The Eco Council are worried that adults are parking their cars outside our school and leaving their engines running. This is called idling engines. Eco Council have been discussing why this is a bad thing: 

1. When the engine is running, gas comes out of the car and it is not good because it contains carbon dioxide.
2. Carbon dioxide is bad for our lungs and health 
3. Idling wastes money because it burns petrol for no reason 
4. When engines are running it is loud and it stops people from hearing other cars coming past.

The Eco Council have organised a competition for children to design a poster telling adults to turn their engines off when their cars have stopped. Children can use the facts above or research their own facts and include pictures too. We have extended the entry date to Friday 4th March, please hand in entries to the school office or your class teacher. The children will vote on the poster they like the most and the winning poster will be enlarged and put up outside the school.