Teachers Area

The Recycling Rangers page on the Rochford District Council website includes lots of information and facts about reducing, reusing and recycling rubbish. There are also a number of factsheets and fun facts to help children learn about why managing our rubbish is so important for the environment.

The following is a list of other resources that teachers may find useful:

The Yellow Woods challenge

The Yellow Woods Challenge is an environmental campaign for schools run by Yellow Pages and the Woodland Trust working with local authorities throughout the country.

For further information please see related links below.

The Recycling bus

The Recycling Bus is a mobile exhibition vehicle owned by Essex County Council that is used to promote waste awareness. The bus contains an abundance of information as well as hands-on activities and is available for primary and secondary schools during term-time, as well as community events.

For more information about the bus, see related links below or call the Waste Education Officer at Essex County Council on 01245 437128.

The Essex County Council Waste Education Team

The Essex County Council Waste Education Team deliver Waste Education Programmes free of charge in Essex County Council primary schools to support the delivery of the framework through the theme of waste. The National Curriculum linked programmes involve a visit to schools by the Recycling Bus during which pupils take part in lessons on board the vehicle. Following the visit, schools are set the challenge of completing a pledge to reduce, reuse or recycle the school's waste. Upon successful completion of the pledge and a short evaluation form, schools will receive a certificate to recognise their achievement.

For more information about the Recycling Bus and details of the Waste Education Team's many Waste Education packs and resources available to schools, visit the related links below or email the Waste Education Team on WasteEducationTeam@essex.gov.uk or call 01245 437128.

fones4schools

fones4schools provide a mobile phone collection for schools and colleges throughout the UK. Each school can win a prize and a donation of £300 for every 200 mobiles collected is awarded, irrelevant of their condition or age.

It is a free campaign, all you need to do is contact fones4schools on 01625667867 or join fones4schools by visiting their web page in related links below.

For useful websites with lots of facts, information and resources for use by teachers in waste education see related links below.