Run a campaign to switch off electrical equipment overnight

At Widcombe Infant School we are very conscious of ensuring that we only use energy when we need it. 

We carried out an activity with the children in each class to encourage them to think about which energy using pieces of equip needed to remain on when the classrooms were not in use / overnight. The children used stickers to colour code plugs in their classrooms and in other rooms around the school to show whether plugs could be switched off. Really encouragingly, the majority of the plugs could be switched off when the equipment was not in use. The children discovered that the only plugs that needed to remain on at all times were the fridges and freezer (1 fridge freezer in the kitchen, 1 fridge in the kitchen and 1 small fridge in the medical room) and the server box in the ICT suite. However, in the school holidays, 2 of the fridges can be turned off to conserve energy use. 
All children are encouraged to ask the staff members with them to switch off the lights in rooms when they are not being used.