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Eco Schools Group Thornhill College is a registered Eco School. This means that Thornhill is part of an international award programme, which promotes excellence in the field of environmental activity. The Eco Schools initiative is a great way of making sustainable development a part of the life and ethos of our school. The Eco Schools Committee in the school is the driving force behind this initiative and consists of representatives from all years within the school. The committee is ably assisted by the Year 14 Environmental Prefects and the Year 13 Eco Schools Enrichment Group. Through consultation with rest of the school and our delivery partners in the wider community the Eco Schools committee will decide which environmental themes they want to address and how they are going to do it! Read on to find out more about recent activities... |
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March 2009 - Derry City Council's Mayoral Anti-Litter Competition The Thornhill College Eco-Schools group were awarded second prize in the 2008/9 Derry City Council Anti-Litter Competition in a ceremony held at the Guildhall in Derry. The Thornhill College entry uses modern technologies to highlight the connection between electronic waste and conventional street waste. The message within the campaign is to highlight the fact that if students adopt the same approach to conventional rubbish as they do to emails, junk mail old texts then the problem of litter would improve. The girls created a message with text and images which can be communicated via email and multi media messages! The group were awarded £400 to spend on environmental projects within the school. |
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Thornhill College Eco-Schools Group receiving second prize in the 2008-9 Derry City Council Anti-Litter Competition from Mayor Gerard Diver. Also pictured is Ms Julie Hannaway from Derry City Council |
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Tree Planting In November, the Eco Schools Committee organised a tree planting campaign in KS3 supported by the Woodland Trust. A representative from each class in Years 8, 9 and 10 named and planted a tree within the school grounds to represent the class and to highlight the importance of trees within our environment.
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Recycling In December pupils from all classes took part in the Yellow Woods Challenge - a competition organised by Derry City Council to raise awareness about recycling and waste. The Yellow Woods initiative encourages students to get into the recycling habit by simply recycling old Yellow Pages directories. Prizes were awarded to the class that collects the most number of directories! Result : The total number of Yellow Pages recycled by Thornhill College was 138. Two classes made an outstanding contribution to the total and have been made our Thornhill College Recycling Ambassadors. The two classes are:
Well done! |
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Members of the Eco Schools Committee include:
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