Dinglewell Infant School
pointsboard
- We signed up to the Schools Challenge
- 10
- Office printing and photocopying is kept to a minimum
- 5
- Printers & photocopiers print double sided; everyone knows how to do this
- 5
- Scrap paper trays in every classroom
5 points for each year group
- 5
- Held a scrap paper only day
- 50
- Staff save documents electronically
- 50
- Recycling bins around the school
- 60
- We use text messages in place of notes home
- 60
- Offered parents & Governors option to receive emails, not paper based information
- 60
- Old display materials are reused for arts & crafts
- 5
- Left over materials go in the arts & crafts bin
- 10
- Empty fruit boxes are sent back for reuse
- 25
- Made Christmas decorations using waste we can't recycle
- 25
- Held Bring and Buys or Swapshops to save things from landfill
- 40
- Invited the press to this event 30 BONUS POINTS
- 30
- Held a competition to create sculptures from rubbish
- 40
- Pupils have re-useable plastic bottles
- 40
- Staff room has reusable crockery not plastic cups or disposable cutlery
- 40
- Buy recycled products, i.e. paper, toilet rolls, pencils etc 20 points per product
- 20
- Told parents what we’ve been doing to reduce rubbish & increase recycling
- 20
- Displayed posters about 'reduce, reuse & recycle'
- 25
- Clearly labelled bins informing which are for litter & recycling
- 25
- Held at least one assembly on recycling
- 25
- We invited parents to the assembly 50 BONUS POINTS
- 50
- Educated staff about recycling (caretaker/site manager, office staff etc)
- 25
- Designed an Eco board game for wet play days
- 50
- Made outfits using old clothing & held a fashion show
- 50
- 50 BONUS POINTS We invited parents to the fashion show
- 50
- Displayed a day’s rubbish, to show how much we throw away
- 60
- Dedicated recycling section on our website
- 60
- Asked a local supermarket about packaging waste
- 100
- Sent a feedback form after a visit from the Waste Education Officer
- 20
- Set up class composting systems for fruit waste
- 30
- Have at least one wormery
- 60
- Built / invested in a compost bin
- 60
- Sell worm wee as houseplant fertiliser!
- 100
- Got a free compost bin from Gloucestershire County Council
- 100
- Sent in a photo of our finished compost in use
- 100
- Recycle at school events, i.e. school discos & fetes 25 points for each
- 25
- Entered a Recycle for Gloucestershire competition 25 points for each
- 25
- Recycling monitors in each class/ year group
- 25
- Recycled our living Christmas tree
- 40
- Recycled our Christmas cards
- 50
- Recycle printer cartridges, mobile phones etc 50 points for each
- 50
- Held at least one waste free packed lunch day
- 50
- Surveyed parents to find out what they recycle at home
- 50
- Sent in the results of parents survey 10 BONUS POINTS
- 10
- Eco-shop selling a range of recycled or sustainable items
- 60
- Signed up to a recycling collection service
- 75
- Completed a Waste Audit
- 80
- Waste action group or similar active group
- 100
- Invited the Waste Education Officer to visit raising awareness of recycling
- 100
- 4 x workshops
- Visited the landfill and HRC at Wingmoor Farm 100 points per class
- 100
- We are taking action on energy, water, travel, healthy eating & litter 25 points each
- 25
