Energy savers

At the start of May a man from Sustainable Energy Ireland came into our class to tell us about saving energy.
We discussed all the different places energy comes from and put on a short play about a farmer growing corn.

He introduced us to his puppet friend who was an energy waster. He always left the water running when he brushed his teeth, he never turned the lights or television off when he left the room and he drove to school even though he only lived 10 minutes way. We had to tell the puppet different ways to save energy.

 We are already excellent energy savers in room 9. Every week a different helper is appointed Energy Saver and it is their job to remind Ms O'Hara to turn off the lights and the interactive whiteboard. So we were able to tell the puppet to turn off the lights and television, to make sure not to leave the water running and to walk or cycle to school.
Finally, we learned that sometimes when you are cold it is easier and better for the environment if you put on extra clothes instead of turning the heating up. We had a lot of fun having a dressing up race.