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Eco-Schools Action Plan / Netherton Junior and Infant School

Date Action Plan was developed: April 2013

Action Plan developed by: Miss Hodgson and The Nethergreens

Topic / Action / Target / Measure / Timescale / Deadline / Responsibility / Evaluation of action /
Actual result achieved
Litter / More waste disposal bins around the central areas of school. More outdoor bins attached to securely. / To be litter free in all areas of school / October 2013 / Miss Hodgson
Mr Wood
Litter / Children use litter pickers where necessary. / To be litter free. / Continuous / Whole School
Eco committee
Waste/recycling / Apply for a mixed recycling bin – other materials such as plastic that are not already recycled. / To recycle other materials in school not already recycled. / September 2013 / Miss Hodgson
Whole school / Completed – contract with Veolia – mixed recycling
Waste/recycling / Provide bins in central areas of schools for children to recycle plastic and paper. Provide recycling bins in the staff room for staff to recycle plastic and tins.
Make parents and wider community aware of mixed recycling bin on the school grounds. / To ensure school carefully controls the use of resources and recycles a wide range of materials.
School Newsletter / Continuous / Whole school
Wider community
Miss Hodgson / Completed – paper bins around different points in school. Metal, plastic and whiteboard pen bins provided in the central shared area.
Completed
Waste/recycling / To apply for recycling of ink cartridges/ mobile phones etc. Recycool / To ensure school carefully controls the use of resources.
Involvement wide community – send newsletter
Enquire with local businesses if they would like to be involved in recycool projects. / September 2013 begin then Continuous / Whole School
Wider community / Completed – recycle pens with teracycle
Waste/recycling / To apply to teracycle for recycling of pens. / To ensure school carefully controls the use of resources. / September 2013 to begin
Continuous / Whole school / Completed – collecting in the shared area.
Transport / Children from Eco committee to regularly collect graphs to monitor how people travel to school.
Organise regular walk to school weeks. / To measure if children walking to school increases.
To increase the number of children who walk to school. / Continuous / Whole school
Eco committee.
Healthy Living / To increase the number of plants in classrooms and shared areas within school. / To increase improve the sustainability of the environment within the school. / End of Autumn Term 2013 / Whole School
Biodiversity / To create a wildlife area with further planting areas, bird boxes/feeders. / To increase the amount of wildlife on the school grounds. / End of School Year 2014 / Governors/ Friends of Netherton
Whole school / Partially – raised money to begin project.
School grounds / Begin to collect fruit and vegetable waste to go in the compost bin. / Compost for planting Y2 and The Nethergreens / Spring Term 2014
Continuous / Whole school
Year 2
Eco committee
Global perspectives / Rainforest Topic- Year 3
Deforestation – Focusing on the Amazon and Tribal people’s lives. How we can help locally to stop deforestation.
Endangered Animals in the Rainforest. / To raise awareness of how our actions affect other people and what we can do to save the disappearing rainforest. / Autumn Term 2013
Autumn Term 2014 / Miss Hodgson
Miss Hodgson
Pupil participation / To have regular assemblies that raise awareness to the whole school of why becoming an Eco friendly school is important and to raise awareness of any projects happening in school. / Whole school being involved in gaining the Eco award and helping to successfully complete various projects. / Continuous / Miss Hodgson
Eco committee
Whole school
Eco week
Various Topic / To organise an Eco week where all classes are involved in carrying out various Eco-school topics across the curriculum
Walk to school week
Green day – World environment day, all children attend school wearing green and blue.
Big switch off. / To increase awareness of all Eco related Topics across the whole school.
Send out school newsletter making the wider community aware of the Eco week, walk to school week, green day and the big switch off / June 2013 / Miss Hodgson
Whole school / Completed – Evidence from all activities in Eco Folder – physical and electronic evidence. All classes were involved and carried out Eco lessons. Whole school performed Eco raps in Assembly.
Sainsbury’s bag pack / To organise a Sainsbury’s bag pack to raise money to help develop the growing and wildlife area in school. / To raise money to develop the growing and wildlife area / June 2014 / Miss Hodgson
Rob Miller
Whole school and parental involvement where possible. / Completed – Children, parents and teachers were involved in raising money and attending the Sainsbury’s bag pack. Raising £695 and 1605 Sainsbury’s active kids vouchers to go towards equipment.
Training / Attend Environmental Games and Activities training / To support planning and development of Eco committee meetings and initiatives.
To support planning and staff in school in the delivery Eco-related topics through the curriculum. / April 2014 / Miss Hodgson
Eco week
Various Topic / To organise an Eco week where all classes are involved in carrying out various Eco-school topics across the curriculum
Walk to school week
Green day – World environment day, all children attend school wearing green and blue.
Big switch off. / To increase awareness of all Eco related Topics across the whole school.
Send out school newsletter making the wider community aware of the Eco week, walk to school week, green day and the big switch off / May 2014 / Miss Hodgson
Whole class

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