21st December 2012 - Sir John Lawes School

THRELFALL EmilyWALL JasmineWALLER TedWHITEHOUSEMeganWILDY HannahWOODS AlfieWRENTMORE MaxYELLAND AidanWYPER CaraZADOK TomTHORNE NiamhTORRANCE ScarletTURBERVILLE LucyTURNER KimmyWESTCOTT EmilyWHITE LewisWILLIS MaxWOOD EmilyYOUNG JoeYOUNGER DaisyTOUGH NatashaTOY DanielTURBERVILLE OliverWHEELER TimothyWILKINS KatieWILLIAMS MollieWILTON BethanyWILLIAMS HeatherWILLIS LukeWRIGHTSON CassieYUSUF FarhiyaIndependent LearnersSome students have recently succeeded in winning every sticker available. This means they have shownthemselves to be resourceful, open minded, committed, flexible, motivated and co-operative. In short, they areindependent learners, demonstrating all the qualities needed for the 21 st century world. They will receivecertificates in a forthcoming assembly. Their names are listed below.Jay Loader 11LThomas Slack 10HNatasha Stokes 10KMatthew Burford 9KThomas Houghton 9LHannah Jones 9KECO SCHOOLS COUNCILThis winter, the Eco-schools councils of Roundwood Park and Sir John Lawes schools are collaborating in therunning of our new Green Christmas campaign. As part of this we’ve made a 3 minute video to share some tips fora Green Christmas: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wlfvpkyq4UE.We are aiming to raise awareness, both around school and at home, of how we all can reduce our impact on theenvironment this Christmas. This is our green guide with some top tips on what you can do to reduce wastageafter the merriment this December.In school, Eco-schools are creating Christmas card ‘Recycling Post-boxes’ to make paper recycling even easier inJanuary. After the big day, we are encouraging all students to bring in any unwanted Christmas cards to berecycled rather than thrown away. Approximately 1 billion Christmas cards are sent around the UK each year;these could easily be recycled, and that’s 1billion less pieces of card shovelled under Britain. It is also helpful tocheck where your cards are coming from. Many cards sold in this country are from the ‘Woodland’ trust or areRainforest certified. However, always check the back of the cards as well as the price tag before buying; cheapcards can so easily be from unsustainable producers and it is vital to source paper responsibly.As an alternative to recycling your cards after Christmas has come and gone, why not reuse them next year? Atop tip we’ll let you have for nothing, as it is Christmas: When your Christmas cards have finished radiatingdecorative cheer from your window sills, cut them in half, saving the front artwork and keep them as reusable ‘halfcards’for next year. Not only can you save money and reduce your paper waste this year, but it gives the familysomething to do during the long breaks between watchable Christmas T.V.For the day itself, how about trying to buy the Christmas shop from a local farmer’s markets? This supports localproducers, saves food miles and ultimately, buying the best, organic ingredients leads to a fresher and tastiercelebratory meal. You can also decorate your home with natural and recyclable materials. Out with the foilstreamers and in with freshly cut holly and recycled paper chains. These are great fun to make with young familiesand they also give you something to do with all those old Christmas catalogues that were destined for the wheeliebin.And for Santa’s sake, recycle the mountains of Christmas wrapping paper! Christmas packaging is any treehugger’s worst nightmare with an estimated 82km² of wrapping ending up in UK landfills this year. Larger sheets,on those extra special presents, can be reused next year on the stocking fillers and, most importantly, whenbuying paper it’s best to buy recycled or ‘paper’ wrapping rather than foiled back wrapping rolls as these areharder to recycle. We also throw away 125,000 tonnes of plastic packaging over the Christmas holidays. To helpwe can always try to buy presents with less plastic packaging that cannot be widely recycled and even make somepresents at home; Christmas cookies don’t hang around long enough to need wrappers!At Eco-schools, we all hope you find our Green Guide tips useful and join in with our Green Christmas this year.