Energy Action Day 17th October

                  Energy Action Day

On October 17^th children and staff from LETS organised a low energy day in the school. There was a great effort put in by students and staff to reduce our energy consumption for the day. Here are some of the actions that were taken:

• Whiteboard free day
• Storage heaters were turned in classrooms
• Lights were off all day in the classroom, staff room and corridors
• Staff were banned from boiling kettles and using microwaves and toasters (thankfully people had brought in flasks of boiling water)
• Children and staff wore green and yellow to symbolise the environment and energy

During the week of the 13^th to 17^th October the green school committee were taking daily records of electricity and gas usage between the hours of 8:30am and 2pm. We were delighted to find that on Energy Action day we reduced our electricity consumption by 50% and used no gas at all. Here is the data from the week

Gas usage week 13-17^th October 2014

Electricity usage week 13-17^th October 2014

A big thank you to all involved in making the day a great success.

To promote the day a poster competition was organised based on energy conservation. The standard of entry was very high from all classes. The Green School Committee had a difficult task picking the winners .Here are the results:

First Class-

1^st – Ruby

2^nd      Jacob

3^rd –Aleksandra

Second Class

1^st – Sam

2^nd   Amy

3^rd   Leo

Third and fourth class- 

1^st –    Paddy

2^nd      Ellen       

3^rd   Hania

Fifth and sixth class

1^st Roslyn

2^nd    Iona

3^rd   Eva