Welcome to our Eco-School
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school that is doing
everything it can to help the
environment. And we want
others to try too!
How it works
Eco-committee
Eco-code
Action plan
Eco-club
Help us recycle:
• Batteries
• Mobile phones with
RECYCOOL
• Clothes with RAGBAG
• Ink Cartridges for Heol Goffa
Mothers’ Group
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Eco Day 2014
On the following pages:
We earned our first ECO-SCHOOLS GREEN FLAG
in June 2013 and will be working towards our second one this summer (2015).
We have an Eco-committee that have been elected and meet every half term but we also have a weekly Eco-club where any pupil who wants to help is welcome.
The Eco-club meets every Tuesday lunch time and Wednesday after school.
Pupils can work their way up the ladder from being part of the the Eco-action team, then become Eco-rangers, Eco-ambassadors and finally, Eco-captains.
How it works
Year 7 – Callum Taylor, Chardonnay Davies
Year 8 – Teigan Taylor, Ciaron Wildes
Year 9 – Tamzin Jones, Kyle Morris
Year 10 – Andrew Jennings, Sarah Kelleher
Year 11 – Karina Griba, Kouri Vaughen
Members of the Eco club also attend the committee
meetings.
Elected Year Representatives
Eco-committee
Staff and adults- B. Jones (Governor), C. Lane (Assistant
Head), B. Lewis (Co-ordinator), L. Jones (Geog. dept.),
J.Lippiat (Tech. dept.), S.Griffiths (Bursar), L. Jenkins (Site
Manager), S. Martin (TA/parent), L. Tucker (Y Cwtch
/parent).
1. LITTER – put your litter in the bins!
2. RECYCLE WASTE – Recycle in classrooms and in outdoor
recycling bins. Bring in old batteries, mobile phones,
clothes etc.
3. SAVE ENERGY- remind people to close corridor windows and
switch off to save electricity.
4. IMPROVING SCHOOL GROUNDS – help us improve the
school garden. Can you donate any containers or
wellington boots?
5. GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP – Help us raise money for local and
global charities!
Action plan
We have joined litter picks with Keep Wales Tidy and been on a trip
to see the local ‘CWM Environmental’ recycling facility in Johnstown in
Carmarthen. We did this to try and understand how what we are doing
at school helps the environment.
We joined RagBag a few years ago, and we have had a number of
collections. We have been raising the money to improve the school
grounds. We also joined the Recycool scheme which helps to encourage
people to recycle their old phones, CDs, DVDs and tablets so you can
always bring these in for us.
In the garden we have planted vegetables, herbs and other
wonderful plants which will supply us with food and oxygen. We also
keep a wormery and a compost bin and reuse tyres to make raised beds.
We are starting a blog on the Jointhepod website, so see you there!
Eco-clubJoin us for club on Tuesday lunchtimes in Room 5. Bring a packed lunch. You can also come Wednesday after school to help in the garden!
Eco-club
Eco-captains
Molly Fitzpatrick, Sarah Kelleher, Andrew Jennings, Abbey
Thomas, Chloe Lewis
Eco-ambassadors working towards their Eco-captain badge
Tamzin Bush, Jessica Evans, Cerys Evans, Bradley Morris,
Nia Thomas, Shauna Arthur
Eco-rangers working towards their Eco-ambassador badge
Ashden Kinally, Millie Evans, Shannon Jones
Thanks for all their hard work to our ……
See the GALLERY for photos!
This year on Eco-Day we presented an Eco-assembly and all pupils took part in ‘The Wales we Want’ activity which was linked to the national conversation on the future of sustainable living in Wales.
In the past, some lucky pupils have also had workshops with Size of Wales Rainforest Project, YnniDa Energy, TATA Steel and Camarthenshire County Council Sustainability Officers.
Olivia Rawlings of Year 7 has just won a recycling graphics competition which has seen her design printed on a Carms CC postcard thanking the local community for recycling more.
Eco Day 2014