Ideas Wall
Welcome to our Ideas Wall. The Wall displays thoughts and ideas about how Cheney School and its Rumble Museum can develop environmentally, culturally, ethically, socially, and in many other ways over the next 30 years. Please send any ideas you have to lro@cheney.oxon.sch.uk and we will put those up on the Wall right away. Ideas can be a few words or a longer description – any length is fine. We will display all ideas anonymously unless you request your name to appear.
How can Cheney’s community thrive?
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We could have boards around schooling informing people on what the school already does; for example solar panels, I didn’t know how many we actually had.
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Futuristic Classrooms and Virtual Reality History lessons
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The Rumble Museum could collect things like protest signs and stories from people
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I have some ideas for the ideas wall, maybe we could have more awareness days for LGBTQ+ as well as LGBTQ+ history month lessons and workshops to help people understand matters around equality and the rights in the Uk and how not everyone necessarily has them. It would be cool to add pride flags around the school too 🙂
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Cheney could host a repair cafe for students to help them gain practical life skills and reduce waste
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Can we make more use of lighting in Assembly Hall to engage in assemblies of different kinds?
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More sensory experiences in learning (like Story Museum)
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In response to the section about how the Cheney community can thrive we could have a dedicated area where people can write about their experiences with topics such as LGBTQ+ and BLM amongst other things. This would lead to others learning about other people as well as highlighting and making people aware of the issues regarding certain topics that still exist today.
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Encouraging a weekly club, where the older years dedicate half an hour to teach a group about a part of their culture, be it art, food, music or customs. This is an opt in- opt out club where any culture, faith, Gender or sexuality can just sit and listen to one another and expect to be allowed to speak and teach about their experiences and identity.
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If the walls/classroom could talk..?
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Encourage students to spend more time outdoors, perhaps by increasing time outside during PE lessons.
How can Cheney thrive within its natural habitat?
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Wildlife preservation stations and pollution tanks
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Some countries in Europe pay money for recycling machines. If we set a few of those up then the areas would have greater protection, and residents would have more motivation to actually contribute to the process of cleaning up the parks
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plant more trees
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Scooters and bikes for all…where have all those bikes gone we had a couple of years ago?
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We should grow fruit and vegetables on our rooftops, and have more wild meadow type areas within school site.
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Wildlife corridors and living walls
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- Put up bird houses and more habitats for wild animals to thrive in such as hedgehog boxes – this could also be a good experiment for lower-school biology lessons.
- Implement more green spaces such as the grass on W-block playground.
- Have more water sources available for birds.
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Naturehood talked about verges. Suggest students find who is responsible for the Warneford Lane avenue and see if they can lobby for it to become a wildlife verge, and contribute to developing it.
Extend the native hedge along the fence between the school site and the playing field
Select an area somewhere on the school site and allow brambles to grow
Ensure all fences have hedgehog holes
When we have our next tree safety inspection, ensure that any branches removed are kept on site to decay.
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responsibilities within school that also help with the biodiversity/sustainability around cheney and they get given vouchers after 1hrs work etc which allow them to get a free meal
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Create more wildlife areas around school, and teach students about how to care for them.
How can Cheney respect the health of the whole planet?
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Cheney can help respect the health of the planet by taking action on sustainability
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Turn waste into something useful that can contribute to society further.
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Much less waste in the school canteen. Ask people to bring their own dishes in, or have washable dishes. Only have food on sale which has minimal wrappers etc.
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Would it be more environmentally friendly and cheaper to redesign and refurbish W block in ten years time, rather than to knock it down and replace it?
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Offer more plant-based meals in the canteen.
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more environmentally friendly food in the canteen, lessons teaching about climate change, climate change march, cycling scheme – students get a free bike to cycle to school which is affordable and better for the planet.
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Have free food available e.g. apples in autumn from Cheney grown apple trees
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Using paper from old books
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Fixing furniture – buying types that can be repaired
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When Chadwick is refurbished we should make sure:
Solar panels on the roof
Well insulated so little heating is needed
Better ventilation
Shading and air flow for hotter times of year
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Make information about how much of the schools electricity is renewable more accessible.
How can Cheney respect the wellbeing of all people?
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Based on the project cece presentation, I feel that we ought to look at the sustainability and the ethical production of our school uniforms. Currently there is no clear disclosure of the way the uniforms are produced on the website of the uniform providers we use.
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Have a system where any food that isn’t eaten is given to people who can’t afford it
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Cheney can help respect the well being of all people by understanding what they did wrong and how it impacts can others around the world
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Host talks or events which discuss mental health in a positive light, to bring awareness of its stigma and how we can stop viewing mental health in that way.
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