Energy Monitors

There are energy monitors throughout the school. Our job is to check that our year group is not wasting energy.

• We check that:
  • Lights are not left on when the classroom is empty
  • Doors and windows are not left open when the heating is on
• We look at the graphs shown below each month. They tell us how much energy we are using, and we can see if we are using more or less than we did at the same time last year
• We think about how we can save energy
• We go to the Eco-Committee meetings once a month to keep the Eco-Committee informed about our work

Things that have been recently been done to save energy are:

• All our outside doors have signs on them to remind everyone to keep them closed. Rebecca designed some lovely signs, and we hope everyone will take notice of them
• Our IT Technician, Mr Sims, worked with Georgia and Callum to save energy in our IT suite. Mr Sims has changed all the computers in the IT suite now, when they are not being used, they all go into energy saving mode after 10 minutes. Previously the energy saving mode did not start until 30 minutes. That is means we save 20 minutes of energy for each of the 35 computers when they are not being used.

Water monitors

There are water monitors throughout the school. Our job is to check that our year group is not wasting water.

• We check that taps are not left on when not in use
• We look at the graph shown below every week. They tell us how much water we are using, and we can see if we are using more or less than we did the week before
• We think of ways everyone can save water such as turning off the tap when you brush your teeth
• We go to the Eco-Committee meetings once a month to keep the Eco-Committee informed about our work
• We will carry out a survey of all the taps in the school with Mr Jenkins and identify which ones we could replace with taps that automatically switch off and so save water

It is very important that we monitor the water we use each week. If one of our water pipes starts to leak we will use more water, and by carefully watching how much water we use we would quickly know there is a problem.

Mr Jenkins reads the water meter every week for us. The meter is in the pavement outside of our school gates and he showed us what he does.

Recycling

You can recycle your old

Batteries - in the box at the school office window

Old Clothes - in the clothes bank at the front of the school

Unwanted School Uniform - in the box by the school office

Used stamps - in the box at the school office window

Crisp Wrappers - in the special dustbin in the school hall

Spectacles - in the box at the school window

Pens, markers, felt-tips - in the box under the school office window

Litter blights our schools, streets, parks and beaches and costs us millions of pounds to clear up every year. Eco-Schools and Keep Britain Tidy want to eliminate litter now and for future generations.

What are we doing at Parkfield?

• We do not drop litter.
• If we see any litter on the ground, we pick it up. 
• We put litter in the correct bin, where it can be recycled if possible.
• We help our cleaners, to keep our classrooms and all of the school free from litter.
• Year 5 support and take part in Keep Britain Tidy events.