***ECO Action Plan 2015 – 2016***
Topic
Action
Target / Measure
Timescale
Responsibility
Set up Eco-Council
with new members
Child from each class to be chosen to
be a member of the Eco-Council. The
children fill in forms stating reasons
why they should be a member.
Council will meet regularly at lunch times.
September
2015
KS
Informing the
school community
Update Eco-Council board in corridor
and the display in the hall. Use display
in the hall to inform school of
meetings and events.
Noticeboard set up to display council members,
minutes, upcoming events and past events.
October
KS and EcoCouncil
To further develop
the Environment
page on the school
website
To have a fully up to date and
informative website page keeping
pupils and parents aware of current
news and activities.
Environmental
Review
Eco-Council to carry out
Environmental Review.
Transport
Children to be encouraged to join in
Walk to School week.
School website to have Eco members for this
year on.
Ongoing
KS, LH and EcoCouncil
Results to be available to all school community
on display / website. An action plan will be
created from the review and this will be created
by the eco-Council.
October
KS
Did more children try to walk to school.
October
Evaluation
Display in corridor
and in the hall.
Update page with photo of Wyre in Bloom
presentation when school ambassadors went to
receive their Gold award.
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Eco-Council
School Council
Children filled in
booklets and tried
to walk to school.
***ECO Action Plan 2015 – 2016***
Topic
Action
Target / Measure
Timescale
Responsibility
Evaluation
School
grounds
Plant bulbs to make the school
entrance bright and colourful for the
summer.
Ensure bulbs are planted properly.
November
2014
Eco-Council
Bulbs planted in
the root beds next
to front of year 5
classroom and in
the playground
planters. October.
Ensure all children are reminded and
those who have started school in 2015
are aware of the school fruit box and
the compost bin.
To ensure all fruit from playtimes is going in the
fruit box.
Ongoing
KS
Healthy Living
Part of topic in year 3, children learn
about what it means to eat healthy
and know the food groups (year 3)
KS
School staff
Ensure staff are aware of the fruit box and 2
children to empty it each day.
Eco Council
Use the compost in the school garden.
Gardening club
Planning of lessons / displays.
2
Ongoing
through
Autumn half
term
CD, DM.
Talk from outside
agency to year 3
and 4 children.
Made food plates
with variety of
food groups.
***ECO Action Plan 2015 – 2016***
Topic
Action
Target / Measure
Timescale
Responsibility
Evaluation
Pupil participation
Children to be aware of what foods
we have in our school environment.
Children in Reception class make jam using the
school Damson trees.
October
HB.
They shared this
jam on crackers to
all the staff in
school and made
scones which
were sold at
Macmillan Coffee
morning.
Biodiversity
Year 4 children to spend an afternoon
each month outside looking at the
living things in the environment
including plants, mini beasts and
wildlife. Children to record these in
nature journals. This links to their
Science unit – Living things and their
habitats.
Through discussions and looking at the nature
journals, see what children have discovered.
Living things in their environment
Ongoing
throughout
2015-2016
KS, Year 4
children
All children to take part in the RSPB
Big Schools Birdwatch.
To identify different species of birds in our
school grounds and identify ways we can attract
more birds by improving our own ecosystem.
4 January to
12 February
2016.
KS
KS get resources for classes
beforehand.
School staff
Eco-Council
Regularly feed birds in school grounds
& fix / make more bird feeders.
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***ECO Action Plan 2015 – 2016***
Topic
Action
Target / Measure
Timescale
Responsibility
Energy – To
2 children each day from Eco-Council
to go around giving classrooms points.
Less energy being used.
Ongoing
Whole school
continue to reduce
the amount of
unnecessary
electricity usage in
the classrooms.
Eco Council to remind their classes
and tell them about this in more
detail. (Do this in November) 2
children to tell Reception Class.
Eco-Council to discuss results after 1 month to
see the difference.
Encourage own classes to turn lights off etc.
Trophy given to winning class each
week. Put class on the certificate to
acknowledge their effort.
To educate the children about
responsible energy use and why this is
important.
Pupils to be more energy conscious in school
and home via presentations and assemblies.
Throughout
the year
KS
Take part in Switch off Fortnight
November 16th – 29th.
All school community to realise importance of
switching off components and not just leaving
them on standby but not only for the fortnight.
November
2015
Whole school
KS to discuss with staff at briefing /
staff meeting.
Water - To run a
water saving
campaign
Eco council to design posters for the
toilets and outside the toilet areas.
Turn taps off if left running and report leaks to
class Eco-Warriors and care taker.
Raise awareness in assembly
4
Eco-Council
Eco-Council
members
Eco-Council
Evaluation
***ECO Action Plan 2015 – 2016***
Topic
Action
Target / Measure
Timescale
Responsibility
Water
To recycle water collected from water
butts.
To use this water to water the plants etc.
Ongoing
Eco-Council
Write in newsletter to see if any
parents are able to give a water butt.
(October 2015)
Pupil Participation
KS to speak to teachers to remind
children of the Eco-Code which was
renewed and redesigned last June.
All children understand the eco-Code and can
sing along to it.
November
2015
School staff
Waste
To maintain and improve on
provisions for recycling paper in
classrooms.
All classes and children are aware of using
paper bin in classroom rather than normal bin.
All classrooms have 2 bins provided.
Ongoing
throughout
the year
Whole school
To maintain reusing paper for scrap
paper.
Eco-Council to speak with children in classes
about importance of reusing paper – se two
sides not one, reuse for scrap paper.
January 2016
Eco-Council
Whole school to take part in Waste
Week.
Classes to participate in activities related to
Waste – litter picking, recycling art / junk
models etc.
March 7th-11th
2016
Whole school
Eco-Council to discuss ideas.
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Evaluation
***ECO Action Plan 2015 – 2016***
Topic
Action
Target / Measure
Timescale
Responsibility
Wildlife club
Set up wildlife club over a lunch time
for children in years 2 and 3. This to
include art activities and various
activities outside.
Have a significant number of children involved
in the club.
KS to look at
clubs in Jan
and decide on
a lunch time
to fit in with
other clubs.
Spring term.
KS
Continue
gardening club –
Aim to recruit
more parents!
Parents and children to help tidy
garden and carry out specific
activities.
Maintenance of the school grounds
Spring second
half term.
Get the vegetable patch and other
areas ready for planting.
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Evaluation