Hello all!

So, it is official, we have decided to stick to Wednesday meetings!

Last week was quite quiet, as we discussed possible fundraising ideas, possible tree planting schemes and possible stalls at an environmental groups' link up evening (although it sounds quite exciting when I put it like that!).

I think I speak for us all when I say we are all looking forward with wild excitement in our hearts to next week which is the Big Reveal! Hopefully the film will be finished by then, and we will be able to watch it, then plan assemblies around it. I think our main focus year groups should be year 7 and year 12, but if people want to show it to other year groups, that could be beneficial too.

For people who were unable to attend the meeting, would anyone be interested in helping out on the Thursday evening of half term at our very exciting Cherwell Earth stall? Leave comments below or talk to Mr Cappleman!

I hope you all have happy and eco-friendly weeks!

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We're back!

Hello everyone!
I hope you have all had lovely summers - recycling lots of course, and just generally helping to save the planet!
Our first meeting is this Wednesday, and we will need to discuss a possible change of day (bring timetables!) and how to get Year 12s involved, as well as The Film...
I hope you can all come, and bring eco-warrior friends along, as well as your lunch!
See you in room 19 on Wednesday!
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Our last meeting of term!

Hello!
So Wednesday was our last meeting of term (very sad I know) and on Friday we started the film making process! Below are the notes that Mr Cappleman made in our last meeting :

Aims of the video:

1. To raise awareness amoungst all year groups of the new recycling system and specifically what can go in each bin.
2. To positively & humorously encourage students to use the new bins to increase our whole school recycling rates.
3. To positively & humorously encourage students to engage with the broader reasons for recycling as opposed to sending rubbish to landfill.

Possible Scenes:

1. Interviews with:

• The Head Cleaner or/& Site Manager to hear about their jobs in relation to recycling, what makes life difficult & what would make it easier;
• Someone external about what happens to our waste
• The Headteacher (can't remember why, maybe about why recycling is important). Although it might make the video look too official...
• Mr Cappleman (reserve)
  

Could you interview any students on their thoughts about why recycling is important?

2. Stop animation of a coke can that is thrown onto the floor that cries when it sees a passing plane and says something like 'I could have been a plane like cousin Trev if only I was recycled!' I'd love to see a foot then squashing the can for comedy value (like those old Monty Python animations - have you seen them?).

3. A meeting of Cherwell Earth debating how bad it is that we throw 78% to landfill (well that's the old statistic now thankfully). There was a dream sequence after that I didn't quite catch. I wonder if that might tell them the history of the bins, the doughnut sale (happy students eating Krispy Kremes?) & how they were installed (fast motion someone installing a couple of bins) around the school?

4. Stop animation of what goes where, that focuses particularly on the sorts of rubbish the students have in the classrooms & canteens. Look at this hyperlink to the Oxford chart detailing what can be placed in the bins.

http://www.oxford.gov.uk/PageRender/decER/Whatgoesintoeachcontainer.htm

Good music put over some scenes? Any suggestions?

Will people meet up again before the end of term to work on the film? Feel free to use the comments below to arrange it. We should probably also start thinking about how to get the new year 12s involved next year... any ideas?

Have a nice summer and remember to keep recycling!

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Hello Fellow Cherwell Earthians!
Sorry this is so late, I've been extremely busy!
So last week, we discussed our film in more detail, and decided on our main aims.
Firstly, to persuade people that they should use our brilliant new recycling system, and secondly, to teach them how.
We decided that we would need to find a song to put in the background, and also that it would be more successful if students didn't feel patronised by the film. Key points of discussion were whether it should be a 'music video' or a video accompanied by a song.
The Film group were planning on meeting up to get started - any suggestions for when people are available?
See you all on Wednesday (which may well be our last meeting this term, as it is Activities Day next Wednesday, so lots of people might be out of school)!
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We're Back!

Hi everyone!
So, Cherwell Earth is back and full of ideas for both the end of this year and the start of next!
For people who weren't at our meeting, we discussed ideas for a film that we are planning on making, which will teach new year 7s (and anyone else who needs it) how to use our new exciting recycling system.
We also thought about Switch-Off Fortnight and how we can make it even bigger and better this year. Possible thoughts included recording energy used before, during and after, and a 'turn your rubbish into art' competition.
I think we should also plan how to get more new year 12s involved next year, and think further about the involvement of the rest of the school...
Feel free to comment below with any other ideas/things I missed out.
See you all next Wednesday!
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Assemblies

Hi,

Helen and I did the year 7 assembly yesterday and it went really well! After school a year 7 came up to me and said he was excited about entering the competition.

Can't wait to hear how the other assemblies went!

Agenda for 3rd November

1.       Assembly feedback from the two done so far.

2.       Judging the entries. Who does this?

3.       Energy monitors – their jobs and what we say on their ID cards.

4.       Involving Yr’s 10, 11, 12 & 13. How do we do this?

5.       Any other bright ideas??