A big thank you to North Ayrshire Youth Bank who have recently granted us the sum of £982.46 in order to purchase both new litter bins and recycling bins for our school. The committee filled in a grant application form (which had to be done with the least amount of adult help possible) and Erin (grants advisor) sent it away for approval. The new bins will be in place soon, and the evidence will be uploaded.
Present;
Sophie Gribben, Robyn Gurney, Rhanna Guilfoyle, Conor Monaghan, Curtis Kerr, Kalle Smith, Marie Ann Wales, Claire Monaghan, Rachael Waddell, Erin Wigton, Morgan Cooper and Ryan Byrne
Apologies
Mrs Crawford
Bronze Award
We recieved the news that we had acheived our bronze award, ad we got a photo with our certificate.
Moving Forward
We agreed to undertake a new environmental review and discussed methods to get more of the school involved. We have a very big school, so we may select a focus group of pupils outside the eco-committee to help us with our environmental review. From this we will agree on our action plan. We are unsure whether to involve a focus group in this too.
AOB
Wishing everybody on the Committee a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
The next meeting will be on Thursday 8th January at Lunchtime.
Meeting Adjorned.
We’ve done it! Ardrossan Academy now has their bronze Eco-Schools award. Thank you to everyone who has helped out so far and to all the committee members and Mrs Crawford, without you this couldn’t have happened (literally!). Next stage, Silver!
We held our litter pick today (27/11/14). It was a bit chilly, but we still managed to fill four black bin bags with litter! Thank you to all the Eco committee, and to all our other helpers, it was very much appreciated.
Present;
Mrs Crawford, Sophie Gribben, Robyn Gurney, Rhanna Guilfoyle, Conor Monaghan, Curtis Kerr, Kalle Smith, Marie Ann Wales, Claire Monaghan, Rachael Waddell, Erin Wigton, Morgan Cooper and Ryan Byrne
Apologies
None
Welcome
Everyone introduced themselves to the committee in turns, allowing us to get to know the new members. Explanation of what we have already achieved was given by older members and due to small numbers, we have decided to not split the committee into year groups.
Cycle Friendly School
A quick talk was given by The head of the PE department to discuss a possible collaboration to become a cycle friendly secondary school. We feel this could also tie into our action plan under sustaining our world. This is only an idea, and it is not guaranteed that we will take part in the scheme.
Recycling
Morgan and Ryan have agreed to run spectacle recycling in the school. This will be put in the action plan under waste minimisation. Claire is in charge of rag bag collection and Mrs Macpherson is willing to help and give advice. Progess of both of these actions will be put up on the blog.
AOB
The next meeting will be on Thursday 30th October at Lunchtime.
Meeting Adjorned.
Hello! This blog has been set up to inform you of the exciting developments that are happening at Ardrossan Academy in regards to eco at at the moment.
We have almost achieved our Bronze award, and we would like to share what we have done in the past few months.
Below I have listed the criteria we have to meet in order to her our bronze award:
Eco-Committee
Environmental Review
Action Plan
Monitoring and Evaluation
Linking to the curriculum
Involving the wider community
Eco-Code
Source: http://www.keepscotlandbeautiful.org/sustainable-development-education/eco-schools/awards/bronze/
We are so close to completing all of these targets and if you would like to help, the eco committee are having a Whole school meeting on the 23rd of October at Lunch time so feel free to come along!
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