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The Somerset Waste Action Programme (SWAP) offers a variety of FREE activities to secondary schools. Choose from an assembly or one of our subject specific workshops. We cover citizenship, geography, science and design technology at both Key Stage 3 and Key Stage 4. If you teach another subject and think that the waste topic links in with what you are doing, give us a ring and we will try to sort something out for you.

CITIZENSHIP Workshops - click here for more information

GEOGRAPHY Workshops - click here for more information

SCIENCE Workshops - click here for more information

DESIGN & TECHNOLOGY Workshops - click here for more information

Most workshops take around an hour but we will aim to fit in with your timetabling.

SWAP can also help you to become an Eco-School. We are trained assessors and can give you advice on how to achieve your bronze, silver and Green Flag awards. Many of our workshops will help you to meet criteria needed for the awards.

SWAP can provide your school with up to three free compost bins and may also be able to arrange for you to have a free recycling collection from your local district council. If you chose to compost or recycle at your school we would advise that you have an assembly to show students what they can and can’t put in the bins. This will help to avoid contamination which can cause problems.

   
Workshops on offer...

 

 

 

Workshops available

Subject

Key Stage

Wake up to Waste: An introductory workshop looking at the problems associated with landfill. Students learn why they should be following the 3Rs (Reduce, reuse and recycle) and get to have a go at a couple of entertaining activities.

Citizenship

3 & 4

Perfect Packed Lunch: A card sorting activity gets students to think about the choices we make in the supermarket. How could they reduce, reuse and recycle more of the packaging in their own packed lunch?

Citizenship

3

Whose Responsibility is it Anyway: Students look at consumer responsibility with regards to reducing the amount of packaging waste that is generated in the UK. Should responsibility fall on the consumer, the manufacturers or the government?

Citizenship

4

Junk Jury Role-Play: Students take on the role of villagers at a Parish Council meeting. They have to put forward their opinions on a waste disposal facility that is planned for the area.

Citizenship

Geography

3

Disposal Debate: Find out about the controversial “Pay as you Throw” schemes. Should we do this in the UK or not? Students develop arguments for and against and then debate the options.

Citizenship

Geography

4

2100– A Waste Odyssey: A fun workshop looking at how our actions now could cause major environmental problems in the future. Students think about the preventative measures that we should currently be working on.

Citizenship

Geography

3

Energy: Students consider the best way for a hypothetical country to generate electricity. They need to think about the available resources, the effects on the planet and what the public opinion might be.

Geography Science

3 & 4

Problematic Plastic: There’s no denying that plastic has made a massive contribution to modern living but at what cost to the environment. Find out about plastic recycling and have a go at recycling plastic bags into something useful.

Science

4

Sustainable Product Design: A presentation shows students how designers should be trying to balance the desires of consumers with environmental impact. A group activity shows the wider effects a product can have on the planet.

DT

3 & 4


Book a SWAP visit
  To book a visit to your school or community group you can use the on-line booking form, please click here. You can also contact SWAP directly on 01963 351350, or email rf.swap@carymoor.org.uk
   
   
Visit the Carymoor Environmental Centre
 

The SWAP team is based at the Carymoor Environmental Centre near Castle Cary. This unusual site is Somerset's first Eco-Centre , and is built on a capped, recovered landfill site. It is situated next to the working landfill at Dimmer, putting the team in a unique position to explain and promote these themes in schools. Site visits and tours are also available by arrangement; please contact Graham Jennings on 01963 350786.

 

 

SWAP is funded by the Somerset Waste Partnership and is delivered in partnership with the Carymoor Environmental Trust.

The Carymoor Environmental Trust

 

 


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