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The Maple Eco Team continues to introduce new approaches across school to get our children thinking about sustainability and eco impacts.

No Power Hour

There have been great results from the new, weekly ‘no power hour’. Each Friday afternoon during Golden Time we’re switching off as many of our electrical items as possible. Maple’s electricity usage baseline is 19 units … so we set a school target of using less than 10 units during no power hour. We’ve done better than our target for both weeks since we started, reducing electricity usage during that hour by more than 50%. The children are enjoying the challenge and getting a better handle on what uses electricity … and what you can enjoy that is ‘power free’! I’ve heard that Mr Wells’ rendition of Oak Class’s Tidy Up song without the usual CD available was a highlight last week …

Eco Code

We’ll be running a competition across the school for a Maple Eco Code during this school year … so encourage your children to get eco-creative.

Eco Heroes

Mrs Brackenbury will be helping our new Year 2 Eco Heroes get to grips with keeping the school environment clean and tidy, taking responsibility for making sure the playground is litter free.

Going Silver

We’re starting to look at going for an Eco Schools Silver Award, we’re well underway with several of the award criteria already … so watch this space.

11.11.11 Catherine Fletcher Maple Eco-blogger