Every month our Eco Committee and the janitor record our energy and water use meter readings so that we can monitor if we are being successful in cutting our carbon footprint. We worked out that we have managed to cut our electricity use by 6.7 % and we measured our carbon footprint using this and other data we collected. We have had problems trying to cut our gas use due to electrical faults with the school boiler system. We hope to cut our gas usage further next year.

We took part in Switch Off Fortnight this year where everyone really made a special effort to cut our energy use as much as possible. We started off with a whole school  assembly run by the Eco Committee to let everyone know what Switch Off Fortnight is and what we would be doing.

The Eco Committee also put on a play for the whole school about children in  a classroom who were fed up with all the lights and electrical items being on and the heating turned up full blast and what they did to show their teacher about global warming, and the effects on the environment. In the play, they managed to change their teacher’s ideas and the heating was turned off and electricity use cut. This was to show the school about our own situation and how they can help.  After that more children were aware of what they can do in their classrooms to make a difference.