Borras Park Infant School – Eco Schools
Cynllun Gweithredu/Action Plan
September 2012 – July 2013
Item
Targed
Target
Water
To reduce
water
consumption
within school
School
Grounds
To improve
playtime
facilities/ac
tivities on
front yard
Gweithgaredd
Activity
- Raise whole school awareness of the
importance of saving water and things
they can do to help. Arrange whole
school demonstration talk from Welsh
Water.
- Ensure energy busters monitor taps as
part of their role. Record and measure
the frequency in which taps are being
turned off.
-Consult pupils as to requirements for front
yard . Identify areas for improvement
within the environmental review.
Sut
How
Contact Welsh Water.
Autumn term
2012
Train Energy busters on their role in
monitoring water consumption .
ES to create monitoring water sheet
for energy busters to complete.
Set up pupil action group. Use ideas to
formulate a plan
Quotes from different companies.
Arrange installation.
Develop playground games that are from
other countries
Amseru
Timing
Timetable whole school
demonstrations/talks.
-Obtain prices/quotes from contractors.
-Incorporate more opportunities for
outdoor activities within the curriculum.
Cost
Expe
nse
Obtain pupil feedback.
Committee to liaise with JJ
Grou
nds
devel
opme
nt
budg
et
£15,
000
Starting
Sept
Ongoing –
different
projects
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Item
Targed
Target
Gweithgaredd
Activity
Sut
How
Litter
Reduce
amount of
litter on
school site
Formulate litter policy.
Complete identification litter walk
Children to produce litter campaign posters.
Pupils to participate in tidy Wales week. Develop
litter patrol pupils for playtime.
Write to Co- operative to support perimeter
hedgerow
Revitalize the importance of litter patrols.
Monitor the amount of litter collected on a
weekly basis.
SH to help children in creating litter policy.
Present to Governors.
Children to revisit site – walk around and
identify litter hot spots.
Flag up in assembly – posters.
Tidy Wales week – whole school
participation.
Audit resources. Identify pupils to litter
pick on a daily basis. Eco committee monitor
litter pickers.
Monitoring of litter found on premises done
on a weekly basis by Eco committee. Tally of
litter found including type.
Committee write letter to cooperative to
raise issue of litter on site.
RE and BH to monitor amount of litter
collected.
WG and EO – to remind daily the
classteachers about the selection of
litter patrollers.
Cost
Expe
ne
£100
Amseru
Timing
Autumn
2012
National
event – date
set
On going
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Waste
Minimisati
on
Improve
pupil
understandin
g of what
happens to
waste
Attend Eco centre.
Share information with whole school
through a series of assemblies. Eco
committee to contribute
Promote paper recycling and use of both
sides of paper
To increase
the amount
of paper
recycling.
To reduce
the amount
of paper
used.
Purchase additional composting bins from
the recycling department.
Liaise with kitchen to improve the
collection of their food waste.
Replace/increase the number of green
boxes throughout school.
Save office letters/paper – reuse in the
photocopy.
Remind teachers to photocopy on to
both sides of the paper.
Save envelopes reuse
Publish letters on website.
Only send letters out to families not
per child.
Text messaging service for reminders
All Eco to create posters asking people
to reduce paper
JJ to contact and order.
Identified recyclers to collect and
transfer waste. Possible increase the
number of recyclers within school and
designate areas of responsibility
Monitor contents of paper recycling
boxes
Improve the
level of food
composting
throughout
school
Global
To further
develop links
with other
countries/sc
hools
Develop Comenius project with identified
European Partner schools.
See separate action plan.
Enhance existing country/Olympic resource
boxes with additional costumes.
Commenius application and programme
breakdown.
ES to look into purchasing additional
costumes/ resources for role play areas.
Autumn term
Visit.
Spring term
assemblies
On going
whole year
£100
£12,
000
Throughout
year
Spring 2012
Borras Park Infant School – Eco Schools
Item
Targed
Target
Gweithgaredd
Activity
Sut
How
Energy
To reduce
energy
consumption
Designate energy busters for turning off
classroom lights, monitors and computers
at the end of the day and periods of time
when not in use.
Energy buster check lists created and
ticked off each day when each specific
area has been monitored etc
Class teachers appoint for each class.
Eco committee members Wg and EO to
go around each class ensuring these
people have been identified.
Hall monitor for lights in hall at amser
gwasanaeth
ES to create monitoring water sheet
for energy busters to complete.
Transport
- Encourage
pupils
walking to
school
Raise awareness of transport issues
Promote walk to school week
Healthy
Living
To complete
following
years
accreditatio
n
To achieve key points identified –
Promote walk to school week in
gwasanaeth and through electronic
notice board to school and wider
community.
Whole school “Golden boot” challenge.
Class tally the number of walkers and
car sharers
See separate action plan and evidence
file
Cost
Expe
nse
None
Amseru
Timing
Commence
Autumn
Term
Coincide
with walk to
school week
Summer
term 2013
See
file
See file
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