2. Brynhyfryd Infant School
1 Litter 5 Water
2 School Grounds 6 Global Citizenship
3 Energy 7 Waste
Minimisation
4 Healthy Living 8 Transport
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3. BRYNHYFRYD INFANT
ECO-CODE
1. We will only switch lights on when we need them.
2. We will close doors to keep heat in.
3. We will turn off taps after use.
4. We will turn off water heaters at the end of each day.
5. We will save sandwich waste for our compost bin.
6. We will keep our playground litter free.
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4. Eco- Promise
We promise to look after our
beautiful world, family, friends,
animals, plants and all creatures
great and small.
RRS
Article 6
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5. Eco Statement
We look after our
environment to make a
better future
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Article 24
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8. Eco-Elves
Eco-elves are the nursery
eco team. They all take
turns at looking after the
nursery grounds. They
also put out their own
recycling bags both pink
and green for collection
by the kerbside team.
They also recycle all their
fruit waste.
RRS
Article 12-24
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10. Eco Meeting
Meeting held September 2011
The new Eco Committee met for
the first this month.
The eco code and promise were
discussed and they asked if the
appearance could be changed.
A new design was put to the
committee and agreed
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11. Eco Meeting
Meeting March 2012
Attended by :- Eco Committee, Mr Jones and Miss L Morgan
Children expressed a wish for more benches.
Replacement flower planters.
It was suggested that we combine these ideas and have planters with
build in benches.
One idea was to copy the Junior school and have a Rag Bag bin.
Follow up to meeting
Mr Jones spoke to senior management and in response several
companies were invited into the school and their ideas were put
together and now work has began on the new school yard.
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13. Recycling
The infant school share a cardboard recycling bin with
the Junior school.
The Junior school in turn share a plastic recycling bin
with the Infant school.
The local community are also invited to use these bins.
RRS
Article 6-24
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14. Recycling
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cardboard
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Plastic
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2004 2006 2006 2008 2010 2012
In 2004 there were no or very few
plastic or cardboard collections.
Compared with this year the
council now collected the bins on
alternative weeks.
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15. Recycling
Monitoring
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25 Spring Term
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15 Autumn
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Cartridges Paper Plastic Cardboard Food waste
Item Unit
Cartridge Box
Paper Bag
Plastic Large Bin
Cardboard Large bin
Food waste Small Bin
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16. Recycling
New for 2012 the Rag Bag
bin this will allow the
community to recycle its old
clothes and at the same time
make money fore the
school.
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17. Litter
Eco elves hard
at work litter
picking
RRS
Article 24
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18. Litter
Monitoring
Children have found that when the weather is windy, that is
when litter mostly appears in the yard areas in the graph
on the next slide
While monitoring the yard the children found that
the hedge is where the most litter is found. This
problem is caused by passerby's pushing litter into
the hedge
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19. Litter
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2.5
Spring
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Summer
1.5
Autumn
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Winter
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Top Yard Gate Main Yard Shelter Hedge
Area
Litter collected in
bags
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21. School Grounds
School grounds today
School grounds in 2005
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22. School Grounds
During the last Eco-committee meeting the members together with the
school council made some suggestions towards the redevelopment
of the school yard.
More benches and flower bed were asked for so after a staff meeting
with the senior management team designs were collected and a
final design was picked and this is the work that is being carried out
in the school yard at the present time.
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23. School Grounds
New for 2012
flowerbeds with built in
benches. Timber comes
from managed forests.
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26. Waste Minimisation
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There has been a steady
decrease in the amount of 60
1996-2002
paper and ink cartridges 50
2002-2004
used at the school. 40 2004-2006
30 2006-2008
2008-2010
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2010-2012
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Paper Cardrigdes
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27. Waste Minimisation
Monitoring
Switch-off Fortnight
Dear Teachers,
Without anyone knowing we have monitored your classrooms and the job of your daily
energy monitors.
At three different times throughout each day this week, we have recorded your progress. The
class who have made the best effort to save energy will be awarded with a recycled 'Switch-off
Fortnight' pencil by us in a special assembly next week. Every child will be given a sticker for their
help and to encourage them to do more at school and at home to continue to save energy.
Please let us know if your energy monitor badges are broken or lost and we will give you another
one.
Year Two Eco-rangers
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30. Waste Minimisation
Year two children monitoring rubbish
for materials that should have been
recycled.
Action
The class was identified and eco
committee members spoke to the
class
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31. Global Citizenship
First Comenius - 2007-2009 ~ Wales, Poland, Czech
Republic, Greece, Finland and Sweden
Second Comenius - 2009-2011 ~ Wales, Poland, Hungary,
Italy, Turkey and Estonia
English partners ~ Earlswood Primary, Surrey
New Comenius for 2012 applied
for from British Council in
partnership with Brynhyfryd
Junior School
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Article 7-14-30
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32. Global Citizenship
Every year our Year Two
children visit the co-op to
research how fair-trade
works. They try out fair-
trade products. They buy in
these products and sell them
in our Christmas an summer
Fetes.
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39. Healthy Living
The children grow all
their produce
organically and are
encouraged to sample
their produce.
RRS
Article 6
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40. Healthy Living
The children have football club
every Tuesday after school. They
also have visited the new leisure
centre. Year one have a gardening
club every Wednesday after school.
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Article 6-15
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43. Transport
This has been a difficult subject to make an impression on. We
have tried a walking bus but due to the location of the school
we had very little uptake.
As a school we have tired to encourage walk to school days but
again due to the fact that we have a large number of children
outside catchment then parents will still drive to school.
Also because we are a infant school parents tend to bring younger
siblings with them in the car.
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44. Transport
Year one children have
road safety training
every Monday
afternoon. These
lessons are given by a
trained group from the
local community.
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Article 36
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45. Curriculum Links
Eco-Schools
Maths Literacy Science
They will use
The children use The children use Oracy skills are How do things grow?
numbers when
counting when independent improved while talking What do we
monitoring
planting seeds. writing. in eco assemblies. need to eat?
their recycling.
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Article 28
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46. Curriculum Links
Eco-Schools
History ICT Geography DT
The children will make
They have learned The children have helped to We learned how European
models out of recycled
the history produce graphs to show their children learn from our
materials.
behind Fair trade monitoring Comenius partners
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47. Purchasing
When the school is
looking to purchase
products we look at
companies with good
environment
practices.
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48. Rights Respecting School
UNICEF is the world’s leading organisation working for children and
their rights. In 1989, governments worldwide promised all children
the same rights by adopting the UN Convention on the Rights of
the Child. These rights are based on what a child needs to survive,
grow, participate and fulfil their potential.
Here at Brynhyfryd Infants we are committed to ensuring that all
children have their rights and empower them in becoming active
citizens and learners.
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49. Thank you for visiting our
school.
Diolch Yn Fawr.
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