Welcome to the Eco Council Page

                                           (2018-2019)

                                           

 

These are the pupils that have been elected by their classmates to represent them on the Eco

 Committee meetings :

 

Year 6 - Ellie-May ( Chairperson)

            Joe Ch

Year 5 - Owen

Year 4 - Maeve

Year 3 - Willow

Year 2 - Dafydd

 

They are an eager group that  meet every month to discuss Eco matters .This will ensure Ysgol y Gwernant will do its very best to be a green school and protect the environment to the best of our ability . We are very proud as a school to have won a Platinum Eco award in the Summer of 2016.

 

 

 

 

Here's our Eco Code for the year : 

 

Diffodd pob golau a chau bob tap.

Plannu blodau a bwyta’n iach.

Arbed ynni, ailgylchu bopeth.

Eco Gôd ni, eich byd gwerthfawr chi. 

Here are some of the Eco Council's Targets  for 2018-2019

¨ Eco tips online for parents.

¨ Hold a swap shop 

¨ learn about children's rights

¨ Walk to school week (  twice)

¨ Learn about endangered animals around the world.

¨ Plant fruit/ veg /flowers.

¨  How can we sace energy and water at home.

¨ Buy / sell fairtrade resources .

¨ Work on a project with the other school councils

¨ Learn about other countries traditions and focus specifically on traditional games.

¨ Litter collection in the community . How can litter affect nature ?

¨ Parking outside school - safety - monitor . Turn off engines to reduce pollution.

 

 

 

Recycle , Recycle , Recycle ! 

 

 

As a Eco school council we feel that its extremely important to recycle . Here are a few things that we recycle :

 

* Paper and cardboard.

 

* Milk cartons

 

* Plastic

 

* Tins

 

* Ink cartridges

 

* Mobile phones

 

* Batteries

 

 

 

Volunteers

 

 

If you as parents have a skill, time or ideas to help make Ysgol y Gwernant a green school we would be very grateful of your help and support  . Thankyou.

 

 

 

 

Compost Bin

 

As an eco council we strongly believe in not wasting anything and therfore we throw fruit and vegetable waste into the compost bin . These are the items you could bring into the school to help us make compost ( we don't need any fruit or vegetable waste) :

 

* Egg boxes                             * newspaper and carboard                       * leaves

 

* Ash from the fireplace            * Hay                                                     * Eggshells

 

* Hair and nails clippings           * Small amount of grass cuttings               * sticks

 

* small amount of sheep wool.

 

 

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