Eco School

Castleford High School – Eco-Schools Action Plan 2007-2008

Picture of Eco-Schools documents

Objective: To encourage staff and pupils to adopt a more sustainable approach to their daily life.

The Year 10 Work Related Learning Group conducted an Environmental Audit for the school. From the Audit the recognised that Castleford High School had some very good environmental aspects (e.g. Encouraging Healthy Living, double glazing and energy saving lighting in all classrooms). They all discovered some areas for improvement and they have set out these areas in their Eco-schools Action Plan. The group is now planning to submit this information to the Eco-schools website: they are hoping that the school will be rewarded with a Bronze Eco-Schools Award- fingers crossed!

The first stage is to try and establish a paper recycling facility in the school to minimize the amount of waste going to landfill. We hope to achieve this by September 2007. If you are interested in becoming involved, take some time to browse the Eco-school website and see Miss Grey if you have any ideas/suggestions.

http://www.eco-schools.org.uk/

Proposed Project	Details	By When	By Whom	Evidence of implementation	Cost
Environmental Audit	Use eco-schools Audit tool to identify areas for strengths and areas for development. Apply for Eco-schools Bronze Award	June 07 July 07	WRL group DG	Completed audit. Bronze status awarded.	£0
Paper Recycling across the whole school	Paper recycling skip on school grounds Paper recycle bins in each classroom / next to each photocopier- look at possible sponsors. Launch to staff in briefing Launch to wider school: Assemblies. Use website to inform pupils and staff of progress.	Sept o7 Sept 07 Sept 07 Sept 07	DG/Caretakers WRL group DG WRL group	Paper recycling facilities and collections at school. Recycle binds in each classroom. Whole school involved in recycling paper.	£200 for recycle bins.
Raise awareness of the need to save energy.	Produce reminder cards to switch off computers and lights- whole school competition. Ask staff to display in classroom and on computer screens.	Oct 07 Nov 07	WRL group WRL group	Energy saving reminders displayed in all classrooms.	£30 for materials.
Thermostats fitted to all radiators.	Investigate the cost implications of fitting thermostats to all radiators. Apply for an eco-schools grant to meet the cost.	Nov 07-Dec 08	DG/WRL group	Cost analysis completed. Application for eco-schools grant completed.	Unknown.
Raise profile of the problems of litter in the school and local community	Assemblies used to address the issues. Possible litter monitors/rewards system for putting litter in the bin.	June 08	School council	Assemblies held and profile raised.	£50 for rewards.