Analyse your school energy use - when pupils are at school

Ysgol Gymraeg Ffwrnes, Tuesday, 18 February 2025
10 Analyst KS1, KS2, KS3, KS4, KS5

What you did

Pupils  were given energy use bar graphs and table to interpret.
Pupils posed questions risen from the data.
Pupils tried to give explanations for the variance in energy use  during the school day i.e. why does the heating come on at 4.30am when the school doesn't open until 7am? Pupils come in 8am for breakfast club and 8.45 for school.
Do the teachers turn off lights, IT chargers, printers and screens  at the end of the school day when pupils leave? Do the cleaners turn lights on in each class as they clean or are the lights on until the caretaker leaves at 6pm?
Gwers defnydd ynni Ysgol 29 1 25 Bl 6.pdf

Pupils then went on to analyse energy use of the school, patterns, trends, maximum use, minium  use, days and times  of greatest use, reasons why? 
Tasg Ffocws Darllen a Dehongli Graffiau Sparcynni Trydan am wythnos 4.pdf


Activity description

Use your knowledge of the school day and your school data to analyse when electricity is being used by pupils.

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This chart shows a typical school's days electricity use at your school.

What time do pupils arrive?  Is there an increase in electricity use when pupils arrive?  Have all lights, appliances and technology already be switched on by staff?  If electricity use drops, why might that be?

What's happening at break times?  Is there a decrease in electricity consumption or does it increase?  Why might that be?  Are appliances switched off?  Might more appliances be switched on during that time?

When do you have whole school assemblies?  Do you see a difference in electricity use at this time?

What time does the official school day end and the majority of pupils go home?  Is this reflected in the data? 

How long does it take your school to drop down to its baseload level?
(The electricity baseload is the electricity needed to run all the appliances that can't be switched off overnight; ideally the blue bars showing overnight use on the chart should all be around the same height.)

Do you have an after school clubs?  Can you see these reflected in the data?
When do school staff go home?  Is this clear from looking at the data?

Compare different days of the same week in the Explore data section of the Pupil dashboard to see if there is a difference in behaviour patterns.

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