Green Academy

Ormiston Victory Academy Eco-Council

At Victory Academy we pride ourselves in being a “Green” Academy. We care passionately for our environment on both a local and national basis and have a superb Eco-council, which works hard on environmental issues. Our Eco-council has now been awarded the prestigious Green Flag which now flies proudly near the main gate. We have a dedicated Eco-link Governor, Mrs Sue Kenny, and regularly report to Victory Governors on the progress of our Green activities.

Eco Council Action Plan 2012-2014

Topic	Action	Target / Measure	Timescale / Deadline	Responsibility	Actual Result Achieved / Date
Energy	- Switch off fortnight (The Pod)	Reduction in energy used (no previous bill available as new building). Staff made aware of need to turn off lights/projectors when not in use. Reminders in staff briefings	18^th Nov -1^st Dec 2013 Eco-council/DAN1^st Dec
	-Earth Hour 2013 & 2014	Results of participation/ promotion in assembly using video – banner on website – public event?	Eco-Council &SBS/DAN	March 23^rd 2013	March 23^rd 2013
	- Inform staff about Norwich’s big switch and saving scheme – April 2013	Leaflets distributed to staff and notice in staff briefing	April 2013	SBS/JGR	April 2013
	- Promotion of “Save a Tonne” campaign with local community	Promotional stand at year 6 transition open evening – representatives from NCC	October 2013	PWN	October 2013
Litter	- More bins (requested by students)	Bins purchased for both inside and outside new building	February 2014	Eco and Student Council/ site team	January 2014
	- ‘The Big Tidy-Up’ Encourage Students to volunteer in litter-pick South Norfolk Litter Pick	Students involved in the litter pick – partnership with South Norfolk Council	March 2013	Eco Council, Student council/SBS/JGR	March 2013
	- Form time litter rota (Fridays)	Records/graphs of amount collected	Ongoing	All students/Eco-council	Ongoing
Healthy Living	- More fruits & Veg. - Healthy options at lunch – new catering company appointed (student panel involved)	Increased variety of fresh/dried fruit available. Increased variety of vegetables offered with lunch	September 2013	School Council/ student panel	September 2013
	- Wider variety of after-school enrichment activities offered	New Karate club set up (ages 4-adult)	December 2013	NBS	December 2013
		Year 7 visit to UEA (archery etc)	December 2013		December 2013
		New swimming club	December 2013 January 2014		December 2013 January 2014
		New squash, skiing & water-skiing to be offered	April 2014	NBS
	Parental survey of healthy lifestyles as part of bronze food for life award	Graphical analysis of parental responses including gardening, exercise levels, family food etc	February 2012	PWN/DAN	February 2012
School Grounds	- Completion of Fruitful schools orchard in Academy grounds	All new apple trees (Norfolk varieties) to have been planted out & first pruning done.	July 2013	Gardening club & KEL	July 2013
	- Re-launch of Gardening club (following retirement of member of staff)		September 2013	KEL	Ongoing
	- Litter issue – Reduce – Form time litter pick 2013 &2014	To create a litter free environment – graphical analysis of amount collected	On going	DAN/All students Form tutors Eco Council School council	Ongoing
Waste	- Comenius Project -2 year project involving schools in France Germany, Italy, Spain and OVA	Completion of project – DVD produced	July 2013	(Current Year 13) Karen Annison Amber Waterfield Bethan Innes Maisie Robertson Jourdann Mcardle Katie Bowers Luke Dalton(Current Year 11) Aurelia Shirazu Rachael Hondora	July 2013
	- New recycling centre at Students Services	Eco-council assembly to promote awareness of recycling and new recycling partnership with Terracycle	January 2014	DAN/Eco-council	January 2014
	- Christmas Card recycling collection	Collection point at new recycling point (student services)	January 2014	DAN/Eco-council	January 2014
	- Art department recycling bin topper competition	Student entries for design of recycling bin topper – best entry produced to use in Academy	July 2013	Art department/student council	July 2013
Transport	- Questionnaire/Survey	Student transport survey to be repeated – last done July 2011	April 2014	DAN/Eco council
Transport	- (Sponsored walk/bike-ride) – Raise awareness on alternate greener transport	Participation in sponsored walk/cycle	June 2014	DAN/Eco council
Global Citizenship	- Sugar Collection	Increased number of bags of sugar collected (174 in total)	Christmas 2013	DAN	Christmas 2013
	- Charity collections for EACH, Children in Need, NSPCC & Macmillan	Increased amounts of money collected for variety of charities	Ongoing	Students/DAN	Ongoing
	- Climate run 2013 & 2014	50+ students participating in fundraising activity in aid of building new primary schools in Kenya	4^th September 2012 3^rd April 2014	DAN/Eco-council	4^th September 2012
Biodiversity	- Fruitful schools orchard	Completion of fruitful schools orchard – trees established and orchard open for student use	July 2013	PWN/ KEL/Gardening club	July 201
	- Apple Day	Gardening club promotion at Academy -generate funding for benches in orchard – over £350	December 2013	KEL/Gardening club	December 2013
	- Gardening Club re-launch	Gardening club re-launched – student participation numbers and improvement in Academy grounds	Ongoing	KEL/Gardening club	Ongoing