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Eco Schools by Laurel Stewart (L3C)

22 May 2009

Eco-Schools is an environmentally friendly committee.  Anyone is allowed to join the club, as long as they are in Year 6 or above. 

What we do is try to make the school a greener place; so this year we organised some ‘green' days, one of them was ‘Girls Go Green' day.  On ‘Girls Go Green' day, we came into school in green hand-me-downs or old clothes.  Also we made our own pledge, on a green foot print, to show we care for the environment.

The school has got compost bins which is great for school wastage.  In the lunch hall there is a new plastic cup recycling box, which some people still need to get used to.  There is a new pool cover, that doesn't let the heat out and is environmentally friendly. 

There is an Environmental Club in Lower 3 (Year 6) that has made some signs that say ‘turn off lights' and ‘turn off taps', to encourage people to use less energy; We placed them above taps and lights around the school.

On the 28 March 2009 there was an Earth hour called ‘The Big Switch Off'.  This is where we turned off all our power, around the world.  Most of the school took part in this and together we saved a lot of energy.Eco Club Planting Seeds

Our aim is to get people to walk or cycle to school or car share, to save our environment.  We have reached a bronze award of excellence for the environment - we are aiming for silver. 

During the year the eco-schools have made a big difference to the school and Bedford.

We encourage all our school community to live greener lives and make greener choices.  It is a great committee to be part of.

Laurel Stewart - L3C

 

GCSE Results

Girls have once again achieved some truly excellent results in their GCSE examinations this summer. 29% of all results were at A* grade, 57% A*-A and 80% A*-B.

 Carla Barberio, Rebecca Murray, Hannah Short and Surina Taneja all achieved 10A* grades, Tessa Forbes and Chloe Scott 9A* grades, Connie Fan, Yasmin Jamil and Frances Whittaker-Wood 8A* and Emily Myrtle, Lauren Roberts and Georgia Austin Greenall 7 A* grades.

Eighteen girls were sitting their examinations having spent, in most cases, only 3 years studying in English, and yet between them they amassed results which closely mirrored the overall percentages: 21% A*, 54% A*-A and 76% A*-B.

Although I am sad that our boarders are unable to progress to Bedford Girls' School for their Sixth Form studies, I am delighted that most of our very top achievers will be going on to take A level or IB courses there.

I wish every girl who left Bedford High School at the end of Upper 5 the very best of luck for their future studies.                       

Julie Eldridge 

 


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