New Green Schools Committee

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Today the new Geen Schools Committee met for the first time to discuss environmental issues around the school. Please find below minutes from our meeting.

Green Schools Committee Meeting: 10th October 2025

Attendees:, Robert , Titu , Ayaan , Ahmed , Ryan , Rory , Antony , Jayden , Oscar  , Kayden , Marcus , Mr Donnellan

  • Welcome everyone to our first green schools committee meeting of 2025-2026 academic year
  • The committee talked about what the green schools programme is, the 5 flags we already have for ; litter & waste , water , energy , transport and biodiversity
  • The committee elected Kayden as the chairperson and Robert as secretary
  • Over the next 2 years the committee will be working towards a green flag in: Global Citizenship – Litter & Waste
  • To begin their work the committee decided to refocus on litter & waste in the school and look at the use of our three bins in every classroom: Recycling , General waste and compost
  • The plan for the next month is:
  • A) Check to see if every classroom has the three bins with clear labels
  • B) Inform the school about Green Schools & what we are working towards
  • C) Elect a litter committee to check bins every day and record which classes are using the bins correctly
  • D) Place a box in every classroom to collect plastic bottles for Deposit Return Scheme and use money from this to reward the classes using the three bins correctly
  • The committee will meet again next Tuesday 14th October @ 1.45pm