Page 45 - Beacon Hill School Annual Report 2016-17

Environmental Sustainability Environmental Sustainability

The Green Team, for students in Years 4 to a new item of clothing and there were many
6, and Mini Greens have continued to meet very inventive pieces on show. The students

once a week throughout the school year. The awarded the winners with prizes. The popular
students in the Green Team helped to educate ‘endangered species’ art competition once
the school about recycling, energy saving and again showed the artistic talent at BHS. There

other environmental issues through assemblies were also many fund raising activities held
and displays around the school. during the week to raise money for WWF and

Animals Asia.
A group of Year Five and Six students
participated in this year’s ESF Environmental The Year Five and Six students and the

Conference. The students chose different Green Team were able to participate in an
activities run by local conservationists and ESF exciting project over the course of about six

teachers, which they did throughout the day as months with Mr Paul Melsom. The students
well as listen to a guest speaker from the UK had to work together to build three bamboo
who gave them ideas of different things they propagators with an irrigation system attached.

could do to help their local environment. The students then sowed a variety of seeds
and waited patiently for the seeds to grow.

Student were encouraged to bring in fruit for These plants then grew stronger in the bamboo
their snack so that the organic waste could be propagators where they were warmed by the
used for compost. The Green Team students sun, watered and had some shelter from the

organised to have the students’ and teachers’ wind. The Green Team then sold them at the
fruit waste collected as well as leaves that they PTA Food Fair.

and the site staff collected to make compost.
Apart from this making BHS students healthier, Also this year, a regular PowerPoint was
it also reduced the amount of packaging waste sent to the students showing different green

brought to school. achievements that happened across school,
Environmental During our annual Green Week, all students winners. It also showed worldwide ‘good
such as flowers grown at home or competition

were able to join in with many competitions news’ environmental stories. The Green Team
and activities. The Green Team designed and participated in making some of the slides.
Sustainability created puzzles containing environmental Ms Jane Farago

messages for the younger students to do. A

group of Year Six students coincided their
exhibition action with the non-uniform day
during Green Week. The students asked that

everyone use a piece of trash to make into