Eco Bus Activities Programme 2018 2019 - WITH FUNDING FROM In partnership with - Litter Watch

Eco Bus
Activities Programme 2018 - 2019

 In partnership with   WITH FUNDING FROM

Sessional Activities
        Waste Management                      P3 - 9

        Sustainability                         P10-12

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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.

    P3
                          YEAR ROUND ACTIVITY

Waste Management

Book Folding
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

Waste Management
Advance -Book
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.

                    YEAR ROUND ACTIVITY
P5

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.

Session lasts 30 minutes for a maximum of 15 children.

                              YEAR ROUND ACTIVITY
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.

 PLEASE NOTE: For this ac-
 tivity children will each
 need to bring with them
 one 2 litre Plastic Bottle

                              YEAR ROUND ACTIVITY
P7

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

 Allow up to 30 children .

P9                           YEAR ROUND ACTIVITY

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.

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

                              YEAR ROUND ACTIVITY
P10

Sustainability
Fair Trade
Chocolate
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.

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...                                                             ECO BUS

The Eco Bus is available for bookings throughout
the year.

                                                                BOOK TODAY
You can book us at anytime - but we only have
                                                                Email: tiptonlitter@aol
one bus so please book early if there are specific
                                                                Or call: 0121 557 6970
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

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Learning

      B        ESPOKE
                    SERVICES

Can’t find an activity that meets your needs
                                                through
                                                Experiencing

or the key stage you are working with?

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.

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  Eagle Transfer Hub
  Danks way
  Tipton
  West Midlands
  DY4 7BT
          Fighting grime on a street near you today!
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