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Action

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Form Energy Committee

2-6 Classes

September 2003

We currently have 5 Energy members in our Energy Committee

Observe and record the school’s energy

All School

November-December 2003

We had an Energy Evaluation for six weeks. It was a competition and Class 4 won.

Info for school and parents

All School

Ongoing

We sent an Energy Questionnaire to teh parents and included Energy information

To reduce the use of Energy

All School

Ongoing

We hope to continue to reduce our electricity use

To monitor heating, lighting and water

Committee

Ongoing

We continue to monitor our water, heating and lighting bills

Energy Wardens

2-6 Classes

Ongoing

We have Energy Wardens on a rota who check the Energy use around the school

Arts and Crafts

Committee

November 2003

We created an Energy Noticeboard and updating it often gets updated. we also created our mascot Energetic Eddy

Data Tabulation

Whole School

Ongoing

We often use our Energy results and create it into Handling Data

Science

Whole School

Ongoing

On National Science Day  the topic was light so we intergrated Energy into this topic.

Communcation with Outside sources

Committee

Ongoing

So far we have communicated with SEI and ESB and recieved materials and SEI came to the school and gave a talk

Music/Movement

Whole School

Ongoing

We composed an Energy Song and we are composing an Energy Dance

Geography

3rd-6th Class

Ongoing

We are studying fossil fuels, renewables sources, sources of energy, sun, wind and water

Review of Oil used

5/6th Class

September 2003

We studied all the oil bills from the previous year

Review of ESB bills from previous school year

5/6th Class

September 2003

We studied the ESB bills from tne previous year

Display the Top Ten Energy Tips around the school

All Claasses

October 2003

All classes display our Top Ten Energy tips and it’s displayed in the corridors and on our Noticeboard too

Send an Energy Questionnaire to the families of the school

All classes

October 2003

We sent the questionnaire to all the families of the school and collected them and created results

 

 

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