Go Green Week
Well, what an exciting #GreatBigGreenWeek at Ysgol Dinas Brân! Students took part in many different ways (more below). Really importantly, we managed to get three local politicians to visit and listen to our voices:
Llyr Gruffydd MS (Plaid Cymru) North Wales Region and Chair of the Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Ken Skates MS (Labour) Clwyd South Constituency
Simon Baynes MP (Conservative) Clwyd South Constituency
were all impressed by the work of students and of the school in working to reduce their carbon footprint and to encourage others to take action on climate change. They all agreed to help with our push to remove all non essential single use plastics from all schools.
This is a list of activities that took place:
Form time: Pupils found out about Climate Cymru’s campaign and Journey to COP, as well as about COP26.
Assemblies: The Energy Officer from Denbighshire County Council Martin Smith, delivered assemblies to KS3 pupils about the school’s new solar panels and how this project helps us in our goal to drastically reduce our carbon footprint.
Art: Pupils took part in a design a postcard to send to our leaders competition.
Business: Pupils in years 10-13 learnt about sustainable business and ‘doughnut economics’.
Design Technology: Pupils have been making bird boxes that will be installed in the school grounds.
English: Pupils took inspiration from Greta Thunberg’s How Dare You speech, and wrote a 26-second speech telling our leaders the action they want to see on climate. They also wrote some amazing poems!
Geography: Pupils carried out a flora and fauna survey of the school grounds, and designed posters.
ICT: Pupils created a logo for our next Go Green week.
PE: Encouraged as many as possible to cycle/walk to school!
Science: KS4 pupils are currently studying green technology and green energy systems and this week carried out a study into the output generated by our solar panels. KS3 pupils researched renewable energy and took part in a design a poster/leaflet competition designed to educate their peers on ‘what can be done’.
Restaurant: The team created a display on how far the food has travelled in relation to reducing the school’s carbon footprint.
Year 13 students attended Energy 21 at Chester Racecourse. An Energy Industry event discussing how the sector plans to meet Net Zero targets.
Students from the Eco-council helped to deliver some of the activities above and were key in showing around and presenting to our guests! Three of our year 13s were also interviewed about the week, our solar project and COP26 for Heart and Capital Radio.
Da iawn pawb!
