Bedford Preparatory School

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The Pod will reward successful schools by awarding them activity medals.

These medals will reflect how much time and effort schools have put into running activities.

There will be three kinds of medal:

  • gold
  • silver
  • bronze

This approach has been inspired by EDF Energy's position as sustainability partner of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. 

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Silver

A silver medal will involve alot of work. To win a medal you will need to demonstrate the work you have done during the duration of the activity, including blogs and media uploads. The more work that you do the more likely you are to win a silver medal.

You will be encouraged to make an audit of your school's current practice.

You will post blogs about the work you've done. If you skip the audit, you will need to put more work into your blog.

An example of a silver activity medal award:

  • You ran the Flushed with Success activity to put bricks or hippos in your school toilets and successfully put hippos in 50% of the toilets in school. Your blog contains between 10 and 15 posts with some videos or images.

Gold

To win a gold medal, you will be expected to make significant changes in your school.

You will keep a record of the work you do, by filling in audit tables and by writing a blog. If you skip the audit, your blog will need to be longer and more varied.

An example of a gold activity medal award:

  • You ran the Goodbye Standby! activity and successfully cut the number of devices left on standby in your school by 75%. You have 20 entries on your blog with a variety of videos and images.

Bronze

To win a bronze medal, you will have to make important energy, carbon or water savings in your school.

If you carry out an audit to record these savings, you will stand a better chance of winning a medal.

In addition, you will keep track of how your campaign is progressing and blog as often as you can.

An example of a bronze activity medal award:

  • You ran the Lose your Bottle activity and involved between 5 and 10 blog entries with some videos or images.

You will lay the foundations for other pupils to make even greater savings and the opportunity to win silver or gold medals.