Autumn Term 2019

Eco-Council 2019-2020

Minutes of Eco-Council meeting 17 October 2019

We elected two new Eco-Councillors for this academic year.

We reviewed our Action Plan

Actions this term:

• Build bug apartments in The Nook
• Talk to Mr MacMeikan about building a bird hide in Crescent Corner
• AN to send letter about Fairtrade to our new chef

AOB [Any other business]

We consulted the Thermal Imaging Report commissioned by the school that took place in September 2019 by some our Eco-Councillors.

[Although the heating performance of the school is 60% less than other typical schools, this school still uses too much electricity than other typical schools.]

Urgent Action Required

• Eco-Councillors and other pupils and staff to ensure that radiators are not blocked by furniture in spaces.
• Eco-Councillors and other pupils and staff to ensure that lights are dimmed or turned off when not being used.
• Eco-Councillors and other pupils and staff to ensure all other electrical equipment is switched off when not being used.

Next meeting Thursday 14 November 2019

12:45pm in Phase 4

Spring Term 2019

During the Spring Term the Eco-Council carried out an Environmental Review.

We looked at 10 different aspects with reference to the school and the school grounds:

Biodiversity

Energy

Global Citizenship

Healthy Living

Litter

Marine

School Grounds

Water

Waste

Transport

The Outcomes of the Environmental Review helped us to identify the 5 environmental targets for our Eco Action Plan.

Autumn Term 2018

The Eco-Council's aim for 2018-2019 is to reduce our use of electricity.

We are a pro-active Eco-Council and came prepared to share our ideas on how to reduce the school's electricity use. The 'Turn it off!' Campaign will be presented in a whole school assembly on 27 November 2018.

Teachers and pupils watch out! We Eco-warriors are on a mission!