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EC0 MINUTES 2014-15

These are our Eco minutes for the meetings we have held this year. Please read down to see what we have been up to and to find out what happens in an Eco meeting.

 

20.11.14

This is our first eco meeting for this year!

All members present

Miss Morgan and Miss Phillips present

Chair: Miss Morgan

We discussed:

1. Welcome to the Eco committee

2. Discusssion of the action plan so far

3. Grace brought some ideas from 5J including; 1 hr per week without electricity, more ways to recycle ( bottles), a storage shed for garden tools, solar panels, animal or nature club, pond in the forest school  and video cameras on a bird box.

4. That we need football goals for the middle yard.

5. Elizabeth and Ella carried out a survery to find out what children would like. Suggestions were; an eco leasson 1x per week, bird wtaching 1x week, new birdfeeders, eco fundrasing, more eco assemblies, wildlife posters & identification posters,.

6. Eco certificates in G.N.A

7. Eco fundraising

8. Using the veg beds more

9. Planting more flowers

10. Making a scarecrow/s in the school. Each class makes their own scarecrow for their veg bed. Appeal on the newsletter.

11. Ella and Elizabeth have been appointed as our ICT ambassadors for Eco. They will manage the blog, website, twitter and gmail account.

12. More lighting in the school grounds

13. Fix loose handles on climbing wall

14. Better pens that are environmentally friendly

15. Have tree monitors to help look after the trees

16. Paper from the clasroom in the boys toilet

ECO MINUTES 2013-14

These are our Eco minutes for the meetings we have held this year. Please read down to see what we have been up to and to find out what happens in an Eco meeting.

 

27.6.14

1.30 - 2.30pm

Members present

Miss Morgan, Miss Philips and all co-opted members

 AGENDA

The Committee discussed:

  • A welcome to the fourth meeting. We briefly discussed the forthcoming inspection on the 11th July.
  • Some children left the committee and new children have been elected in their places.
  • Badges- children are going to make their own Eco badges. Mr Maloney from the canal shop will be contacted to loan the committee the badge maker.
  • The children were shown the new webpages and had a virtual tour around the Eco website to feedback to children in class.
  • The poppy seed packets have now gone home. The children in the meeting were shown the finished product and we will monitor the email to receive pictures.
  • We briefly discussed the food co-op running in school for staff. We now have four children from the Eco Committee who are now running this.
  • We are now members of the RSPB. As a school we now receive magazines and books every month. These will be divided into KS1 and KS2 boxes as a resource that children can access at any time. Eco members will be monitoring this.
  • That only white and coloured paper are allowed in the paper recycle bins, Eco members are monitoring this in each class.
  • That we have had some more emails from Pentrepoeth school. Tomos Morgan is in charge of monitoring the account. We will email them again this week.
  • That we are going to start tweeting Eco news weekly, as well as the webpage news. Evie, Madison, Rhea, Hannah and Rachel are our new Eco Tweeters.
  • The new Eco plan. Children read through the new plan and asked questions. These have now been distributed to staff and are on display in every classroom.
  • Checking that our eco code and posters were up in all classes.
  • Our new flowerbed that will be started in the Autumn term to welcome visitors to the school.
  • That gardening club has finished for this year and will start up again in September.
  • Madison is going to make an Eco I movie for the website to showcase our work this year.
  • The process for election next year is going to change. We decided that class voting is unfair. There will now be an application form that will need to be completed, interviews with members of the Eco committee form the previous year and then selection based on the form and interview. Application forms are available on the website and pupil notice board in the hall.
  • Because the Eco Committee have worked extremely hard this year, especially with the Eco play, we are going to have an Eco party in the last week of term. (more details to come)
  • Rhea has been making birdboxes at home, will send the photos into school.
  • Rhian suggested adopting a WWF animal as a school, we are going to look into this.

 

Everyone thanked for attending the meeting, the meeting finished at 2.30pm

04.4.14

1.30 - 2.30pm

Members present

Miss Morgan, Miss Philips, Louis, Lola, Isla, Nia, Jay, Charley, Tom R, Tom G, Morgan and co-opted members

AGENDA

The Committee discussed:

  • A welcome to the third meeting, children were reminded of their new groups (see file)
  • Some children left the committee and new children have been elected in their places
  • Badges- children are going to make their own badges as suggested by R.T
  • The solar panel research brought in by some pupils
  • That T.M will run our gmail account and link with Pentrepoeth
  • The children on the Art Committee have made new Eco awards and certificates
  • To remind children not to be wasteful with food in their lunchboxes
  • That every class needs a computer and light monitor to ensure we do not waste electricity
  • That only white and coloured paper are allowed in the paper recycle bins
  • The Fairtrade team have done some research to be presented at the next meeting
  • We are to link with a school in Barry to carry out an audit on how children travel to school
  • Our walk to school week will be held in May and the children suggested making posters for this
  • Checking that our eco code and posters were up in all classes
  • Our new flowerbed that will be started in the summer to welcome visitors to the school
  • Suggesting an Eco afternoon every fortnight to work on eco projects

Miss Morgan to speak to Mr Williams about issues raised at today's meeting and review action plan.

Everyone thanked for attending the meeting, the meeting finished at 2.30pm 

 

29.1.14

1.30 - 2.15pm

 Members present

Miss Morgan, Miss Philips, Louis, Lola, Isla, Nia, Jay, Charley, Tom R, Tom G, Morgan.

 AGENDA

 The Committee discussed

  • A welcome to the second meeting, children were told to wear their badges every day to school.
  • The Action Plan- the committee discussed the action plan from the autumn term and discussed the following:

  Tidy the school with litter picks more frequently.

      Run a tidy whole school day where each class has a whole school area to maintain.

      Liase with school council more frequently and feedback and exchange ideas.

 Suggetions from classes

 Morgan Podmore 5R

Please could we have more benches on the middle yard

Could we have a welcome flower bed by the school entrance.

Tom Goodwin 4J

Please could we have a bigger greenhouse.

Class pet

Hedgehog boxes in school grounds

Could we use the school field more

Farm animals at the bottom of the school field

 Jay Deplace 3P

New greenhouse

Mount Pleasant logo in the flowers by the entrance to the school

Could we grow carrots in our school beds

Hedgehog boxes

 

Miss Morgan to speak to Mr Williams about issues raised at today's meeting and write new action plan.

 Everyone thanked for attending the meeting, the meeting finished at 2.10pm

 

 20.9.13

 

1.30 - 2.15pm

 

Members present

Miss Morgan, Miss Philips, Miss Durston, Mrs Heal, Mrs Goodwin, Louis, Lola, Isla, Nia, Jay, Charley, Tom R, Tom G, Morgan.

AGENDA

The Committee discussed:

  • A welcome to the first official meeting, children were told that badges have been ordered and will be given out this week. Mrs Goodwin and Mrs Heal were officially introduced to the committee.
  • The Action Plan- the committee discussed the action plan from the Summer term and discussed the following:

+ We are looking to develop our Butterfly garden and meadow area this year with the help of Mrs Goodwin and the partnership with TESCO.

+ The removal of the stage on the middle yard. All members and Mr Williams have agreed that the stage is unsafe in its' current position and it will now be removed and turned into a shelter by covering the existing roof.

  • The Spec Savers collection of glasses has been another success with Mount Pleasant collecting over 100 pairs of glasses. The committee are waiting for Spec Savers to collect them in a special assembly. For new members it was explained that the glasses are sent to poorer countries for children to wear.
  • The link with Pentrepoeth was explained to the committee as we are hoping to arrange another visit in the near future.
  • The children have been reminded to collect and save the Morrisons vouchers to get some more gardening equipment for the school.
  • Mrs Heal raised the issue of rubbish in the compost bins. Children are also putting whole fruit into the bins. We reminded children not to put whole fruit into the bins and to put plastic and wrappers in the main rubbish bins. Eco members were also asked to feedback this to each class.
  • Children's suggestions were discussed and noted.
  • Badges have now been given to each pupil member.

Everyone thanked for attending the meeting, the meeting finished at 2.15pm