Eco Schools Silver Award
The Eco Schools award scheme recognises achievements in working towards a sustainable lifestyle. Pupils from the school are required to create an Action Team who initiate and monitor various eco-projects within the school and throughout the wider community.
Silver Award Criteria
- The school has identified an Action Team which has met on at least four occasions. The Action Team includes a parent and/or governor representative.
- The Action Team has completed a formal Environmental Review and has recorded the results.
- The Action Team has produced a detailed Action Plan (including timescales and targets) and shared the plan with the rest of the school community.
- The Action Team can demonstrate progress towards achieving at least two elements of the Action Plan.
- The school can identify progress towards one large-scale project and indicate involvement with two others. 'Identify progress' means that the school has an understanding of the project topic and recognises its importance to sustainable development within the school environment and the wider community.
- The school has a prominent, designated noticeboard, web pages or newsletter which details Eco-Schools activities.
- The school has informed parents and the wider community about the work being undertaken by the school in relation to Eco-Schools.
- The school can indicate that some environmental issues have been covered within curriculum work in most year groups.
- The school has agreed, adopted and displayed an 'Eco-Code'.
Weather Station
Click here to view the Applecroft Weather Station statistics direct from the roof of the school!
Optimal Monitoring
Click here to view Applecroft's water and energy consumption data.
