Eco-Schools Action Plan 2010/11
Updated Feb/2011 & June 2011
Ightham Primary School
Timescale /
Deadline /
Topic:
WATER
Meters
Action
Target / Measure
Find out where water
To monitor usage and find ways of
meters are and take
reducing consumption.
costs
End of term 3
Actual Result
Responsibility
Mr Steibelt / yr 4
Inaccessible to us –
(water monitors)
under road outside
readings.
Taps
Identify any leaking /
school
Make taps easier for children to use
End of term 4
inefficient taps and mend
/replace
Water butts
Achieved / Date
Mr Steibelt / yr 4
Yr 5/6 tap replaced 01/11
pupils / Ms Taylor
Yr 2 tap fixed 01/11
Reduce water wasted
Utilise existing water butts
Reduce mains water usage by using
and look into installing
saved rainwater for watering crops, pots
more
and flower beds around school grounds
Immediately
Ms Taylor /Mr
From 09/10 gardening club
Steibelt
using water butts wherever
possible.
No other suitable locations
for additional butts found
Poster campaign
Toilets
Competition for KS2 to
To promote reducing water wastage by
design poster / sign
turning taps off properly
Change cisterns to dual
To reduce water consumption
flush / filled water bottles?
End of term 4
Mrs English / yr 4
(water monitors)
End of term 3
Ms Taylor / Mr
Steibelt
Completed 06/11
Timescale /
Topic:
LITTER
Litter Monitors
Action
Target / Measure
Delegate job to Yr 1 reps to
To be aware of any areas around the
record any litter found &
school prone to littering and rectify
Deadline
Actual Result
Responsibility
Achieved / Date
Immediately
Ms Taylor / Yr 1
Ongoing from Term 2
End of Term 4
Ms Taylor / Yr 1
Posters displayed 2010
Litter monitors
Repeat 2011/12
Ms Taylor /
Yr 4 class conducted
action taken
Newsletter to parents – reduce wrappers
/ consumption of sweets & disposal
Poster competition
Organise litter poster
Awareness of compost / recycling paper,
competition for KS1
card etc. in correct bin.
There will be little or no litter in our
school grounds.
Litter pick
To carry out a litter pick on
To clean up our grounds and immediate
the school field and
environment and be aware of problem
Groundwork -
litter pick with
adjacent recreation ground
areas
Waste ed. Prog.
“Groundwork” 5/10/10
Write to Parish council? Regular litter
picks
End of Term 1
Timescale /
Topic: WASTE
Action
Target / Measure
Recycling
Paper, card, plastic, glass, ink
cartridges, etc to be recycled
To reduce volume of general waste by
providing separate recycling bins.
Milk bottle tops sent to local
charity
Staff kitchen duty to include emptying plastic
& glass, paper, at local recycling centre.
Deadline
Immediately
Actual Result
Responsibility
Ms Taylor / Mrs
English / Mrs
Austin
Achieved / Date
JC purchased recycling
bags for staff room 2010
Rota duties list amended
Paper recycling boxes in
each class 2010 (Viridor)
Paper & card recycling on site via Viridor
Infotone recycle ink
cartridges and donate
proceeds direct to school
Jan 2010
Ink cartridges & toners recycled
Batteries recycled – boxes located in
staffroom
Compost /
compost our fruit / veg waste
etc
Wormery
Install wormery
Reduce general waste.
Groundwork “What a
Waste” programme with Yrs
3&4
Immediately
Provide fruit bins which fruit monitors in each
class empty daily.
Ms Taylor / Yr 5
waste monitors /
Mrs Cooke
Classroom & staffroom
caddies in use 2010
Compost bins in use 2010
Create our own compost & fertiliser to be
used by gardening club.
Wormery installed Oct 2010
with whole school assembly
delivered by Groundwork
Usable compost 02/11 Put
on beds around school
Re-use
Re-use paper for wet play
etc
To have a clearly labelled tray in each class
for paper suitable for re-use.
Immediately
Whole school
classes are operating
Note to teachers to do this?
Kitchen waste
Find out if we can have a
green wheelie bin for kitchen
waste
Food waste & cardboard will be recycled
Yr 5 to chk which
this
Immediately
Ms Taylor
25/2/10 TMBC referred us
to KCC who said no as yet.
Topic:
Timescale /
TRANSPORT
Action
Target / Measure
Walking bug
Part of school travel
KM Walk to School challenge -to
action plan
promote walking and pupils record
WOW
Walking bus
Deadline
Ongoing
Actual Result
Responsibility
Achieved / Date
Mrs Cooke / Yr
Ongoing since
6 pupils
September 2009
Mrs Cooke /
Successfully running
Parents - ?
since 8/3/11
numbers
To establish walking bus
To promote healthy living / reduce car
scheme with parent
journeys to school
Ongoing
volunteers
Top awards at Kent
Messenger Walk to
School Award
Ceremony 2011
Cycle racks
Purchase cycle racks for
To encourage children who are able to
school site
cycle to school / healthy living reduction
in traffic
2011
Mrs Cooke /
Governing body
Installed June 2011
Topic: SCHOOL
Timescale /
GROUNDS
Action
Target / Measure
Wildlife area
To create areas in school
Increase biodiversity in grounds
Deadline
End of term 1
grounds to encourage
variety of wildlife
Actual Result
Responsibility
Achieved / Date
Mrs English /
Medway Valley
Mrs Cooke
Countryside partnership
Educate children about wildlife &
voluntary work
habitats
May 2010
Story telling area
Build a seated area
Expand area for outdoor learning
Ongoing use
within our woodland
suitable for whole class
use
Increase practical space for
Mrs
Official opening
English/Medway
November 2010
Valley
conducting an outdoor lesson
Countryside
Partnership
Nest box camera
To install camera to
To increase awareness of nesting
observe wild birds in
habits / life cycles / varieties of local
Taylor / Mrs
grounds
wild birds. Class to host camera and
English
input data on website
End of Term 4
Mrs Cooke / Ms
Order?
Topic: HEALTHY
Timescale /
Actual Result
LIVING
Action
Target / Measure
PHSE Curriculum
See PHSE / SEAL plan for
To teach children how to live a healthy
2010/11
life style and make the right choices
to deliver
Healthy Living
Moving towards
Re-validated as “Healthy School” July
JC
status
Enhancement model
2010
Walking to school
walking bus / bug schemes
To promote walking as part of active
Deadline
Responsibility
End of term 6
JA / JC / all staff
Ongoing
lifestyle
Healthy lunch
Monitor contents of pupils
To increase awareness amongst
boxes
lunch boxes and reward
children of healthier food choices
JC / parent
volunteers
End of term 4 6
Ms Taylor / JC
End of term 4 ?
Ms Taylor / JC
healthy balanced ones ?
Healthy Schools Week
Fruit snacks
Healthy snacks on Fridays
To encourage parents to choose
?
healthier options than crisps for snacks
Achieved / Date
July 2010
Timescale /
Actual Result
Topic: ENERGY
Action
Target / Measure
“Switch off
Take part in The Pod’s
Complete energy audit and input
Complete 3
Eco-
All targets successfully
data on-line
December
Council/whole
completed (extended
school
to week of 6
Fortnight”
campaign
Deadline
Responsibility
Competition for Switch Off poster
Achieved / Date
December due to
snow closures)
Completion of Switch Off pledges by
whole school
Letter to all parents encouraging
them to participate in Switch Off
Fortnight
‘The Pod’ activities
Staff & pupils to use free
To educate pupils on energy saving
resources, on-line games
in lessons and / or at home
End of term 6
All staff to
attempt ?
& lesson plans
Share website info with staff
Meter readings
To collect gas / electric
Monitor our energy use & work out
Ongoing from
reading on regular basis
ways of reducing eg. Switch-off
term 2
Mr Steibelt
observations recorded
fortnight
British Gas My
Application for grant
Funding to install solar panels /
Readings are filed and
by energy monitors
22.10.10
LT / LE / JC
Application
Solar School
generate a % of our own power /
unsuccessful this time.
competition
reduce energy costs.
Review feedback with
JC Martin Williams
Topic:
Timescale /
BIODIVERSITY
Action
Target / Measure
Gardening club
Establish lunchtime
Children will learn how to ‘grow their
Ongoing from
gardening club
own’ , look after school grounds,
September 2009
Deadline
Actual Result
Responsibility
LT
Achieved / Date
Set up Sept 2009
Runs twice a week
composting, importance of
with KS2
biodiversity
Pond
Install pond
To attract diversity of wildlife – frogs,
2010
JC
dragonflies / insects
Hedgehog Houses
Pond installed May
2009
Care of plants in and
LT / Gardening
around pond
club
Ongoing
Acorn Class
Hedgehog boxes
To install in woodland
To attract hedgehogs into our school
area
ground – useful for organic control of
End of Term 1
installed Spring 2010
pests on crops!
Bird Hide / table
To create an area to
To attract a variety of birds into our
watch birds and suitable
school grounds
End of Term 1
LE / Medway
Valley CP
Grant funded
nesting sites
Minibeast ‘hotel’
Log piles etc
Build a mini beast hotel
Built August 2010
LE / Medway
“Holiday Inn-sect” built
grounds / make good use of
Valley Country-
with reclaimed materials
woodland area
side Partnership
08.10 Grant funded
To attract diverse insect life to
End of Term 1
Topic: GLOBAL
Timescale /
PERSPECTIVES
Action
Target / Measure
WWF Earth Hour
Register to take part on
To unite with schools across UK to
26.3.11
make statement about need to tackle
climate change. Resources available
Date Action Plan was developed:……………………………..
Deadline
March 2011
Actual Result
Responsibility
JC / all staff
Achieved / Date
Eco-Schools Action Plan
Ightham Primary School
Timescale /
Topic: GENERAL
Action
Target / Measure
Action Team
Form an Eco-school Action
School council to become action team
Team
with reps from all yr groups. Need
Notice-board
Deadline
End of Term 1
Actual Result
Responsibility
Achieved / Date
Ms Taylor / Mrs
Eco-school action team
English
formed with Martin
parent and/or Governor representative.
Williams (community
At least one meeting every term
governor) October 2010
Designated Eco-schools
To inform everyone of our activities and
notice-board
raise awareness of environmental
End of Term 1
Ms / Taylor / Mrs
Notice-board in
English
prominent position in
issues
hall. Oct 2010.
Kept
updated with info.
Newsletters
Contribute to school
To widen circle of awareness to include
Immediately -
Ms Taylor / Mrs
Article in newsletter July
newsletter
parents / families
ongoing
English / Yr 6
2010 - ongoing
Media team / Mrs
Austin
Assembly
Eco-school council to
To raise awareness of Eco-schools
Starting by end of
Ms Taylor / Mrs
Assembly on “Switch-off
conduct whole school
activities and objectives
Term 2 - ongoing
English / Yr 4 /
fortnight” 22/11/10
assembly
rest of Action
team
Website
More planned 2011
Write updates for “News”
To inform parents /wider community of
Immediately -
Ms Taylor / Mrs
Item written July 2010 –
section of school website
our activities, aims and objectives
ongoing
English / Yr 6 Media
ongoing
team
Timescale /
Topic: GENERAL
Action
Target / Measure
Curriculum
Groundwork to deliver 4
To educate pupils on reducing &
sessions on Waste,
recycling with links to Science,
Wormery morning & Litter
Geography, Citizenship as well as
pick
Literacy & Numeracy.
Deadline
End of Term 2
Actual Result
Responsibility
Achieved / Date
JC / LT /
Sessions took place in
Groundwork
September / October
2010 with Yr 3 & 4
Funded by TMBC