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Newstead Wood School
Electricity
That's enough to buy 760 school dinners.
Electricity
That's the same amount of carbon dioxide generated when you drive a petrol car 6,600 km.
Electricity
That's enough energy to play 5 years of computer games.
Electricity
That's enough energy to charge 470,000 smartphones.
Electricity
That's the energy generated by a UK onshore wind turbine in 4 months
Electricity
That's enough energy to boil 63,000 kettles.
Electricity
That's the energy generated by 1,500 solar panels in a year.
Electricity
It will take 60 trees, each living 40 years, to absorb the carbon dioxide released when this electricity was generated.
Electricity
That's the electricity used by 150 average homes in a year.
Electricity
That's enough energy to run a modern television continuously for 1143 years.
Electricity
That's enough energy to drive an electric car 50,000 km.
Gas
That's the gas used by 22 UK homes in a year.
Gas
That's enough to pay for 830 school dinners.
Gas
It will take 53 trees, each living 40 years, to absorb the carbon dioxide released when this gas was burnt.
Gas
That's the same amount of carbon dioxide generated when you drive a petrol car 12,000 km.
Gas
That's enough energy to heat the hot water for 5,200 showers.
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Reminders
Measure classroom temperatures to find out whether you should turn down the heating to save energy
Start a transport survey so that you can find out how much carbon your school community generates by travelling to school
You have completed 5/10 of the tasks in the The BIG Question - How can switching off appliances help reduce our carbon footprint? programme
Complete the final 5 tasks now to score 130 points and 30 bonus points for completing the programme
Recent alerts
Well done, you are making progress towards achieving your target to reduce your electricity usage!
Well done, you are making progress towards achieving your target to reduce your gas usage!
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You are in 26th place on the London scoreboard and 143rd place nationally.
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Recent activity on your scoreboard
Schools score points by recording their activities to investigate their energy use, learning about energy, and taking energy saving actions around their school.
| Place | School | Points | Activity |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Oasis Academy - Enfield | 15 | Make the switch |
| 11th | Twin Oaks Primary School | 20 | Attended Energy Sparks training |
| 10th | Harris Westminster Sixth Form | 20 | School governors discussed energy efficiency |
| 8th | Sinai Jewish Primary School | 10 | Introduce a new staff member to Energy Sparks |
What's been going on?
A list of recent adult and pupil-led activities at this school
| Date | Points | Activity |
|---|---|---|
| 01 Sep 2025 | 10 | Started working towards their energy saving target |
| 22 Jan 2025 | 30 | Run a themed event focused on energy use |
| 15 Jan 2025 | 15 | Run a regular assembly about saving energy |
| 20 Dec 2024 | 20 | Holiday turn off |
| 28 Oct 2024 | 30 | Upgraded computers |
| 28 Oct 2024 | 10 | Activated standby mode on computers |
| 18 Oct 2024 | 20 | Holiday turn off |
| 18 Oct 2024 | 20 | Holiday turn off |
| 16 Oct 2024 | 10 | Learn about where our electricity and gas comes from and their impact on the environment |
| 15 Oct 2024 | 10 | Label lights and appliances to show which should be left on or turned off |