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Writhlington School
Electricity
That's enough to buy 330 school dinners.
Electricity
That's enough energy to play 2 years 3 months of computer games.
Electricity
That's the same amount of carbon dioxide generated when you drive a petrol car 1,700 km.
Electricity
It will take 49 trees, each living 40 years, to absorb the carbon dioxide released when this electricity was generated.
Electricity
That's the energy generated by 1,300 solar panels in a year.
Solar PV
That's enough energy to run a modern television continuously for 417 years.
Solar PV
That's enough energy to play 2 years 7 months of computer games.
Electricity
That's enough energy to run a modern television continuously for 1005 years.
Electricity
That's the electricity used by 130 average homes in a year.
Electricity
That's enough energy to drive an electric car 21,000 km.
Electricity
That's enough energy to charge 200,000 smartphones.
Electricity
That's the energy generated by a UK onshore wind turbine in 4 months
Solar PV
That's enough energy to drive an electric car 190,000 km.
Electricity
That's enough energy to boil 26,000 kettles.
Gas
That's the same amount of carbon dioxide generated when you drive a petrol car 8,100 km.
Gas
It will take 140 trees, each living 40 years, to absorb the carbon dioxide released when this gas was burnt.
Gas
That's the gas used by 57 UK homes in a year.
Gas
That's enough energy to heat the hot water for 3,600 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 3/10 of the tasks in the The BIG Question - How can switching off appliances help reduce our carbon footprint? programme
Complete the final 7 tasks now to score 190 points and 30 bonus points for completing the programme
Recent alerts
Scoreboard update
You need to score more than 1460 points to overtake the next school!
Complete our recommended activities and actions to score points, win prizes and start reducing your energy usage.
You are in 5th place on the South-West England scoreboard and 45th 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.
What's been going on?
A list of recent adult and pupil-led activities at this school
| Date | Points | Activity |
|---|---|---|
| 02 Apr 2026 | 10 | Checked windows are closed at the end of the day |
| 31 Mar 2026 | 10 | Switched off lights on sunny days |
| 13 Feb 2026 | 20 | Winter switch off |
| 13 Feb 2026 | 30 | Investigate whether the school's heating and hot water is switched off during the school holidays |
| 13 Feb 2026 | 10 | Make the switch |
| 10 Feb 2026 | 10 | Switched off lights on sunny days |
| 08 Feb 2026 | 10 | Run a regular assembly about saving energy |
| 05 Feb 2026 | 10 | Carry out a spot check to see if lights or electrical items are left on at lunch time |
| 02 Feb 2026 | 30 | Analyse your school energy use - when is your school occupied? |
| 14 Jan 2026 | 30 | Make energy saving posters |