Goldstone Primary Eco Committee 2019/20
THE ECO CODE
G reat to save water
R ecycling for ever
E nergy needs to be saved
E very one can mace a difference
N ever waste what you can re-use
T ogether we will be green
E ach and every one of us can compost
A ct now
M ake the world a better place
Goldstone’s Eco committee - THE GREEN TEAM - have been working hard on their action plan.
At the start of the year the committee identified three areas across the school that needed development:
- litter (single use plastic waste),
- waste, (a lack of in school composting)
- energy use (whiteboards, lights etc… being left on in classrooms.)
Last term the committee had a flash litter mob- they bought out litter pickers, gloves and bin bags onto the school field and blew a whistle. Lots of children joined in to collect as much litter as possible.
When we examined what we had collected the children found lots of single-use plastics. In order to raise awareness of the problems associated with single use plastic use they organised and delivered an assembly across the school. They came up with the idea of putting a crisp packet bin in the dinner halls so they can collected and recycled.
The committee met with our school gardener, Ruth Chalker, and she showed them our new school compost bins and explained how compost was made. The children now collect all the compostable waste from around the school and put it into the bins. We now have our own compost to use in the garden! More information on the exciting projects being undertaken in the garden can be found on the gardening page.
We have also distributed battery recycling boxes to every family, and children have been bringing in their spent batteries to the school office in order to recycle them.
So far this year all our hard work has meant we have been able to achieve our bronze and silver eco awards. Watch this space though, as we are not too far away from achieving the green flag for Goldstone!
