At the Whinless Down Academy Trust we understand how important protecting our environment is for our children and their generations in the future. 

Here you will find a blog of our activities.  Check back here often to find out what we've been doing to help our planet!

Friday 6th May - Plastics Update

During the past few months, our Academy Trust have been working on different projects in order to help the planet, and the schools, become an Eco-friendly place. One of our first tasks in order to achieve this, is to decrease the use of single-use plastic bottles. So far, our attempt has been successful and many people have received a recyclable bottle from their school.

Quotes from children in our Academy schools:

I like the new bottles. We have them so that we can stop using single-use plastic.

I like the water bottles. At home, I have made some signs for the bins to help my family sort the rubbish!

If we don't stop using single-use plastics, then there will be more pollution and radiation, so the ice caps will melt.

 Others tasks for the future:

• Reduce food waste - how do we collect information about food waste?
• Glue sticks-how can we stop so many being used?
• Battery recycling

Thursday 3rd February - First Meeting

Our new Eco-Defender Team have had their first meeting.  We decided our mission is to:

Eliminate single use plastic; more on this soon!
Reduce our energy consumption
Reduce waste and recycle more

Look out for our next bulletin!