Doon Goes Green!

CLIMATE WEEK

2011-04-15T16:08:00.000-07:00

Several activities took part in school to raise awareness of the UK's first Climate Week. Mrs Bax facilitated the Climate Challenge in the Library, S3 Geography pupils designed wall displays and in French, S1 pupils learned some new recycling vocabulary. During the Mentoring period some pupils had the opportunity to watch the film 'The Age of Stupid'. The film stars the late Pete Postlethwaite as a man living in the devastated future world of 2055 and asking the question: why didn't we stop climate change when we had the chance? The film is available to download at www.spannerfilms.net

2011-01-27T03:32:00.000-08:00

The next Rag Bag collection will take place on Monday 31 Janaury. Any old clothing, towels, sheets, shoes can be included in your bag. Can pupils please return bags to their register teacher by Friday 28 January.

New Pupil Toilets are Eco Friendly

2009-10-02T05:28:00.000-07:00

Pupils are delighted with their new toilet facilities which include some eco friendly features. Lights and extractor fans are on automatic timers and taps switch off automatically!!

Environmental Review

2009-10-02T05:25:00.000-07:00

The S2 Eco Elective group have been gathering information for this year's Environmental Review. The information gathered will help us to develop the school's Eco Action Plan for 2009/10 by identifying our priorities.

Rag Bag Collection

2009-10-02T05:21:00.000-07:00

The Eco Group is pleased to announce that the school raised £40.50 in the recent rag bag collection. Thanks to everyone who donated bags.

Earth Day

2009-04-24T04:26:00.000-07:00

To celebrate Earth Day on Wednesday 22 April, S1 pupils participated in a range of activities. In their Social Subjects period they visited the library to complete an Earth Day webquest and measure their carbon footprint. In PSE pupils completed a wall display called 'Give the Earth a Hand'. Thanks to departments who contributed.

On Friday afternoon Eco Drama Scotland visited the school. S1 pupils participated in 'Professor Green's Eco Gadget workshop'. Pupils acted as Special Green Agents and investigated alternative forms of transport such as a boat which runs on candle wax and a hydrogen powered car. Pupils then used drama and role play to design an advert for one of the gadgets. The event was enjoyed by all and produced excellent ambassadors for the environment.

Rag Bag Collection

2009-01-14T04:10:00.000-08:00

Doon is participating in the Rag Bag Scheme to raise school funds by recycling old or unwanted clothing and shoes. The first collection will be on Thursday 29 January. Rag bags will be distributed at mentoring on Friday 23 January. The following items can be collected:

- All types of clothes
- Shoes (please tie pairs together with laces or elastic band)
- Bags, hats and belts
- Towels and curtains
- Bed linen

The bags will be collected from the school and taken to a factory in Stirling where they will be reused or recycled. The more we collect, the more money we can raise for the school!!

Eco Day - FRIDAY 21 NOVEMBER 2008

2008-11-13T04:06:00.000-08:00

Next Friday the school will be holding an Eco Day to promote the launch of the Eco Code. Groups of pupils from each year group will be involved in a variety of activities throughout the day.

S1 - Litter picking
S2 - Monitoring use of lights / painting picnic tables from Millennium Garden in Technical elective
S3 - Tree planting
S4 - Tidying the Millennium Garden
S5/6 - Construction of greenhouse
SLC - spring bulb planting

Staff are encouraged be to eco-friendly on the day. Here are some suggestions:

- car share for the day
- cut down your photocopying
- switch off lights, open the blinds and use natural daylight (weather permitting!!)
- use the new recycling boxes for paper
- register with the mailing preference service (www.mpsonline.org.uk) to reduce junk mail
- the urn in the staffroom will be switched off after lunch from Fri 21st. The kettle will still be available for boiling water.

Eco-Code Launch

2008-11-13T02:56:00.000-08:00

Mrs Elder with some members of the Eco Group showing posters about the Eco Code.

LET'S GROW VOUCHERS

2008-10-22T09:48:00.000-07:00

The Eco Group is collecting Morrisons Let's Grow vouchers. These can be exchanged for gardening equipment for the school garden. Please hand in any vouchers to Mrs Elder.

COMPOSTING

2008-10-22T09:42:00.000-07:00

Our new compost bins have arrived. There is one beside the greenhouse and another in well 2 at Science. We can now start to compost a lot of our organic waste. Caddies for organic waste can be found in the school kitchen, Science, H.E and the staffroom. Make sure you read the composting Do's and Dont's!!

Introduction

2008-10-03T03:20:00.000-07:00

Doon Academy is a secondary school in East Ayrshire, Scotland. This blog will chart our journey to becoming an eco-school. We are currently working towards our Bronze Award.