Eco-Committee ready and raring to go

The King’s St Alban’s Eco-Committee met on Tuesday morning for their first meeting of the Spring Term. There was a determined buzz in the room as the children assembled, eager to continue their work from last term. The children were full of ideas on how they can continue to make King’s St Alban’s an environmentally friendly school, which they were bursting to share. Last year Eco-Committee’s hard work resulted in us being awarded the coveted Green Flag Award and the pupils are keen to hold on to it this academic year!

The first job of the meeting was for the children to assign Energy Monitors to each class. Energy Monitors will be responsible for turning off lights and closing doors as they leave classrooms. It is hoped that this will become a way of life, both at home and at school, thereby helping to save energy in everyday life. Energy Monitors will act as role models for the rest of the School by setting an energy-conscious example each day.

The meeting produced a plethora of ideas and suggestions from the committee. Ideas ranged from encouraging car-sharing, a “Walk or Cycle to School Week”, more bins around school, a litter picking rota and various environmentally themed days to raise awareness. The children even suggested having plants in each classroom. The plants would not only improve the air quality in the classroom but could also improve concentration levels; what a superb idea this is!

It was lovely to see such enthusiastic young people, full of interesting initiatives, which we hope to put into place throughout the school year and beyond.

We are all very much looking forward to Creative ConneXions at the end of this term, with the theme of Our Precious Planet, raising awareness of the wonderful world in which we live and what we should be doing to look after it. Our Eco-Committee will no doubt be on hand to help and advise during preparations for the performance.