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Here is a picture of the new eco-committee for
2008-2009.
The committee is made up of two children from
each year group and they meet fortnightly to talk about fundraising
ideas and how to make the school a greener place.
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We recently held an animal day at school. Children were
invited to dress up as an animal and take part in a number of activities
organised by the eco-committee. Money was raised for the RSPCA. |
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Reception class |
Who are you? |
Class J2 |
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Visit from RSPCA |
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Animal parade! |
Raffle |
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Eco awards
Last year the committee received the
bronze and silver awards for being an eco-school. We also heard that we had
achieved GREEN FLAG status, the top award for eco-schools!! So now we will
be allowed to fly the Green Flag in our school grounds. Well done to
everyone for their efforts and commitment to make our school a better place to
be!
http://www.eco-schools.org.uk/applying/green-flag-application-form.htm
To visit the eco-schools website and
read the criteria required to become an eco-school, click on the above link.
To see us raising the Eco Flag at our
school, click here
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Last year the eco committee organised a welliewellithon where we played all sorts of games in our wellies. We played
dribble the ball, relay, hoop and throw the wellie. It was 50p to enter and we
all enjoyed it.
We raised £53.10 to go towards buying an acre of
land in Asia. The appeal is trying to make all the animals safe if you buy an
acre of land it will be your land and the hunters can't kill them because its
owned by Coryton Primary.
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Water warriors will
be in charge of saving water by turning off the taps and flushing the toilets.
They will be changed every Thursday in our Merit Assembly. They all wear a
badge that the eco committee made,
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Energy Monitors will
be in charge of saving energy. They will do this by turning off lights and
computers when not in use. These will also be changed in our Thursday
Merit Assembly and they will wear badges as well.
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WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY
World Environment Day was
on June 5th last year.
We took part in
this event by making promises to SAVE the world.
We made a Promise Tree and filled it with
promises such as..
1. I promise I will take a shower instead of
a bath
2. I promise I will put a water saving device in my toilet
3. I promise I will turn the tap off when brushing my teeth
4. I promise to use rechargeable batteries instead of disposable ones
5. I promise to use a reusable bag when I shop rather than plastic carriers
6. I promise to air my washing in public, not in the tumble dryer
7. I promise I will boil only the water I need, rather than filling the kettle
every time
8. I promise I will share my car journeys to work with a colleague, cycle or
replace those car journeys with public transport at least once a week
9. I promise that I will pay back the environmental impact of any air travel I
take
10. I promise I will organise or volunteer for an environmental project in my
local community
If you want to find out more about World
Environment Day, click on
http://www.globalactionplan.org.uk/ |
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How about saving more water? Be a Hippo Water
Saver!
 To
get your free Hippo, click on
http://waterwise.fortune-cookie.com/free-stuff/ |
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Last year we
achieved many things.
Tidying Paul's Garden
The Eco Committee had
noticed that Paul's Garden was becoming messy and untidy. We decided that we
should go out and tidy it. With the help of Year 6 Paul's Garden became tidy and
beautiful. We hope to keep the Garden this tidy and we would appreciate it if
parents could help us do so.
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Sunshades
To get money for the
sunshades, the Eco committee had some cake sales and a raffle that sold well.
Due to the good weather the Eco committee have bought some sunshades that are
placed on the school playground. We have written to Derek the weatherman to tell
him about the sunshades, and he might be coming to one of our meetings.
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Top Tips:
To reduce paper waste you can use both sides
of the paper.
A compost heap is a great way of re-using your
kitchen waste to help your garden.
Try to buy things that don't have too much
packaging.
Try to re-use your plastic bags and bottles to
reduce waste.
Walk when you can - it's good for you!!
Don't waste energy or water - CONSERVE them! |
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Great Links:
http://www.eco-schools.org.uk
http://www.globalgang.org.uk
http://recycle-more.co.uk
www.epa.gov/recyclecity/mainmap.htm
http://freecycle.org |
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