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Environmental

Caterham School has three key environmental aims:

  • to minimise the use of non-renewable and environmentally-damaging resources
  • to maximise recycling
  • to increase awareness of environmental issue amongst students and staff

To achieve these aims:
All academic and non-academic departments should develop a strategy to monitor their adherence to the school environmental policy.

One member of staff will be nominated to liaise with departments and monitor the progress of the school's environment policy.

A School Environmental Committee will meet on a termly basis to review and amend the policy as well as to look at ways of achieving the school's environment aims. The Environmental Committee will include representation from students (inc. boarding), senior and prep/pre-prep staff, boarding staff, SMT, PTA, governors, admin/bursarial department.

Paper:

  • Staff are asked to keep their written documents to one or two sides of A4 wherever possible.
  • Staff are asked to use double-sided photocopying wherever possible.
  • Staff and students are asked to use the paper bins to recycle all paper.
  • Staff and students are asked to ensure that both sides of paper are used before it is recycled. To this end, each classroom should contain a scrap paper box.
  • Staff and students are asked not to print documents or websites unless it is absolutely necessary.
  • Staff, students and parents are asked to use e-mail wherever possible avoiding copying paper, to colleagues, students or parents.
  • Parents are asked to use e-mail to contact school wherever possible.

Cans:

Staff and students are asked to use the green can bins to dispose of all aluminium cans.

Computers:

Staff and students are asked to ensure that all computers, screens, printers and videos are turned off after their last use of the day.

Lighting:

Staff and students are asked to turn off lights whenever they are not being used.

Environmental awareness:

Environmental awareness will be included in the annual programme of assemblies and PSHE. A 'Green Club' will be offered for students of all ages.