Eco Conference

The Eco Conference has been planned by a Steering Group comprising staff and representatives from the School Council at Cockermouth School. It has been organised for primary schools in West Cumbria with the aim of developing a tool kit to enable schools to achieve Eco School status and the Green Flag award.

The draft programme is below and further details can be obtained from Joan Ellis on ellisj@cockermouth.cumbria.sch.uk.

Cockermouth School is grateful to Cumbria Waste management and Zenergi Ltd for sponsoring this event.

Eco Conference for Cockermouth Primary Feeder Schools
Thursday 11 February 2010
Eco Centre at Cockermouth School
Programme:

10.00am Welcome and Introduction
Mr Walker, Headteacher at Cockermouth School

10.05am Presentation of Eco Award to Cockermouth School
John O’Grady, Northern Gas Networks

10.10am How to get a Green Flag for your primary school – what worked for us
Mrs Palmer and pupils from Broughton School

10.15am Polar bears in Greenland
Peter Herbert, Greenland explorer from Feet of Green

11.00am Break (juice and fruit)

11.15am How we built this Eco Centre
Dani Cleeland and Naomi Thomas, Yr 12 students from Geowatch

Walk it - bike it. How do you travel to school?
Sophie Parker, Yr 10, Cockermouth School Council

11.30am Grow your own fuel (activity session)
Dr Simmons, University of Cumbria, Newton Rigg

12.00am Lunch in School Hall

12.30pm Return to Eco Centre for drinks and tours with Geowatch

1.00pm What to do with waste and how we can help
Mr Garrow and Mr Buchannan, Cumbria County Council

1.15pm Activity workshops in mixed school groups (choose one):
1. How to make compost in a bottle. Katharine Smith, CCC
2. How to make a paper pot. Judith Bradshaw, CCC
3. How to make a Tetra Pak purse. Mark Buchannan, CCC
4. Sort Your Rubbish game, Ian Garrow, CCC
5. Seeds for Schools, Jane Lawrence, Cockermouth Biomes
6. Global Game, Rob Geaves. Cumbria Development Education Centre
7. What did Mr Wordsworth recycle? Rachel Painter, Wordsworth House

1.45pm Break - juice

2.00pm Activity session: Produce a School Eco Action Plan
School Group workshops

2.20pm Where do we go from here?
Peter Herbert, Explorer from Feet of Green

2.30pm Closing remarks and depart
Mr Walker, Headteacher

All pupils will receive a conference pack on the day.