Our Commitment to Sustainability
The Academy Mission statement was redrafted in September 2006 to incorporate our commitment to sustainability, where “We wish to keep environmental issues as a priority. We also support a wider sustainability agenda. Students will be encouraged to understand the personal, local national and international implications of not doing so”
One aspect of this is our involvement with the Eco Schools Project. The Eco Schools programme provides a simple framework to enable the Academy to analyse its operations and become more sustainable. By following the Eco Schools programme we will put in place a series of initiatives to become a more stimulating place in which to learn and to reduce environmental impact of the whole school on the community.
Eco School Student representatives.
- President – Jack Ravenscroft – 9VCO - arranges agenda and keeps meeting moving by chairing the meeting - supported by: Mr McCallum
- Vice –president - Andrew McGurk – 9RMO - supports president and sends reminders to all members re meetings – supported by: Ms Wood
- Secretary - Nicole Robinson – 7LGH, Rebecca Fluen – 9EAU - takes the minutes, types them up and puts them onto the notice board – supported by: Ms Wood
- Notice board – Ruth Walker – 8SCU - has access to the notice board key and keeps it up to date – supported by: Mr Sykes
- Publicity officer – Zoe Cockerill – 7LFL - writes articles for the academy magazine, website – supported by: Miss Collabella
- IT co-ordinator – Emily Allan – 7LFL, Steven Oddy - 7LGH - responsible for the eco council web site – supported by: Miss Houghton
- Recycling officer –Janine Al-Asadi – 11EA - responsible for whole academy recycling (paper/plastic/cardboard) – supported by: Dr Wake
- Bag 2 School officer- Faye Buckton, Ruzeena Hussain, David Moulder – 12 RS - responsible for termly clothes collection from all tutor bases – supported by: Mrs Campbell
- Energy officer- James Stubbs – 7LFL - collects meter readings and puts them on the notice board – supported by: Mr McVeigh
- Media co-ordinator- James Clark - 11 EA, Alexandra Hesse - 7TMO - responsible for Fresh reports – supported by: Mr Proud
- Tutor rep co-ordinator- Sarah Harrison – 13MCE - a sixth from student to run Weds tutor rep meetings SIXTH FORM MEMBER ONLY – supported by: Miss Daffurn
- Fair trade officer- Miriam Wahid – 8SCU - responsible for all fair trade activities in the Academy – supported by: Mrs Cripps and Mr Cox
- Bio-diversity officer- Philip Sidwell – 11IL - responsible for biodiversity around the Academy - supported by: Mr Hargreaves
- Assembly spokesperson – James Diedrick – 9VCO – responsible for presenting Eco-Council ideas and speaking at all year group assemblies as required – supported by: Dr Wake and Mrs Campbell
Staff members
Mr J Mc Callum Deputy Head Teacher
Mr J McVeigh Buildings Manager
Mr J Cox Head of Geography
Mrs K Campbell Science Teaching assistant
Dr K Wake Sustainability co-ordinator
Eco Council representatives
Mrs K Sheilds Chair of the Academy PTA
Mr P Jackson from renew Tees Valley Ltd
Macmillan Academy Eco Committee Meeting times
Thursday 8th November Period 2
Thursday 6th December Period 5
Thursday 17th January Period 2
Thursday 20th March Period 5
Thursday 8th May Period 2
Thursday 3rd July Period 5
All meetings will be held in the Burton Room