The Great Big Energy Challenge Turners Hill School have recently
completed a project that they called the “Great Big Energy
Saving Project”. The idea of the project was to consolidate and
add to what they had already learnt. The children made a papier-
mache thermometer with a world at the base to use as a measure,
the target being to be completely carbon neutral. The children
looked at the school and talked about what we already do to help
the environment. They surveyed all the school children to see
which of our projects they thought made the biggest difference
to the environment. By doing this it really brought home to our
children how much we do. The list included: - Wind turbines -
Solar Panels - Planting our own wood - Bugs Hotel Walking Bus -
Air Source Heating - Water Butts - Bird Boxes - Bee Houses -
Ladybird Houses - Regular rubbish collection The children in
class 5 looked at how we could save water at school. They
measured the amount of water the children used when washing
their hands, they put all