Last week, School Councillors in Years' 4-6 along with Y6 House Captains were invited to a special Sustainability workshop delivered by some visitors from RAFT,

Retrofit Action For Tomorrow (RAFT) is a not-for-profit community interest company responding to the climate emergency by accelerating energy and emissions reductions, resource efficiency and climate resilience in schools and communities. RAFT’s mission is to help schools become healthy, zero-carbon, climate-resilient communities by combining a fun, active and educational programme with professional retrofit expertise. For the Great British Energy programme, RAFT will be delivering workshops with selected schools to engage the school community, through learning about the works being done at your school.

The session involved looking at how to save energy around our school site, a visit to the boiler room with our site manager and creating pledges about changes we can individually make to live more sustainably. The children engaged brilliantly in the workshop and were praised for their enthusiasm and existing knowledge on sustainability issues. 

Please also see the attached photo for some ideas of 'quick wins' you can implement in your own homes to save energy!

The visit coincided nicely with the publishing of our Climate Action Plan, a statutory document all schools now need to provide.  The feedback from the children was very positive and we thank RAFT for providing us with this very worthwhile opportunity.