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ENVIRONMENTALISM
a friendly sun昀氀ower planting competition
In February, the annual Senior School
to see which pupil could grow the tallest
Energy Saving Competition challenged
sun昀氀ower.
our pupils to consider the impact collective
e昀昀orts to reduce energy consumption can
Talking about the impact of Eco Week and
have on carbon saving. All seven Houses
our Sustainability Committee’s plans for
embraced the competition this year, and
the future, Mr Newman said: “This week
saw pupils encouraging each other to turn
has allowed pupils to have conversations
o昀昀 lights, switch o昀昀 plug sockets when not
around environmental issues and engage
in use, reduce use of sleep and standby
in healthy debate. Our various displays
options on TVs and computers, and in
around school about meat consumption
some cases working and living in partial
and the environmental impact of food
darkness.
production has encouraged many pupils
to spark conversation about how to
Climate Crisis Week sparked a new wave
reduce their carbon footprint through
of enthusiasm and involvement among the
diet choices and to debate the impact
pupil body. By empowering their peers,
that vegan diet choices, for example -
our young eco-activists nurtured a culture
avocados, also have on the environment.
of environmental consciousness that we
hope will continue to be present at the
College.
“Last term we planted another 420 native
trees in King’s Wood, meaning that the
Sustainability Committee has now been
In the Spring Term, Year 4 pupils enjoyed
instrumental in the planting of over 2000
a visit from Sarah Clarke, Information and
trees, in partnership with the Woodland
Education Manager at FCC Environment.
Trust, across the Prep and Senior School
Sarah came to chat all things rubbish
over the last two years. Looking ahead,
to the children and to shed some light
we are still working on installing solar
on what actually happens to our litter
panels on the Sports Hall roof alongside
once we put it in the bin. She shared
other recycling and composting projects.”
her insights on the e昀昀ects that litter has
on the environment and the work that
Discussions on the use of solar power
FCC Environment is doing to minimise
and installation of solar panels at both
the amount of waste that ends up at
sites have also been spearheaded by
land昀椀ll by transforming it into valuable
pupils across the College. Proposals were
resources instead. The discussion was a
written by the College eco representatives
wonderful opportunity for our budding
and presented to the Principal and Bursar,
environmentalists to think further about
resulting in ongoing conversations with
how to reduce waste produced by the
local energy companies that will support
College community.
the school in determining the feasibility of
Maintaining the environmental
solar power.
credibility of the College grounds was
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