SavingEnergy Our aim is to show how schools can save energy. The keys to saving energy are: reduce, reuse and recycle

What is reducing? Did you know that every person uses 4.6 pounds of waste per day?! 4.6 p is almost double the amount used 35 years ago.We need to reduce waste! To us reducing, means to reduce products and materials we use. We can reduce what we use by only buying things that we need, not things that are going to go to waste.

Reducing in our school At wet play we use scrap paper. Now both sides of the paper have been used. When we leave our classroom we turn the lights off. If it’s bright we don’t turn on the lights. This helps reduce energy.

Reuse Reusing means less waste is produced. How can you reuse? Reusing is simple Just be creative and think of new ways to use old things. For example, use film canisters as glue pots!

What we can do to reuse? After we use paper we put it in a scrap paper tray. We have one in every class. We also have a tray next to the photocopier so we can reuse it.

Recycle. What can I recycle? You can recycle things like paper metals cloth and glass. Where can you recycle? Find a recycling bin in your area. How does recycling work? First gather everything we don’t need. Sort them out into piles and take them to a recycling bin ready to recycle.

Recycling in school. Put paper in the recycling bin. Pick a monitor to put the paper in the school recycling bin. One person in year 6 will put the paper from our school recycling bin in the public bin.

Can you help us? These are the things which we do to save energy in our school. When we do these things we are helping our school and the whole world. We can help more people if you Reduce Reuse and Recycle too.

Thames View Juniors ! Lindsay Baldwin Ronald Carter Jade Ronayne Jodie Jacques