H2U Vol 7 Issue 3 Jan 2008.pub - Highcliffe School

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on and join in- it’s easier than you think! Jack Case Congratulations to Year 8 student Jack for a tremendous effort in winning 2nd place in a National competition run by Recycool. He won 100 trees to be planted and a book on saving the planet. You can see his winning entry in the box. I am sure you will agree that it is rather special. Tips for Christmas We all love Christmas and everything that comes with it but have you ever stopped and thought about the impact on the environment? Here are some Unsavoury Christmas Facts followed by some top tips that the eco-gang have come up with • 3 million tonnes of waste are dumped during Christmas in the UK - enough to fill 120 million wheelie bins. • Around 1 million Christmas cards are thrown away every year. • 83 square kilometres of wrapping paper end up in our rubbish bins each year, that's enough to wrap up Guernsey • Christmas tree lights left on for 10 hours a day over the 12 days of Christmas produce enough carbon dioxide to inflate 12 balloons • Last year of six million Christmas trees only 10% were recycled and fewer than 5% planted to be reused next year • 10 million turkeys are eaten every Christmas, many kept cooped up and tainted with chemicals SO.. • Buy recycled wrapping paper. Send an e-card or a card for your whole tutor group • Buy an organic turkey or try something different • Don't leave the christmas tree lights on when out and switch off the tv / household lights when not in the room • Buy a christmas tree from a sustainable grower then plant it in the garden when Christmas is over Reports by Miss High Page 30 H2U, Vol 7 Issue 3 - January 2008
PHONE CHALLENGE Please bring your old unwanted mobile phones into school so that they can be recycled and we can raise some money. Please give the phones to Miss High in Sc6 before the 16th January Please turn to the Eco-Questionnaire on the Page 39. Please fill out and return it. Many Thanks! Working with our residents “High 5” I am sure some of you will have noticed a change over the past year in the Highcliffe Residents Association Newsletter since we changed to colour and with our new name UPDATE. This was part of the change into a Limited Company called Highcliffe Residents Association Community Interest Company (HRACIC). Our new articles give us the necessary financial safeguards which are acceptable to the Lottery for funding and at the same time safeguard the executive and wardens. HRACIC can now own or lease buildings, en- en ter into commercial con- con tracts and deliver services to the community. community We have expanded our horizon inline with our new community title to include projects encouraging our youngsters to become more involved in the community. The setting up of community companies is encouraged by central government and is a cross party initiative encompasses new ideas coming out of the department for Local Government. One of the two projects we have been working on is called “High 5” The project started its life as a Youth Shelter, which was planned to be alongside the existing building on the recreation ground. HRACIC worked closely with and has the full support from the school to ensure it was acceptable to the young people in Highcliffe and had a survey completed in school. The results from the survey indicated a Ball Park would be great as a place to “hang out” plus the conversion of a room within the existing football facilities would give our new youth workers a place to meet and mix with the young people of Highcliffe. Christchurch Borough Council worked with us and we now need to reapply to the Big Lottery Communities Fund, since the Peoples Millions lottery fund failed to get the necessary votes. The school and HRACIC would like to thank all of you who did support us and voted for the project on the day. When we eventually obtain the lottery funding the “High 5” project will need extra support from all who can spare the time. We desperately need more parents to become involved in the HRACIC by attending our quarterly meetings in 2008. If you would like to see better facilities for the youth in Highcliffe please contact HRACIC and give us your views. Report by John Mather, Chairperson HRACIC 01425-279175 www.highcliffeonsea.org john-mather@jjmaviation. com H2U, Vol 7 Issue 3 - January 2008 Page 31
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