| REPORT ON THE INTERNATIONAL ECO-SCHOOL PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION IN VOLTINO PRIMARY SCHOOL, CROATIA |
Date of registration:
September 2001 (first time on February 25, 1998) |
The topic of the Eco-school programme:
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| WHAT HAVE WE DONE SO FAR? |
On October 4, 2001 the school ECO-COMMITTEE was formed and the school ECO-CODE was established by the Committee. In October 2001 we carried out the first environmental review of our school grounds to assess the level of litter pollution on the school grounds (water and electricity consumption and management). We found out that the school grounds were very polluted. Litter bins were not being used enough and litter was scattered everywhere, especially large waste which had been left over in inadequate places. Our school was more environmentally aware (we had been celebrating all important eco days and holidays, we had been clearing away rubbish from the school grounds and there were litter bins placed inside and outside the school). |
In October 2002 we carried out the second enviromental review of the school. OUR SCHOOL HAS A NEW, ORIGINAL ECO IMAGE AND THE SCHOOL GROUNDS HAVE BECOME MORE APPEALING! |
| The following enviromental activities
have been carried out so far: - Two enclosed eco-gardens - An eco-exhibition
area - An ethnological corner - An eco-workshop - Two eco-noticeboards
and eco-wall papers - We have painted and illustrated the school
entrance (7 steps), other glass surfaces and a part of the gym wall.
- Each class has got a PAPERMAN. - We discard recyclable waste into
the school bins on a daily basis. - We co-operate with the local
businesses on a regular basis: • Čistoća d.d., a local waste collection
service – plastic packaging and tin cans • Knežija Recycling Yard
– old batteries • Recobot Trust – paper collection to clear the Republic
of Croatia of mines The following actions have been taken so far: • Paper waste collection in cooperation with Recobot Trust in October and November 2001, March, April, October and November 2002, and in February 2003 • Plastic packaging collection in November 2002 • Old batteries collection in February 2003 In the first half of the 2002/03 academic year, the total amount of the waste collected was: - 3569 kilograms of paper - 4044 plastic bottles - 1598 old batteries - 212 tin cans - 920 aluminium lids. • We have celebrated all Eco-Days by organising thematic exhibitions (in the school exhibition area and on the school eco-noticeboards). • We have organised eco-sports games and eco- quizes. • We provided humanitarian aid to the children in Laduč Children's Home in November and December 2001, and in December 2002 • We celebrated Bread Day in October, • We organised Eco-Carnival in February 2002 and in March 2003, • Our Eco-Days were held: - on February 1, 2002 (the topic was Waste) - on January 31, 2003, (the topic was Infinite, Internal Water). • We created a rockery in the garden area in cooperation with the Institute of Forestry in March 2002. • We illustrated 7 steps in front of the school entrance and the school litter bins in April 2002. • We illustrated glass surfaces on the school entrance in October 2002. • We illustrated a smaller part of the gym wall in June 2002. • We participated in a project called «My District in the New Century» – an exhibition in the Town Museum in May 2002 and November 2002. • We have made a fish-pond in cooperation with our sponsors. • We created a school website with our eco-activities in May 2002. • We adopted three dolphins and participated in the project called «Save the endangered animals in Croatia». • We organised two lectures: «Protection of Wolves in the Republic of Croatia» by Josip Kusak, Veterinary Faculty in June 2002, and «White Headed Vulture» in the Republic of Croatia by Eduard Kletečki and Branko Jalžić, Natural Science Museum, in February 2003. • We planted flowers and bushes inside and around the school in June 2002. We planted a Christmas tree in December 2002 and we planted flowers and put out bird nesting boxes around our school. • We have created an eco-garden with a compost area. • We organised two «My pets» exhibitions in October 2001 and in October 2002. • We renovated the school playground in cooperation with parents – Recreation Saturdays in September and November 2002. We bought athletic track markers, and the action will be continued in spring. • In December 2002, our school Eco-Monitors started the action of environmental monitoring and rewieving of the school grounds, classrooms and other school areas. • In October 2002, we conducted a survey for pupils, parents and the school staff on their environmental awareness. • In 2002 we started the action of making a list of all the bins in the area and of monitoring and reviewing their condition (older pupils). • In 2002 older pupils started the action of conduction a physical, chemical and biological research on the water quality of Kustošak stream as well as of monitoring water consuption and management in our school. • We organised various eco-workshops for parents («Let's Plant a Tree and Make the World More Beautiful» in April 2002, and «Advent Party» in December 2002. • Paretns are involved in waste collection and in humanitarian actions on a daily basis. • We keep a record of all eco school activities in the school form registers, lesson plans, eco tables, eco-posters, eco-noticeboards, eco exhibitions, eco charts on a daily basis. • The school coordinators have all necessary documentation on the programme implementation (portfolios, photographs, audio and video records). The data on the programme implementation and evaluation have been gathered on a regular basis since September 20001 and we are going to do it in future as well, with the possibility of extending the present topic and covering a new topic: HEALTHY LIVING. We have been working very hard on the programme implementation and therefore we now enjoy the clean, appealing and enviromentally friendly school grounds (especially the Eco- garden and the Eco-exhibition area). |
October 2003 – Third environmental
review October 2003 – Bread Day – From Grain to Bread – workshops,
bread blessing and eating • October 2003 – Green Messenger eco-wall
newspaper was started • November 2003 – Student survey on Healthy
Living • December 2003 – creation of the school’s Ethnological
Collection in the school’s exhibition area, created through donations
of exhibits by our parents and friends • February-May 2004 – renovation
of the school’s running track in the school playground in co-operation
with Redox d.o.o., a company which produces equipment for children’s
playgrounds • April-May 2004 – creation of Green Island near the
school, with a set of containers and bins for various use, in co-operation
with Čistoća d.o.o. and with the help of Croatian Railways d.d.
(sleepers for the base of the Green Island), and parents who made
with their own money a metal fence construction for the base of
the Island. • March-May 2004 – decoration of our Eco-Garden 1 and
2, as well as of the compost area • March 2004 – Eco-Carnival with
the theme: “Healthy Living” • April 2, 2004 – School’s Eco-Day
– Healthy Living workshops • April 2004 – participation in the
Best Eco-Code Contest • April-May 2004 – participation in the Eco-Photo
Contest in co-operation with Ferdinandovac Primary School • May
2004 – decoration of the school’s flower garden • May-June 2004
– selection of the Most Eco-Friendly Classroom by monitoring and
evaluating the tidiness of the school classrooms • September 2003-June
2004 – installation of the protective fence in the school playground
and schoolyard During 2003/2004 school year – implementation of
the Water Quality Monitoring Project of the stream Kustošak. |
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