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MODEL WATER SCHOOL

Green-Schools Water Forums 2015 Model School Presentation

Step 1- Green-Schools Committee

• Fáilte• Welcome• 7 Step Plan• Committee & Roles• Importance of Notice Board in School• Regular Meetings• Newsletter

Step 2- Environmental Review

• “What can we do to save water?”

• Role of the Board of Management• Toilets and Flushers and Taps• Water Usage & Meter Reading• Monitoring for spikes in usage or Leaks

Step 3- Action Plan

• We prepared an Action Plan for a 2 year period

• Set a Target; Timeframe & Progress• Discussed at Committee Meeting and regularly updated

Examples:• Conduct a Leak Test• Hold an Annual Clean Up Day

Step 4- Monitoring and Evaluation

• Each Committee Member had a Role in Monitoring & Evaluating

• Comparing Water Usage with Previous Months/Years• Investigating Leaks• Encouraging Art Work & Displays.• Acrostic Poems on Water Theme• Importance of Water in our lives• Maintaining our other Themes- Energy and Litter & Waste

Step 5- Curriculum Work

• Extra effort of teachers and Staff in including Water Theme in our lessons:

• Topics Studied:• Famine & Drought in Africa• The Titanic• The Water Cycle• Tom Crean- Hero of Antarctica• Pollution

Art Lessons, Science, Geography and History.Trips to Gartan- water based activitiesHeritage Officer

Step 6- Informing and Involving

• Informing Parents and the wider Community:

• Eco Newsletters• Clean Up Action Days• Tidy Towns Committee• Heritage Officers

• Visible Green Flags and Plagues at the school

Step 7- Green Code

“Every Drop Counts”Adopt a Raindrop

Displays

Brochure

Water saving Tips

Photos

Our Code:

Every Drop Counts

•Art displaysThe Water Cycle

Plaques on Display

Water Facts!• The Amazon is longest river in the

world• 70% of the earth’s surface is covered

by water• A person can only survive 5-7 days

without water• A Dishwasher uses 9-12 Litres of

water• A Washing Machine can use up to 65

Litres

Any Questions?