Appoint pupil energy monitors in all classes

Howden C of E Infant School, Tuesday, 02 December 2025
30 points Change-maker KS1, KS2, KS3, KS4, KS5

Each class will hold a democratic vote (In line with their British Values) as to why they feel that they should be Eco Team Advocates. This will be launched with parents, and children will also be asked to consider their switching off when not in the room, as part of our switching off policy in house.


Next Steps.

-Launch Eco dojo in whole school worship.
-(The week following.) Link to our Spirituality work in Class Worship. Ask each child to discuss how they would like to respond and make change in the world. 
-Meet with the team once that half term to decide on their initiative, and pupil voice about their experience towards the end. 
-Develop responsibilities in line with the action plan, BUT in order for ownership and child-led advocacy, use the pupil voice to guide the next set of Eco Team children. 

Activity description

Pupils - you can have a huge impact on the amount of energy that your school uses and the carbon it produces just by influencing the behaviour of other pupils and the adults in the school!

There are many ways to do this.  As well as creating an Energy Team of dedicated individuals who have responsibility for your overall Energy Plan, you can involve more pupils by appointing Energy Monitors for each class.  They can carry out a selection of monitoring activities on a regular basis such as:

  1. Spot checks of classroom temperatures
  2. Spot checks to see if lights / electrical items are left on at lunch time
  3. Spot checks to see if lights / IT are left on after school
  4. Spot checks of the school's thermostat settings
  5. Monitoring whether adults / pupils are wearing warmer clothes inside the school building during winter
  6. Monitoring whether outside doors / windows are closed during cold weather

Pupils of all ages can become  ‘detectives’ to see if lights, whiteboards and appliances have been left on unnecessarily, and reminding their friends and teachers to switch them off. When the school’s heating is switched on, pupils can be made responsible for checking that doors and windows are not left open. Depending on your school’s heating system, they may also be able to monitor classroom temperatures and ensure that thermostatic controls are used to ensure optimum temperatures for learning. 

Consider running these monitoring activities daily when you first start, and then move to weekly monitoring to ensure any improvements are maintained:

All these monitoring activities fit in with other Energy Sparks activities, so you can earn double points by appointing school energy monitors. 

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