Eco Bus

WITH FUNDING FROM

Activities Programme 2018 - 2019

In partnership with

Waste Management P3 - 9

Sessional Activities

Sustainability P10-12

Want to book the bus? - See Page 13

Can’t find an activity that meets your needs - See Page 14

Waste Management

Rappers Delight

Stand alone session introducing:

the concepts of recycling

the practical processes involved

Our role in the process

Session includes talking about the environment and come up with different words to

do about the environment. Then they will make there own rap :)

This session is designed to catch children at an early stage and encourage them to be

pro-active in recycling from an early age.

Sessions lasts 30 minutes for a maximum of 15 children.

YEAR ROUND ACTIVITY P3

Waste Management

Craft activity introducing basic citizenship concepts and in-

troductory message around the importance of recycling and

reusing .

Children will use a recycling book to make hedgehogs .

Session lasts 1 Hour for up to a maximum of 15.

YEAR ROUND ACTIVITY P4

Book Folding

Waste Management

Advance -Book

P5 YEAR ROUND ACTIVITY

Craft activity introducing basic citizenship

concepts and introductory message around the importance

of recycling and reusing .

Children will use a recycling book in to words around recy-

cling !

Session lasts 1 Hour for up to a maximum of 15.

Waste Management

Recycling Game Show

Based on the ever popular Who Wants To Be A Millionaire game show format this session

challenges children with a multiple answer quiz around the importance of why

communities need to be recycling, reusing and reducing the amount of waste they produce

and dispose of.

This is an interactive and lively session which encourages children to explore why recycling

and waste management is important with an emphasis on the role they and their families

can play in the process.

YEAR ROUND ACTIVITY

Session lasts 30 minutes for a maximum of 15 children.

P6

Waste Management

Saving Water Workshop

Fresh water is one of the most valuable resources on the planet and one of the most hard

pressed. Even here in the UK we have experienced water shortages in recent decades - yet

we all still treat it as an inexhaustible resource that will always be available in abundance.

This session is aimed at re-evaluating the value of a natural resource we take for granted.

Explores the value of freshwater, increasing pressures on its availability and how nature

’recycles’ the planets fresh water supply and the reasons why water needs to be higher on

our personal priority list for reduction of wastage.

Session lasts 30 minutes for a maximum of 15 children.

YEAR ROUND ACTIVITY P7

PLEASE NOTE: For this ac-

tivity children will each

need to bring with them

one 2 litre Plastic Bottle

Waste Management

Litter Picking

We can conduct with your staff litter picking activities either on the school grounds or

in public spaces surrounding the school (dependent upon suitability)

We provide all of the equipment required for such sessions including litter pickers,

gloves and hi-vis bibs

These sessions also enable our staff to discuss with children in a non judgmental and

informal setting their own behaviour and the long term impact litter on the

environment. We find children are often shocked by the amount and variety of the

rubbish they find during these session.

QUESTION: Do you know the value of aluminium in the drinking cans we just throw

away every year just here in the UK?

A: Around £36 MILLION! Its time for us to change our habits!

Session lasts 30 minutes with up to 30 children .

PLEASE CONSIDER: If this is a large group or more than one group - is

there enough rubbish on the school grounds or would the session have

more impact with the children if it were undertaken at a pre-identified

local litter hot spot?

YEAR ROUND ACTIVITY P8

Waste Management

What Do You Think About

Recycling?

This activity will last over the space of 4 weeks, so that means 1 lesson a week for a

day.

This opening lesson places recycling in the context of students’ lives. It creates a

baseline for the rest of the activities by exploring students’ current understanding,

attitudes and actions. This paves the way for future activities that expand students’

knowledge and understanding and help them to think and respond differently at

times when they must make a choice. It includes an optional quiz to explore some

of the facts and figures

YEAR ROUND ACTIVITY

Allow up to 30 children .

P9

Sustainability

Fair Trade

The Banana Game

A role playing session introducing children to the principles and ethics of Fair Trade.

In groups the children take the roles of producers and suppliers of produce. Children

standing in others shoes - assessing and making value judgments on the labour rates, skills

and responsibilities of those involved and assigning economic values to those judgments.

The session is bookended with a brief overview of how our actions and choices empower

us as consumers can affect and influence how trade is conducted.

YEAR ROUND ACTIVITY

Session lasts 30 minutes for up to a maximum of 15 children.

P10

A role playing session introducing children to the principles and ethics of Fair Trade.

In groups the children take the roles of producers and suppliers of produce. Children

standing in others shoes - assessing and making value judgments on the labour rates, skills

and responsibilities of those involved and assigning economic values to those judgments.

The session is bookended with a brief overview of how our actions and choices empower

us as consumers can affect and influence how trade is conducted.

Sustainability

Fair Trade

Chocolate

Session lasts up to 1 Hour for a maximum of 15 children.

YEAR ROUND ACTIVITY P11

Sustainability

Renewable Energy

An introductory session examining the worlds continuing reliance on fossil fuels and the

environmental implications of such dependence.

The children look at how we as individuals are part of this process and are dependent up-

on fossil fuel for our energy needs - considers some of the alternative technologies

available and how such technology may help deliver our future energy needs and reduce

our environmental impact.

The session includes a practical element encouraging pupils to consider the ‘real world’

obstacles and barriers that have to be overcome if such technologies are to fulfil our

future energy needs.

Session lasts 1 Hour for up to maximum of 15 children.

YEAR ROUND ACTIVITY P12

How to book... The Eco Bus is available for bookings throughout

the year.

You can book us at anytime - but we only have

one bus so please book early if there are specific

dates or events you want us to tie in with.

Everything provided on the bus is FREE!

There are no hidden costs - simply because there aren’t any!

We are inclusive - but please remember this is a double decker bus with the

classroom area on the top deck BUT if accessibility is an issue we can always

relocate activities into the school classroom.

Our priority is to provide your children with a high quality experience -

So we are more than happy to extend our visit beyond just one day - and be

with you for up to a week if you need us to!

Please don’t feel pressured to try to cram everything into one day!

To book the bus

Email us at

tiptonlitter@aol.com

OR call the team on

0121 557 6970 Feel free to call or drop us a line if you have any queries or questions

BOOK TODAY

Email: tiptonlitter@aol

Or call: 0121 557 6970

P13

ECO BUS

Then call us on 0121 577 6970 or email us and we will

work with you to tailor make a session just for you.

There is no charge for this service - all we ask is that you

are happy for us to offer the new activity to other local

schools and groups.

B ESPOKE SERVICES

Can’t find an activity that meets your needs

or the key stage you are working with?

Learning

through

Experiencing

P14

LITTER WATCH

Serco ltd

Eagle Transfer Hub

Danks way

Tipton

West Midlands

DY4 7BT

Find us at:

www.facebook.com/litter.watch

www.tiptonlitterwatch.org

Litter Watch (@litterwatch1)

Registered Charity No 1098378

Fighting grime on a street near you today!

P15