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!

:D

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)!
:D

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!
:D

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??

Important points from todays meeting

For people absent from the meeting we discussed the following:

As you know the Energy Group decided to go for the Pod Switch-Off Fortnight which runs from 22nd November to 3rd December. So we are mainly focusing on the energy group's side for the moment. http://www.jointhepod.org/schools/default

We discussed:
> Questions  for the IT department
 Helen and someone else was going to go to the IT with questions

> Assembly and poster compitition 
We will launch a poster competition on South site for years 7-9 the week after half term
 The following people are going to present the competition in assembly
Sara & Helen - year 7s on Tuesday

Luke & Dawn - year 8s on Wednesday

Paridhi, Eleanor  & Mansi Year 9s Thursday (maybe Friday if the Head of Year needs to rearrange it)

 

> Advertising for switch off campaign 

- info on the screen in the 6th form common room and in the hall

- energy quiz during the big switch off fortnight

- new poster for turning off light switches

Hi Cherwell Earthians!

I set up this blog because I thought it would be easier to communicate with everyone rather than email.  Also it is clearer to see past agendas and other details.
I will post weekly agendas and important news so please become a follower and please feel free to make suggestions!


Sara :)