Run an assembly about saving energy
Paddock Wood Primary Academy, Monday, 09 January 2023
10
Communicator
KS1, KS2, KS3, KS4, KS5
What you did
Paula ran an online assembly for the KS2 classes talking about the impact that the school has on the environment. The pupils had great knowledge about climate change and came up with some excellent answers to Paula's questions about what contributes to the school's carbon footprint and what uses energy in the school.
Activity description
Run regular energy saving assemblies to remind everyone in the school about the importance of saving energy. Here are some ideas of what you could share in your assemblies. Many of these suggestions link to another Energy Sparks activity, so you can score double points for your work:
- Hold an assembly to introduce the school to Energy Sparks and your mission to the rest of the school and the staff. You might want to show a short part of some of the videos here
- Review the Energy Sparks energy usage charts for your school. Present some of the Energy Sparks charts in an assembly. Explain to pupils what the charts show in terms of the main uses of energy at your school, and ask pupils for ideas of how you could save energy. Use the assembly to present an action plan to reduce energy use. Present a follow-up assembly after a month to present Energy Sparks charts showing the change since the last assembly, and discuss further ways you could reduce energy use.
- Present some of the data you have collected at your own school, through your monitoring campaigns, for example:
- Carry out a spot check to see if lights or electrical items are left on at lunch time
- Measure classroom temperatures
- Monitor whether outside doors and windows are closed during cold weather.
- Draw your own charts to present the data, and then present an assembly to tell your audience about what your results mean, and what the school could do next to reduce its energy use.
- Use assemblies to introduce new energy policies to the rest of the school, for example:
- Introduce a policy on classroom temperature
- Introduce a policy on switching off lights, computers, and other information technology equipment.
- The assembly can be used to share why you are introducing the policy, who is responsible for the actions, how you will monitor how the school is doing and then to report back on whether the policy is making a difference.
- Assemblies can also be used to launch energy saving campaigns at your school, for example: