Millennium Integrated Primary School Action Plan
Topic
Action
Target / Measure
Timescale /
Deadline
Responsibility
Energy:
A review of
Lighting
throughout the
school.
As new lights are
required for the
expanding building,
ensure that motion
sensor activated
lights are fitted.
Throughout the Mr Ebbage/ Mr
year
Mawhinney
Reduce
amount of
energy being
consumed
Children to monitor
electrical usage within
classrooms- FOCUS
on whiteboards and
classroom computer
monitors.
Children to monitor
the electricity meter
from December
onwards and display
accordingly.
December:
Record meter
usage each
month.
February:
record again.
Illustrate the
results to the
school.
Recording
every 2
months.
Staff Active
Check
Staff to regularly
check the
temperature settings
within their class and
adjust accordingly.
(MOBILES ONLY)
Throughout the Mr Mawhinney
year.
Look for ecofriendly
As a way to reduce
the amount of
March 2017
Mrs Lowry
Mr Mawhinney/
Mr McKervey
Actual Result
Achieved/Date
Monitoring
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printing
options.
paper/ink/energy
used across the
school’s numerous
printers, discuss with
management.
Children to join staff
and printing
engineers to develop
ways of improving
this.
Light Monitors/
Power point
monitors
Following discussions
with the EcoCommittee, classes
to take turns in
monitoring electricity
and light usage. EC
want to focus
especially on
Interactive
Whiteboards.
Litter picking
afternoons/Aw
areness day
Selected classes to
pick up litter from the
car park. Class to
rotate round duties.
Duties to begin
in March and
April 2017.
Mr Mawhinney
Stop littering
campaign
Competition within
the MIPS to create a
Stop Littering
campaign in external
school car park.
Children to create a
February 2017
Mrs Mis
Mr McNeight
Litter:
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Addition of
new bins in the
car park
laminate poster for
car park asking
parents to stop
littering.
Following the review
of Littering in the
School Environmental
review, children to
encourage parents,
carers and family who
pick the children up to
ensure they use
school bins.
March 2017
Mrs Davison
January 2017
Mr Ebbage
December
2016
Eco-Committee/
Mrs Davison
Water:
Monitoring of
water meter.
Review of
water taps.
Children to present
the water meter on
Eco-board and try to
encourage other
pupils, staff and other
adults to lower the
amount of water
used.
As the school
expands, EcoCommittee to remain
present in
discussions with
Board of Governors
and Head Teacher.
The Eco-Committee
wish that all taps
installed in bathroom
areas to be push
down taps only.
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Introduction of
water butt new
constructed
areas.
Discuss the options of
introducing a water
butt into the school.
Children to look at
different options.
December
2016
Miss
McClements
Review the
waste
management
processes with
School
Principal,
Board of
Governors and
EcoCommittee
Discuss processes for
how Millennium
Integrated are being
sustainable and
recycling waste.
December
2016
Mrs Lowry/
Board of
Governors/ Mrs
Roulston
Establishing
and installing
new waste
management
arrangements.
Depending on
Financial Committee,
school will begin to
change their waste
management
methods.
February 2017
Mrs Lowry
Eco committee
to run a series
of assemblies
on how to
recycle class
products.
Chairperson and vice
design a series of
PowerPoint’s on how
to recycle within the
class.
February 2017
P6/EcoCommittee
Class Weight
competition –
Key stage 1 and Key
Stage 2 to complete a
April 2017
Mr Mawhinney
Waste:
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reduce or
reuse over
recycle.
monthly competition
to see whose bin
weights the heaviest.
Introduction
and monitoring
of Re-use tray
in class rooms.
Eco Committee to
introduce and monitor
re-use tray within
each class.
March 2017
Mrs Magee
Aim to reduce
non-recyclable
waste by 50%.
Following the
proposed changes
over waste
management- the
Eco-Committee has
decided to initially
reduce nonrecyclable waste by
50% across the
school.
Following the initial
reduction, the EcoCommittee has
estimated that they
could reduce the
overall non-recyclable
waste by a further
25%.
April 2017
Mr Mawhinney
June 2017
Mr Mawhinney
Discuss with School
management about a
possible walk to work
day. This will possibly
have to be consulted
with the parents due
March 2017
Mrs Roulston
Aim to reduce
non-recyclable
waste by 75%.
Transport:
Walk to School
day
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to the dangerous
nature of the road.
Healthy
Living:
Increase the
number of
children taking
a healthy
break to
school daily
Healthy Living
Week
Snack
Collection data
Conduct a survey in
each class to see
what children are
eating for break.
Introduce new healthy
break policy. Monitor
any change in type of
break being eaten
Following discussions
with Eco-Committee,
re-introduce the idea
of Healthy Living
Week. Children to
engage in different
healthy activities
across the week.
P4 to collate and
organise data from
the Healthy Snack
that children are
eating. P4 to illustrate
this information via
Eco Board.
Throughout the JBOG with Mrs
year
Mis
Monitor usage of the
space to see what
activities are being
used and if they are
being used
Throughout the Ecoyear
Committee/Mrs
Davison
Targeted June
2017
Mr Donnelly
February 2017
Mrs Taggart
School
Grounds:
Develop areas
for quiet
outdoor
activities to
help develop
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safe areas for
social
engagement
appropriately.
Use outdoor
space/gardens
to develop
awareness of
local wildlife
and their
habitats
Bird watch
Planting specific to
promoting a beefriendly environment.
Observe is number of
bees has increased
within the school
environment.
P5 to complete in a
bird watch across the
school grounds.
UNICEF
Rights
Respecting
Award
Explore the
effects of
climate change
in P6.
Biodiversity:
Gardening club.
KS1 children
with Sheila
February 2017
Mr Gardner
P7 to continue their
work with the RRSA,
with a focus on
refugees.
December
2016
Mr Corrigan
Children to research
and provide
information on
animals that have
become endangered
in the 21st century.
Children to use the
Millennium Mirror to
publish this
information.
April 2017
Mr Mawhinney
Global
perspective:
Climate
change: