research on stickers and decided on a ‘save energy sticker’ from Amazon. To know how many we needed, we audited every room at school (including your office Nik), to find out how many stickers to order. We have already placed stickers in all classrooms and offices upstairs and will hopefully complete downstairs by the end of this term.
Assembly - created an assembly for teachers to share with classes, next half term. The assembly includes our Green Flag action plan for this year, plea for recruiting energy monitors in each room, a copy of our ‘plastic free schools’ poster and many other initiatives we are working on.
Crisp/Snack packaging bin – Lisa attended an Eco schools event and told us about the idea of recycling crisp packets and biscuit wrappers from school packed lunches. We contacted COG youth services and we have used some of our budget to purchase one of their bins. We have stuck posters on this to show what can be recycled and this will be placed in one of the school dinner halls after half term. It is a free scheme and all we have to do is email to get it emptied when it is full. We are hoping to purchase a second bin (as we have 2 halls), when they have more in stock. The charity can send the packets of to be recycled.
Energy use audits - carried out another energy audit, this time just upstairs, as this is where the stickers are currently. The results are good – from the 8 classrooms we audited 3/6 had no devices on and only 2/8 had 2 or more on (previously we audited 10 classrooms and only 1 had nothing on and 6/10 had 2 or more on), so the stickers are certainly having a positive impact.

Autumn Term 21/22 - Eco Council Update

COP26 - attended an Eco Roadshow/COP26 at Soar Valley College. We took part in a variety of workshops such as; food, farming and transport, solar power electric circuits.

Save energy stickers – Whilst at COP26 which noticed the school had ‘energy stickers’ on all the things to be turned off when you leave the room. As a group, we decided this would be easy to do in our school. We did a bit of research on stickers and decided on a ‘save energy sticker’ from amazon. To know how many we needed, we audited every room at school (including your office Nik), to find out how many stickers to order. We have already placed stickers in all classrooms and offices upstairs and will hopefully complete downstairs by the end of this term.

Assembly - created an assembly for teachers to share with classes, next half term. The assembly includes our Green Flag action plan for this year, plea for recruiting energy monitors in each room, a copy of our ‘plastic free schools’ poster and many other initiatives we are working on.

Crisp/Snack packaging bin – Lisa attended an Eco schools event and told us about the idea of recycling crisp packets and biscuit wrappers from school packed lunches. We contacted COG youth services and we have used some of our budget to purchase one of their bins. We have stuck posters on this to show what can be recycled and this will be placed in one of the school dinner halls  after half term. It is a free scheme and all we have to do is email to get it emptied when it is full. We are hoping to purchase a second bin (as we have 2 halls), when they have more in stock. The charity can send the packets of to be recycled.

Energy use audits - carried out another energy audit, this time just upstairs, as this is where the stickers are currently. The results are good – from the 8 classrooms we audited 3/6 had no devices on and only 2/8 had 2 or more on (previously we audited 10 classrooms and only 1 had nothing on and 6/10 had 2 or more on), so the impact on the stickers is having an effect.

Projects 22-23

Projects 21-22

Our 3 main areas for action for this year, in order to maintain our Green Flag status:

  • 1. Energy
  • 2. Waste
  • 3. Litter

Energy

We have been working really hard to help to reduce the amount of energy we use in schools. Each class has now recruited an energy monitor for their classrooms to take responsibility for turning off equipment when not in use, and when the room is not occupied. In addition, each room/office within the school has these stickers placed on all equipment that needs to be turned off.

In a bid to reduce our use of energy even more, we are in the process of producing ‘reminder’ posters for each classroom to be displayed at the exit of the room, as a further reminder to turn off electronics when leaving the room, and being left unoccupied.

Waste & Litter

We have recently installed a special ‘packet’ recycling bin in our school hall, so that pupils who have packed lunches can put their packaging in there to be recycled – even the packets that say ‘do not recycle’.

 

We have a litter pick planned before the Easter holidays – watch this space to see how we got on…

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