Minutes of meeting 17.1.13

Attendence

Mrs White                                                     Mrs Heaney

Caleb Curwwod                                             Mikala Harris

Jack Forsythe                                                 Eve Minto

Laim Stevenson                                             Rachel Clarkin

Skye Brouskite                                               Keira Davidson

Clara anne George                                        Olivia Lenzi

Emily Healey (CP)                                         Ruaridh Mckean (ACP)

Neave Deakin                                                Leanne Thompson (AS)

Emma Aikman (S)                                          Scottalan Devive

Minutes

1. We discussed Eco week.  It will be held on 24^th March.

Some of the suggestions for Eco week were:

• Eco party in the hall.
• Disco dancing not organised dancing.
• Dressing up as something Eco friendly.
• Planting bulbs.

2.  Invite in some guest speaker such as:

• Park ranger.
• Farmer.
• Secondary school-greenhouse committee
• Recycle team.

3.  Update evidence book.  We have purchased a new A3 evidence book that is better for the parents to be able to use when they visit the school.  We need to transfer information from our old book to our new book.  Book has to be placed in the parents room for all to be able to access.

4. Eco wall displays need to be updated with current photos.  We also need to return to updating our waste charts.

5. Litter monitors.  We have allocated litter monitors for the school.  It will be there job to count the litter left in the playground and record it our litter jotter.  They will also collect the litter using the litter pickers.  We need to ask Mrs Paterson if we can get litter pick badges so that the whole school know what they are doing.  Each week Mrs White will up-dated the hall wall charts to show how much litter has been found in our playground.

6.Children have been chosen to collect the Blue litter bins each week.  Mrs Heaney will weigh the bins and we will record the weight in our jotter.  Mrs White will update the charts in the hall with the weekly results.

7. Mrs Heaney will monitor and record the amount of Gas and Electricity the school are using.

1. All of this information will be shared at weekly assemblies.

Beginning to discover the garden:

Anti-Litter Policy

Rights

Our boys and girls have the right to learn in a clean and healthy environment.

It is our goal to create a litter-free school.

We should reduce, reuse and recycle waste wherever possible.

We should see these aims extending beyond the school gate.

All members of the school community have the right to suggest ways to improve the school environment.

Responsibilities

All members of the school community have a responsibility to:

not drop litter;

minimise waste;

use recycling facilities whenever possible;

pick-up litter they see lying around and

assist the school janitor in maintaining a clean site wherever possible.

All staff have a responsibility to support pupils in achieving these aims and have a responsibility to:

support pupils and help them deal with litter problems;

use recycling bins for all used paper;

use a scrap paper tray in class for drawing;

encourage children to use both sides of the paper;

empty bins regularly and

arrange and co-ordinate waste disposal from the site.

The school eco-team has a responsibility to:

provide adequate waste and recycling bins;

listen and respond positively to suggestions on how to improve the

school environment and

promote anti-litter education within the school and its curriculum.

The boys and girls in our school have a responsibility to:

follow the advice of the eco-team;

put their own litter into the correct waste bins;

use the scrap paper trays and

help everyone to keep a litter free environment.

October 2013

Eco- Schools Action Plan                        Mossend Primary School

Action	Who’s in charge?	When will it be done by? (if ongoing, when did it start?)	How can we monitor it?	How will we know when we’re successful?	How much will it cost?	Did it work? Any ideas for the future?
Elect new Eco Members P2-7	Miss Binnie/Mrs White	Sept 2013
Complete Environmental review	Eco Committee	Sept 2013
Complete Acton Plan	Eco Committee	Sept 2013
Litter
Devise Litter Policy for the school	Eco Committee/ Mrs White? Miss Binnie	Oct 2013	Amount of litter will reduce	No litter left in the playground
Continue to raise awareness of litter issues in the school	Eco Committee	On-going	Amount of litter will reduce	No litter left in the playground
Litter audit to be completed	Eco Committee	Oct 2013	A/A	A/A
Litter survey to be carried out weekly.	Eco Committee	On-going	A/A	A/A
Litter survey results to be displayed on Eco wall	Eco Committee	On-going	A/A	A/A
Rewards and sanctions to be introduced to discourage litter	Mrs Paterson/ Eco Committee	Jan 2014	A/A

Action	Who’s in charge?	When will it be done by? (if ongoing, when did it start?)	How can we monitor it?	How will we know when we’re successful?	How much will it cost?	Did it work? Any ideas for the future?
Waste Minimisation
All waste paper to be recycled	All staff and children	Ongoing		Weight of recycling bags will decrease	£10 for scales
Use compost bins in the garden	Garden Gang	Ongoing
Energy
Research possibility of getting solar panels	Mrs Paterson, Mrs White	June 2014		School will have solar panels
New windows in school	NLC Mrs Paterson, Parent Council	June 2014		School will have new windows
Water
Remind children and staff to always turn off taps	Eco Committee/whole school	Ongoing
Buy and install Water Hippos	Miss Binnie	Dec 2013	Audit of how many toilets have Water Hippos and how many don’t	Water usage will decrease	Cost of Water Hippos
Water to be collected to water plants	Garden Gang	Jan 2014	Watering cans will not be filled with water from the taps		Cost of Water Butt £10
Transport
Encourage children to take part in Walk to School Week	Eco Committee and JRSO	Ongoing	Survey of how many children walked before Walk to School Week and after	More children will walk to school
Devise School Travel Plan	Mrs White/ Eco Committee	May 2014	Children and parents will know safe routes to travel to school	More children will walk to school
Health and Well- Being
Continue to offer a wide range of sports and extra curricular clubs	Staff, Active Schools Co-ordinator	Ongoing
Devise effective anti-bullying policy	Mrs White/ Mrs Paterson/ Eco Committee	April 2014	Children will know exactly what to do if they are bullied
School Grounds
Develop a sensory garden in the garden area	Garden gang, whole school	April 2014	Children will have a sensory garden to use	Children will be more aware of plants	Cost of plants, pots etc
Develop school playground including things to climb and jump on.	Whole school/ Mrs McKay	June 2014	Children will have more to do in the playground		Cost of equipment
Biodiversity
Build a bug hotel	Eco Committee	March 2014
Sustaining Our World
Take Part in Rights Respecting School Award	Miss Mullen	On-going	Children will adhere to Rights Respecting Schools Charter	Complete Level 1 award
Reinstate Fair Trade status	Fair Trade PLC	On-going	Children will understand what is meant by Fair trade	Status will be reinstated
Set up link with another school in another country	Global Citizen PLC	On-going	Children will be able to discuss environmental issues with children from other parts of the world.
Food and The Environment
Continue to monitor volume of food waste	Eco Committee	On-going	Children will not throw away so much food.	Amount of food waste will be reduced