ENERGY EDUCATION IN SCHOOLS

1. ENERGY EDUCATION IN SCHOOLS Neil Short HECA Officer

2. 1993-1995 • Promotion of national campaigns: • at public events • in schools

3. 1996

4. Energy Action Plus • Introduced “Cyril” the hot water cylinder mascot • Targeted neighbourhood in need of energy saving advice/measures/grants • Energy saving packs sent to 1500 households

5. Energy Action Plus • Information pack contains info and competition aimed at school pupils • Cyril visits the school in the energy action neighbourhood to present prizes

6. 1997-1998 • Global Action plan’s “Action at Home” programme used to: • Raise awareness of home energy conservation • Conduct energy surveys and distribute CFLs through schools

7. 1999 • Jacolly Puppet Theatre: “Astra and the Waste Monster” • 9 schools see the production commissioned by • Dorset County Council • Bournemouth schools poster competition run • 2 winning posters used in all schools

9. 2000 • Environment 2000 event held: • Staged in Central Pleasure Gardens • Themes include energy conservation and renewables • Solar powered car and other items on display • Home energy surveys carried out

11. 2004 Bob & Wally Bournemouth’s new energy saving mascots!

12. 2000+ Energy Water Waste Travel Grounds

13. How to become a Green School • Nominate a Green Schools Co-ordinator • Set up a green team • Do an environmental audit • Pick a Green Schools Unit • Draw up an action plan • Put the plan into action • Monitor success & put together portfolio • Be accredited by the Green Schools Team

14. Green Schools are on the web at: http://www.swgfl.org.uk/greenschools/index.htm Other schemes include: Energy Certification for Schools Let’s see how one of our Green Schools went about saving energy…

15. Kings Park Primary School Green School Co-ordinators: Ezer Han, Rhys Hughes and Laura Miller.

16. Green school

17. Next Steps Energy and Water Units • We are now working towards our Energy and Water Unit Awards • We’ve had a meeting with Neil Short and Bob Olding to get extra information on ways to save energy and water. • We sent out audits to Y5 and Y3 to find out what they think of things like the temperature of the water in the taps and the temperature of the classrooms. • We went around with Mr Ellis (the school Site Manager) to do an energy walk around and this is what we found…

18. Not so good… • Lots of classes have their radiators on during the day and when it gets too hot the teachers open a window which wastes energy. • A lot of classes leave their lights on when no one is in the room and also leave taps running. • We are going to change this…

19. Action Plan • We have written an action plan. This includes things like… • Doing assemblies on energy conservation. • Writing a weekly energy quiz for the school newsletter. • Asking school councillors to be energy monitors in their classes. • Monitoring the amount of energy the school uses by reading the gas and electricity metres regularly. Also…

20. Making A Difference! • To save extra energy we came up with some slogans: If it’s bright, turn out the light! • We’ve got signs on the lights that say: If you’re on your way out, turn them out! • and on taps it says: Don’t let me drip, because I’m well worth it!

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