Ashcroft High School

1
Ashcroft High School

• Eco Schools
• Adam, Kori and Alex

2
What we have done so far

• We have an eco committee.
• Meet monthly.
• We carried out a full environmental review.
• We have put an action plan together.

3
Energy

• School is registered with Sustainable Learning.
• We encourage everyone to turn lights and
  electrical equipment off.
• Also, pupils take and display readings from
  meters in Maths lessons.

4
(No Transcript)
5
(No Transcript)
6
(No Transcript)
7
The Litter Policy

• 10p deposit is charged when students purchase
  bottled or canned drinks.
• Students are requested to remove wrappers from
  food and put in bins before going outside.
• Tutor groups take part in litter picking on a
  rota.

8
The Litter Policy

• Students are educated on preventing litter
  through Science, PSHCEE lessons and assemblies.
  These are often student led.
• We hand out Community Service Awards at the end
  of each term

9
Recycling

• We are involved with the Recycle for Learning
  Scheme.
• Trips to paper mill to be organised for students.
• Bag2School - reduces the amount of textiles going
  to landfill.
• Asda Go Green For Schools encourages
  recycling of plastic carrier bags and use of bags
  for life.

10
Recycle for learning

• Scheme that diverts 10,000 tonnes annually of
  paper waste from landfill.
• They collect waste paper from schools,
  reprocessing it to produce 100 recycled paper
• Then returned to the schools, creating a closed
  loop project.

11

• The whole school is involved.
• Everyone is encouraged to use both sides of paper
  before recycling.
• Every class has a recycling box.
• Arranging for Recycle to Learn to come into
  assemblies.

12
Waste Minimisation / Recycling

• We are educating the whole school about waste and
  recycling.
• Here are some recent Recycling Facts

13

• In one hour we produce enough waste in the UK to
  fill the Albert Hall.

14

• In one day there would be enough waste to fill
  Trafalgar Square to the top of Nelsons Column.

15

• In one year there would be enough waste to fill
  dustbins stretching from the Earth to the Moon.

16

• Every year 13 billion steel cans are produced and
  up to a quarter of every new steel can is made
  from recycled steel. This is the equivalent of
  over 3 billion cans made from recycled steel.

17

• About 34,000 tonnes of aluminium foil packaging
  (worth around 12 million) is wasted each year.
  Only 3,000 tonnes is recycled (worth 1.2
  million).

18

• If all the aluminium cans sold in the UK were
  recycled there would be 12 million fewer full
  dustbins each year.

19

• Each tonne of paper recycled saves 15
  average-sized trees, as well as their surrounding
  habitat and wildlife.

20

• A milk bottle is reused an average of 20 times
  before it is recycled.

21

• Every tonne of glass recycled saves over 1 tonne
  of raw materials like sand and limestone. This
  means less quarrying, less damage to our
  countryside, less pollution, valuable energy
  saving and less global warming.

22

• In 1995, 6.7 billion aluminium cans were used in
  the UK. If recycled they would be worth around
  65 million. Only 28 of these cans were
  recycled, which means that 4.8 billion cans were
  land filled with a value of approximately 47
  million.

23
Cash for Cans

• School actively encourages students to recycle
  aluminium cans and foil.
• This process is less energy-consuming than making
  the metal for the first time.

24
Bag2School
25
Healthy Eating

• School monitors whether students eat a balanced
  lunchtime diet.
• Water is available throughout the day for students

26
Healthy Eating

• Healthy eating is encouraged throughout the
  curriculum.
• School rented dance mats for students to try.
• Dance mats encouraged students to keep active and
  fit.

27
Domestic Waste

• Students are educated about domestic waste across
  the curriculum.
• Students encouraged to consider the environmental
  problems caused by waste.

28
Pupil Participation

• Students deliver assemblies and PSHCEE lessons on
  eco topics
• Students have developed an Ashcroft Eco Code
• Students assist in writing the development plan.

29
Recap - Pupil Participation

• Students take part in local / national
  conferences and competitions
• Students complete exchange sheets with schools in
  other countries
• Students participate in community service
• Students take the lead in organising Bag2School ,
  Cash for Cans and Recycle for Learning

30
Eco Competition Winners

• The School regularly holds competitions.
• These raise the awareness about litter within the
  school.
• The school itself won an eco competition for
  building a recycling model.
• School also won a Key Stage 3 award for creating
  an environmental game.

31
Biodiversity

• CD Bell Plant Project
• More plants, pots and beds in school.
• School encourages staff to have plants into
  classrooms.

32
Teaching and Learning

• School is increasing number of lessons held
  outside.
• Pupils are going to look into the schools
  heritage.
• School is involved with the Science Across the
  World Exchange Project.

33
Teaching and Learning

• DEFRA has worked with Year 11 students research
  projects on composting food waste and nuclear
  waste.
• We are now looking at eco-topics from a global
  perspective.
• We are also registered with Generation Green

34
Thank you for listening to our presentation We
hope you enjoy your journey to becoming an eco
friendly school