Insight Summer Newsletter 2018

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At the end of the spring term, we
hosted our first ever Universities Fair.
Representatives from twenty different
universities visited and set up stalls in
the Great Hall. Universities included:
Nottingham, Bristol, Durham, Warwick,
Cardiff, St Andrews, UCL, Birmingham,
Southampton, Leeds and Essex. It was
especially good to see somany Russell
group institutions represented.
Year 12 students from neighbouring Trinity and
Woodbridge Schools, as well as the Drapers’
Academy in Harold Hill, joined our Fifth and
Lower Sixth formers. Pupils got the chance to
talk to the various universities about courses
offered, facilities, accommodation, UCAS and
student life. They went away armed with
prospectuses for perusal. Sophie, a Trinity
pupil, said that the afternoon had given her
a “broader understanding” of what was on
offer while her friend, Jess, said it was great
to be able to talk to the universities without
travelling up and down the country! Everyone
who attended, teachers and students, felt that
it was a useful afternoon and a good place
to start investigation into life after the Sixth
Form. Serena’s (L6W) comment was typical of
the positive reaction from the pupils, “There
was a good spread of universities represented
at the Fair; it was a chance to find out about
universities
which you
might not have
considered
before.”
We hope to run
our Universities
fair again next year,
but make it bigger and better with more visitors
from both schools and universities.
Transforming Bancroft’s Into An Eco-School
S U M M E R T E R M 2 0 1 8
Senior School
Bancroft’s School, Woodford Green, Essex IG8 0RF
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Preparatory School
Bancroft’s Preparatory School, Woodford Green, Essex IG8 0RF
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InsightBancroft’s School Newsletter
Aria Bapna, L4N
Newly established this year is
Bancroft’s very own sustainability
teamwith the aims of helping and
directing students and teachers to
make Bancroft’s an Eco-School. An
Eco-School is built on the foundation
of educating and empowering young
people to make positive decisions
and become change-makers for an
environmentally sustainable world.
This achievement of becoming an Eco-school
will be fully recognised when we obtain the
‘Green Flag Award’, which we are targeting to
achieve within the next twelve months. This
involves:
• promoting biodiversity
• reduce usage of electricity and water
• becoming litter free
• managing waste efficiently - reduce, reuse,
recycle
• using greener methods to travel
• making the school grounds as green as
possible
• promoting healthy choices
In the short amount of the time the team,
which is made up of student from all year
groups, has existed we have already improved
the recycling within Bancroft’s by stricter
separation of recycling and regular collections
of waste and, most importantly, with further
educating of the staff. We are proud that
Bancroft’s has already been awarded the
‘Bronze’ award, which focuses on getting the
Eco-Schools’ structure set up so that Bancroft’s
has everything in place to tackle the eco work
we plan.
To maximise biodiversity on school grounds, we
have started various projects concerning the
plants. Later this year an expert from Brogdale’s
is coming to do a site survey to advise us on
the best plants for different parts of the school.
Recently, we have introduced a gardening club
which is focusing on clearing away the existing
plants to make way for the new plants. From
seeing a skipful of plants I can tell you we have
been successful doing this. Bird, bat and insect
boxes made by the pupils will also be put in our
garden to promote the biodiversity.
Next month, the sustainability teamwill be
visiting Audley End House and Gardens to see
and understand how sustainable gardening
practices can be used to produce large yields of
organic food. We will see how this food is used
in the house itself, which will hopefully inspire
us when we start work on our own school
garden, but on a smaller scale!
We are excited to announce that the biggest
thing yet is that from this September onwards
we will be starting to go plastic free as a School.
In the Prep they are already working towards
this by reducing the use of single use plastic
water bottles. This is an ongoing project so
hopefully by the end of the school year we will
be fully plastic free.
Inaugural Universities Fair