The Eco-Schools group has gone from strength to strength since January 2010. We’ve held regular meetings, completed a comprehensive environmental review, and created a detailed action plan – which all means we can now apply for our Eco-Schools Bronze Award.

Our main targets from the Action Plan include:

• Starting to monitor electricity consumption

• Reducing electricity consumption – lighting and computers

• Recycling used paper

• Setting up Eco-Garden Group made up of pupils, parents and teaching staff

• Writing a School Eco Code

• Recruiting parents and governors into Action Team

If you’d like a copy of the full plan or review, please contact  Miss Jolly (Eco-Schools Co-ordinator).

Students and staff  joined millions around the world when we switched off our classroom lights on Friday 26^th March to mark Earth Hour.  Run by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), Earth Hour involves switching off all lights for an hour to raise awareness of our energy usage and its link to climate change. The WWF describes it as  “a global call to action to every individual, every business and every community throughout the world. It is a call to stand up, to take responsibility, to get involved and lead the way towards a sustainable future.”

The school Paper Recycling scheme is well underway with almost 40 classrooms and offices reusing and recycling their paper. Members of the Eco-Schools team are running fortnightly collections and are managing the operation well so far.  We hope that all areas of the school will be serviced by the end of April.

Watch this space for news of plans for a school Eco-Garden, a sixth-form Geography project for sustainable schools and a fashion show with a difference!