We are in the middle of Switch Off Fortnight 2022. This is an annual energy saving  campaign from EDF’s The Pod, which  is an opportunity for  schools and young people to make small changes in their lives that save energy and help to protect the planet. This year 1656 schools across Britain are taking part.

Switch Off Fortnight began this month in our school, with a launch assembly delivered by our Sustainability Committee. The aim was to make our pupils understand why climate change is happening, its consequences for humanity and nature and to help them see how they can play their part at school and home to lower their carbon footprints. As Climate Action is one of our three whole school Eco topics we are working on to earn our next green flag, we thought taking part would be a great thing to do.  You can see our launch assembly in the photos below.

During these two weeks, the Sustainability Committee will be collecting gas and electricity readings with the help of Mr Moss, our Eco friendly janitor at the beginning and end of each week to calculate how much of these resources our school has used. We hope to see a drop in our energy use across these two weeks, compared to our usual meter readings. Pupils and staff are being encouraged to switch off lights and other electrical items around the school, whenever their use is not necessary, in line with our school energy policy.