Set up an Energy or Eco team to lead on energy efficiency at your school

London Fields Primary, Tuesday, 25 November 2025
30 points 16 pupils Change-maker KS1, KS2, KS3, KS4

A new Eco team has ben set up for this academic year. The Eco team has 16 representatives. We are a two form entry school, and we have two children from each class, KS2 only. We one one adult coordinator we facilitate the meetings.
During our first meeting, we introduced ourselves, set the date for the next meeting (in 2 weeks) and talked about what our targets would be this year. We settled on these:
-  outdoor play and nature connection  (encouraging play and learning in natural spaces, using sustainable materials, and caring for our outdoors environment)
- recycling and waste reduction (encouraging the reuse of materials, reducing waste, and promoting responsible recycling habits). 
- energy (learning about renewable energy and reducing day-to-day usage).
We are also creating an eco team poster to ensure that everyone in our school and wider community are informed.

Activity description

Some schools will already have an Eco-committee or similar which will take on this role. Other schools may choose to appoint a class to lead on energy efficiency. Decide which staff will support your team.

In most areas Energy Sparks can help support your Energy Team with visits or online sessions from trained professional educators, volunteer energy mentors or with STEM Ambassadors.  Please book a workshop here.

Educate your team about climate change and energy by carrying out some of the Energy Sparks Explorer activities. Make sure they are really knowledgeable about the importance of energy and climate change, at an appropriate level for their age. It is important that pupils have significant input into the decision-making process and take ownership of any energy saving plans made.

Set up the times and places for your team to meet, including when they will report to the school management team including governor representatives. Your team could split into several sub-groups focussing on different aspects of energy saving.

Your Energy Team will be responsible for reviewing the current energy use situation (using the Energy Sparks charts), developing an energy saving action plan, and monitoring, recording and reducing your energy use. They will particularly be responsible for communicating to your school community, conducting switch off campaigns and measuring how much energy is saved or wasted by pupil and staff behaviour. The group may decide to have a high profile energy efficiency campaign involving the whole school, possibly a power down/layer up day or switch-off fortnight. The team will also need to revisit energy issues on a regular basis to ensure that changes made are sustained over time.

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