Thank you to Miss Philp Smith and the children of Primary 5/19 and 5/20 for their assembly today. Click here to visit The Pod  eco website. Here are further details of their Switch Off Challenge.

Welcome to switch off fortnight 2012, we are the Markethill Eco-committee and we have a challenge for you.

SWITCH OFF AND SAVE

We would like to see if we can reduce the amount of electricity we are using and wasting at home and at school.

We need to save electricity because making electricity using fossil fuels pollutes the environment.  Also Fossil fuels will run out one day .  Then we won’t have petrol or diesel for our cars or oil for our central heating.

So what can you do to help reduce pollution?  Switch off and save.  When you are not using a light switch it off.   When you are finished with the tv switch it off, don’t leave it on stand by.   When you are finished on the computer switch it off properly.  Don’t over fill the kettle when making hot drinks. Don’t spend more time than you need in a very hot shower.

Would you like some eco stickers for your house?  To win stickers and an eco badge you have to try and save electricity at home.  Then get your parents or guardian to comment below about what you’ve been doing to save electricity.