DEPARTMENT ACTION PLANS 2014-15
DEPARTMENT: ECO-SCHOOLS
Priority Areas for Development Identified by Evaluative Process: Energy and Litter remain priorities for whole school, transport has been identified as a topic to be developed
this year
Baseline Position: Energy continue to be wasted in school, grounds have significantly improved in terms of levels of litter but there remain flash areas, gum removed from areas
of the schools at a cost of £600, awareness raising of this issue must continue, school grounds have improved dramatically with the addition of a wild flower area, some classroom
teachers report still not having a blue paper bin, energy and litter monitoring very successful, student and teacher awareness of sustainable schools have been substantially raised.
SMART Targets
Timescale
Increase awareness of energy
conservation in school
classrooms
Sept –
June 2015
Actions to Bring about Improvement
Resources and
Responsibilitie
s
Appoint Energy Supervisor – Year 13
Time, application and
interview process
Appoint 10 Energy Monitors & create rota
Log books
Certificates, printing
cost
Log energy wastage in classrooms
Reward energy conservation through school
assemblies and certificates
Increase awareness of litter in
school grounds and corridors
Sept June 2015
Energy Supervisor
Appoint litter supervisor – Year 13
Time
Appoint 10 litter wardens and create rota
Application process
Log areas prone to excessive litter
Interview process
Take part in community clean-up project –
possible industrial visit
Log books –
certificates, printing
costs
Success Criteria and Impact of
Pupils
Monitoring and
Evaluation
Pupils and teachers will become
more environmentally aware of
energy wastage in both school and
home
Pupils and teachers will see the
value in not wasting energy on a
global scale
Pupils will become more
environmentally aware of litter
and their place in reducing it
Pupils will see the value in not
dropping litter in the school
grounds and outside school
Litter Supervisor
Specialist School in Mathematics and Business
1
St Mary’s High School, Newry
New topic – TRANSPORT
Raise awareness of student
and teacher transportation to
and from school and the
impact this has on the
environment
Sept June 2015
Whole School Assembly on impact of
transportation on the Ozone Layer and
therefore Climate Change
Time
Take part in Climate Week in collaboration
with Geography Department
Eco-Committee
Printing Costs
Audit whole school transportation modes
via survey on FRONTER
Both pupils and students become
more aware of their carbon
footprint
Reduction in the % of pupils /
teachers who travel to work /
school by car
Car-Sharing
Increase in students who walk to
school
Areas for Development (2015-2016):
Specialist School in Mathematics and Business
2
St Mary’s High School, Newry