Action Plan
Mount Pleasant Primary Eco-Schools Action Plans
Welcome to our webpage, wich displays our most recent Eco Action Plans. Every term the Eco Committee, with Miss Morgan discuss new Eco targets to further improve our school. We also talk about whether we have met our previous targets and discuss our progress. Please look at our plans below to see what we have been doing to improve our school and to become a more environmentally friendly school.
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Autumn Term 2015
Topic Action Target / Measure Timescale / Deadline Responsibility Actual result achieved / Date School to participate in the RSPBs big bird watch. To give recording sheets to each class teacher who can then appoint the class eco member and pupils in the class to record their findings. Record results and give data back to Miss Morgan so that she can collate data and send to the RSPB. January 2015 Miss Morgan Eco Committee New Co-opted members of Eco Committee Each class to spend 1hr a week without using electricity in the classroom. To speak to class teacher and ask them to speak to the children in their class about how important it is to not waste electricity. Record date and times each class in the school doesn't use electricity, and then ask for feedback as to how successful this has been within each class. March 2015 Mr Williams Miss Morgan Eco Committee New Co-opted members of Eco Committee Class teachers Plastic recycling bins in each classroom so that the staff and pupils can recycle unwanted plastic items. Speak to Natalie at Waste savers in Newport and request plastic recycling bins for each classroom. March 2015 Mr Williams Miss Morgan Miss Phillips Eco Committee To start working towards getting our mission award from Wales Air Ambulance After our visit the WAA it was decided as a school that we would like to get our mission award. So we shall will be working hard as a collective to donate unwanted items (promoting the three R's) to the WAA. Also raising money at school events to donate to this worthy charity. Speak to all members involved and come up with ideas as to how to fundraise to achieve and receive this award. Sept 2015 Mr Williams Miss Morgan Miss Phillips All Eco Committee members Mrs Luckwell School Council Catrin from The Wales Air Ambulance. .
Summer Term 2014
Topic Action Target / Measure Timescale / Deadline Responsibility Actual result achieved / Date To Tweet regular updates of Eco issues at Mount Pleasant and to develop and maintain regular email links with Pentreporth Primary School. To recruit eco co-opted members to start and maintain this target. Speak to children who would like to be members and take charge of this target for action plan. July 2014 Miss Morgan Eco Committee New Co-opted members of Eco Committee Co-opted members recruited. T.M to create a Gmail account to link with Pentrepoeth. Achieve next Eco Award. To speak to the children about this important issue. Speak to the children about the next Eco flag inspection and what we need to do to achieve this. July 2014 Mr Williams Miss Morgan Eco Committee New Co-opted members of Eco Committee Class teachers Application pending. To continue to develop the old pond area into a butterfly garden and wild flower meadow. Dig plant and regularly maintain this area. Source plants, shrubs and seeds; for this area, also speak to outside gardening agency (Morris's) of Usk about the removal of unwanted pond grasses in the area and also continually maintaining orchard next to the new butterfly garden area. Speak with Mrs Heal about drawing up a plan of what plants and shrubs we need to purchase for this area. Gardening club to help to continue to develop area as well as each individual class during time tabled gardening time. Spring 2015 Mr Williams Miss Morgan Eco Committee Mrs Heal / Mrs Goodwin Morris's of Usk To create a welcome bed by the entrance to the school. To use wood that we already have from the old stage area from middle yard to make the bed. Mr Thomas the school caretaker to make the Welcome bed during the summer holidays .Children then to plant up the bed in September. Autumn 20 14 Mr Williams Miss Morgan Miss Phillips Mr Thomas
Spring Term 2014
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Topic |
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Target / Measure |
Timescale / Deadline |
Responsibility |
Actual result achieved / Date |
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To Tweet regular updates of Eco issues at Mount Pleasant and to develop and maintain regular email links with Pentreporth Primary School.
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To recruit eco co-opted members to start and maintain this target. |
Speak to children who would like to be members and take charge of this target for action plan. |
July 2014 |
Miss Morgan Eco Committee New Co-opted members of Eco Committee |
Co-opted members recruited. T.M to create a Gmail account to link with Pentrepoeth. |
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Achieve next Eco Award. |
To speak to the children about this important issue. |
Speak to the children about the next Eco flag inspection and what we need to do to achieve this.
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July 2014 |
Mr Williams Miss Morgan Eco Committee New Co-opted members of Eco Committee Class teachers |
Application pending. |
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To continue to develop the old pond area into a butterfly garden and wild flower meadow. |
Dig plant and regularly maintain this area. |
Source plants, shrubs and seeds; for this area, also speak to outside gardening agency (Morris's) of Usk about continually maintaining orchard next to the new butterfly garden area. Speak with Mrs Heal/Mrs Goodwin about drawing up a plan of where each plant/shrub will go now that Tesco volunteers have helped us to develop this area. Gardening club also to help to continue to develop area as well as each individual class during time tabled gardening time. |
July 2014 |
Mr Williams Miss Morgan Eco Committee Mrs Heal / Mrs Goodwin Morris's of Usk |
Tesco will be returning shortly to help pupils to continue to develop the area. |
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To create a welcome bed by the entrance to the school. |
To get quotes from companies to carry out this work. |
To telephone Mr P Rees to ask him to visit the school and give us a quote to carry out the work. |
July 2014 |
Mr Williams Miss Morgan |
Awaiting quotes. |
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AutumnTerm 2013
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Topic |
Action |
Target / Measure |
Timescale / Deadline |
Responsibility |
Actual result achieved / Date |
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To develop the old pond area into a wild flower meadow and butterfly garden.
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Dig, plant and regularly maintain this area. |
Source plants and seeds, speak to outside gardening agency ( Morris's) of Usk about cutting orchard next to old pond area. Speak with Mrs Heal about gardening club helping to develop area as well as each individual class during time tabled gardening time. |
July 2014 |
Mr Williams Miss Morgan Eco Committee Mrs Heal Morris's of Usk |
Ongoing. Tesco visited the school in September 2013 to start work developing and clearing the area. |
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Walk to school week.
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To speak to the children about this important issue. |
Speak to the children in class before and during this week about what a difference walking to school can have, in their lives and how it affects our world. Mr Williams will do an assembly to highlight this issue during walk to school week. ( 20 - 24th May) |
May 2014 |
Mr Williams
Class teachers |
Eco Committee will organise a whole school survey on how children travel to school. |
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Collect glasses for Vision Aid Overseas.
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To collect unwanted or broken glasses for Vision Aid Overseas.
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To continue to collect glasses from parents and children to send to third world countries. To appeal on school newsletter and by asking children to ask families at home to donate to this worthy cause. Send away as we annually do at the end of the autumn term 2013 . Speak to Spec savers about them coming into school to collect them |
November 2013 |
Miss Morgan
Mrs Powell
Eco Committee |
Achieved. |
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Recycling road show |
Book ADA Training or recycling road show |
Book recycling road show to continue to promote the importance of all aspects of recycling at school and at home. |
November 2013 |
Miss Morgan
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Achieved. Pupils really enjoyed the road show, and will book again. ADA also will use many of our initiatives across Wales. |
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Mount Pleasant Primary Eco-Schools Action Plan
Autumn Term 2015
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Topic |
Action |
Target / Measure |
Timescale / Deadline |
Responsibility |
Actual result achieved / Date |
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School to participate in the RSPBs big bird watch. |
To give recording sheets to each class teacher who can then appoint the class eco member and pupils in the class to record their findings. |
Record results and give data back to Miss Morgan so that she can collate data and send to the RSPB. |
January 2015 |
Miss Morgan Eco Committee New Co-opted members of Eco Committee |
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Each class to spend 1hr a week without using electricity in the classroom. |
To speak to class teacher and ask them to speak to the children in their class about how important it is to not waste electricity. |
Record date and times each class in the school doesn't use electricity, and then ask for feedback as to how successful this has been within each class. |
March 2015 |
Mr Williams Miss Morgan Eco Committee New Co-opted members of Eco Committee Class teachers |
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Plastic recycling bins in each classroom so that the staff and pupils can recycle unwanted plastic items. |
Speak to Natalie at Waste savers in Newport and request plastic recycling bins for each classroom. |
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March 2015 |
Mr Williams Miss Morgan Miss Phillips Eco Committee
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To start working towards getting our mission award from Wales Air Ambulance After our visit the WAA it was decided as a school that we would like to get our mission award. So we shall will be working hard as a collective to donate unwanted items (promoting the three R's) to the WAA. Also raising money at school events to donate to this worthy charity. |
Speak to all members involved and come up with ideas as to how to fundraise to achieve and receive this award. |
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Sept 2015 |
Mr Williams Miss Morgan Miss Phillips All Eco Committee members Mrs Luckwell School Council Catrin from The Wales Air Ambulance. |
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Date Action Plan was developed: 27.01.15
Action Plan developed by: Mr Williams, Miss Morgan, Miss Phillips and
The Mount Pleasant Primary School Eco Committee.
Date Action Plan was developed: 27.01.15