Eco-Schools England -

Eco-Schools Action Plan / SS Alban & Stephen Junior School

Date Action Plan was developed: ______July 2014 after 1st Green Flag (ongoing updates)______

Action Plan developed by: ______Eco School Team ______

Topic / Action / Target / Measure / Timescale / Deadline / Responsibility / Actual Result Achieved / Date
Eco School inspection / June 2014 / Ms Henry and team / Green Flag awarded
Pupil Participation
(biodiversity) / Visit to Watercress Beds / To understand biodiversity on the site / July 2014 / Year 4 / Visit undertaken. Photos taken
Pupil Participation
School Grounds / To plan a nature trail on waste ground / School to make suggestions / December 2014 / Eco Team and school / Suggestions in place and to be put forward to contractor
Pupil Participation / Assembly to be delivered to whole school / Team to make suggestions and practice for assembly / October 2014 / Eco Team / Assembly delivered November 2014
Energy / Year 4 to visit Mitsubishi Electric / To understand more about energy generation and consumption, composting, biodiversity / October 2014 / Year 4 / Year 4 visit 17th October 2014. Design a poster competition:
https://www.the-learning-curve.org.uk/gallery/competition-entries/12#image-12
Energy / Enter Mitsubishi Electric Learning Curve competition / To publicise what our school is doing – 8 Challenges eg travel, water, health, etc. – and to enter onto ME webpage / June 2015 / Eco Team / Entered and awarded 3rd prize – June 2014
Topic / Action / Target / Measure / Timescale / Deadline / Responsibility / Actual Result Achieved / Date
Pupil Participation
(biodiversity) / Visit to Watercress Beds / To understand biodiversity on the site / October 2014 / Year 4 / Visit undertaken. Photos taken, page stuck in Science books
School Grounds / Join in Big Schools Birdwatch / Fill up bird feeders
Eco Team to “spot” birds in the school grounds / December 2014
January 2015 / Eco School Team / All achieved. Data entered onto RSPB website Feb 2015. Printed out graphs (photos on website).
Pupil Participation
Recycling / To contact the Recycling Learning Scheme for Primary Schools at Apsley Mill.
Each class to have special recycling box for Apsley. / School to recycle flat, white paper and to send to Apsley Paper Mill for recycling. Need minimum of 10 boxes per collection. / Collection March 2015 / Recycling Rangers to distribute and monitor / Collection of 10 boxes March 2015
Pupil Participation / A Sunflower Grow-off / Each class of Eco team to plant 3 sunflower seeds. To monitor growth and to measure tallest / April 2015 / Eco Team / Photos on webpage tracking progress of completion.
Energy
Pupil Participation / Waste Assembly / Talk to school about local and global waste. What can we do? Pledges. / 13th May 2015 / Eco Team / Assembly achieved. Photos on system. Pledges displayed in dining hall.
Healthy Living / Year 5 Bikeability course / All year 5 to have the opportunity to have a week’s course to learn roadcraft on their bicycles / May 2015 / Year 5, Ms Ortone and Bikeability team / 5TH May - XX children participated. Photos taken by Year 5 to be entered on webpage.
School Grounds / Enter District in Bloom competition (2nd year) / Enter vegetable and sunflower categories / Judging in July 2015 / Gardening Club / Judged in July – award ceremony in September 2015.
Global Citizenship / Friends of the Earth - Run on Sun campaign. Help with publicity / Take photo of team and Run on Sun logo / June 2015 / Team / Photo mailed to FoE and published on their webpage
NEW ACADEMIC YEAR
Elect new Eco members / September 2015
Environmental Review / October 2015 / New Team
School Grounds / Procure new water butt – old one leaking / December 2015
Pupil Participation / Assembly to be delivered to whole school / October 2015 / Eco Team
Global Citizenship / GREEN FLAG ASSESSMENT COMMENT Same (?) assembly to be delivered to Infant school / Liaise with Bernadette Dempsey, Head of Infants. / October/November 2015 / Eco Team
School Grounds / Big Schools Bird Watch / January 2016
Transport / Bikeability Course / May 2016 / Year 5
Pupil Participation
Waste/Recycling / To contact the Recycling Learning Scheme for Primary Schools at Apsley Mill.
Each class to have special recycling box for Apsley. / School to recycle flat, white paper and to send to Apsley Paper Mill for recycling. Need minimum of 10 boxes per collection. / Collection 2016 / Recycling Rangers to collect flat white paper and store in boxes, and monitor
Energy / Investigate how we could install solar panels. Friends of the Earth “Run on Sun”, etc.
School Grounds / Use our waste ground to generate more playing space/ more biodiversity
School Grounds / Keep working on the growing spaces – how to revitalise the Gardening Club.
Transport / Continue with Walk to School initiative through Living Streets.
Encourage classes to log their travel more diligently. / Encourage more healthy travel to school / July 2016
1. / (from Water, Biodiversity, Healthy Living, Litter, Waste, Global Citizenship) to be decided after audit
2.
Travel / Check Travel Plan
(see bottom of webpage) / Check that all information is up to date / December 2015 / Ms Henry
Check Green Procurement Policy
(see bottom of webpage) / Check that all information is up to date / December 2015 / Ms Henry

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