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 There is only a recycle bin for paper (114 cm X 95 cm).

(Jacques Prevert) No.

 Paper bins.

 (San Benedetto) Yes - paper, plastic, piles.

  (Montanari) Yes, paper bins.

 No.

 We have some paper bins and a battery bin in the school. In the street, at the entrance of our school, there’s also a can bin.

 (Gumley House) We have crates to recycle paper. We have tried recycling cans but pupils did not finish their drinks and they became extremely messy.

 Near the entrance of the school yard.

 All recycle bins are in the classrooms and nowhere else.

 (San Benedetto) In hallways.

  (Montanari) In the classrooms and near the entrance of the school.

 In the school yard, there are dustbins.

 Paper bins in some classrooms. Battery bin in the entrance hall. Can bin in the street.

 (Gumley House) Paper bins are in each classroom.

 Aluminum.

 They are made of plastic.

 (San Benedetto) Plastic.

  (Montanari) Paper boxes and a yellow plastic container.

 Plastic (dustbins).

 Paper bins are made from paper; battery and can bins are made of plastic.

 (Gumley House) Green plastic.

 No, because it is very expensive.

(Jacques Prevert) Only a few of them.

 School books are made from recycled paper.

 (San Benedetto) Some, not all.

  (Montanari) Some.

 Very seldom.

 No.

 (Gumley House) Each department orders its own paper. Some use recycled; some do not. The quality is not great and if you write on both sides in ink the effect is not great!

 Only if the students throw them into the recycle bin but unfortunately it is not mandatory.

(Jacques Prevert) No, they are not.

  There is a recycle system which allows students to borrow the books from school's library instead of buying them. So books are mostly used over 20 years which makes them really weak. Some students buy their books, if they are able to.

 (San Benedetto) Sometimes.

  (Montanari) No.

 No, they are given to African countries, where Portuguese is spoken.

 Some of them are reused for several courses.

 (Gumley House) Some teachers do.

6. What do you use to hit your school (petroleum, natural gas etc)?

 Petroleum.

(Jacques Prevert)Natural gaz.

 Natural gas.

 (San Benedetto) Natural gas.

  (Montanari) Natural gas.

 Electricity.

 Natural gas.

 (Gumley House) Our new building is heated with gas; the old one has an oil boiler.

 Electric.

(Jacques Prevert)Electric energy.

  Our school is powered by electric and solar energy. We have a photovolt-unit at the school-roof.

 (San Benedetto) Electric.

  (Montanari) Electricity.

 Electric.

 Electricity.

 (Gumley House) Electricity

 7m X 7m (Jacques Prevert) 6m x 8m Approximately, 5m X 7m.

 (San Benedetto) 6m X 7m   (Montanari) Approximately 8m x 5m 9m X 7m.

 Approximately 7,5m X 6m, but some of them 6m X 6m: we use them with small groups or half-groups.

 (Gumley House)

 Only when we are in the morning shift. In the afternoon shift we must use electricity.

(Jacques Prevert) Yes, natural lighting is sufficient, in Spring and Summer. Otherwise artificial lighting is needed in the morning (until 9h00) and in the evening (from 16h00).

  We need artificial lights, especially in winter, when it's dark in the morning.

 (San Benedetto) Yes, in the morning if the weather is not very bad and in the afternoon before the sunset.

  (Montanari) We use artificial lighting in winter and early in the morning, but not in springtime.

 Not in Winter.

 Not early in the morning or late in the afternoon, especially in winter. For the rest of the day it depends mainly on the orientation of the classroom .

 (Gumley House) It depends on the time of year. In winter we often have to use lights.

 Yes. (Jacques Prevert)Yes. Yes.  (San Benedetto) No   (Montanari) No.

 Yes. No.

 (Gumley House) New building (about 60% of classrooms) have double glazing. Others do not.

 concrete cement (San Benedetto) briks   (Montanari) Bricks and cement.

brick and cement bricks and concrete

(Gumley House) Plaster over brick or painted brick

 steel wood (San Benedetto) wood   (Montanari) wood.

Wood Wood (Gumley House) Wood

 Aluminum wood (San Benedetto) wood   (Montanari) aluminium.

aluminium  wood for most windows; aluminum for a few new ones

(Gumley House) Aluminum in the new building/wood in the old one.

 No window shutters metal (San Benedetto) No shutters, there are Venetian blinds 

  (Montanari) Venetian blinds. aluminium

 No window shutters. (Gumley House) None

 Wood and metal wood (San Benedetto) wood, metal, formica

  (Montanari) wood, plastic and metal frame.

wood, metal and plastic

 wood, metal and plastic (Gumley House) Metal frame/plastic work surface

 Wood and metal metal and plastic (San Benedetto) wood, metal

  (Montanari) wood and metal frame. wood and metal

 wood, metal and plastic (Gumley House) Metal frame/plastic seats

12. Is the interior of the school kept clean by the students?

 No from all the students. (Jacques Prevert) No.

 We put into practice a model which is named "Wir halten unsere Schule sauber" (we clean our school) which is not very effective. So, lessons finish five minutes earlier and students clean their classrooms.

 (San Benedetto) Not very well.   (Montanari) No.

 No. No.  (Gumley House) No. They are very bad at this.

 Some students dirty the walls by writing on them or with their shoes.

(Jacques Prevert) Yes, sometimes they do.

 Yes.

 (San Benedetto) Sometimes.

  (Montanari) Yes, some students dirty the walls both by writing or with footprints.

 No, they don’t.

 Some students dirty the walls with their shoes. Some of them write, mainly in the toilet walls.

 (Gumley House) They write mainly on walls in toilets.

 Yes, most of the students write on their desks (cheat notes, drawings etc). The school buys a special detergent that the students use periodically to clean the desks.

(Jacques Prevert) Yes, some of them. They have to clean the desks.

 Students write on the desks. One day each year, each group of students cleans their room completely.

 (San Benedetto) Often. The school staff scolds them and they have to clean their desks.

  (Montanari) Yes, they do. The school staff usually tries to find out who is responsible and get him/her to clean the desks.

 Yes, sometimes. The workers clean them.

 Many of them write on their desks. Periodically, they have to clean them.

 (Gumley House) Now that teachers have their own rooms, this is monitored carefully. It is usually possible to identify who has done it and get them to clean it (after school).

 Drawings from the students, posters concerning with peace, the environment etc.

(Jacques Prevert) Posters and drawings.

 Classrooms are decorated by the students, who are free to decide what they want to do.

 (San Benedetto) Works made by the students and posters.

  (Montanari) Many classrooms are decorated by students with posters and drawings.

 No decoration. Just blank.

 Students decorate walls with some of their school works or with posters that they do.

 (Gumley House) Most classrooms have boards on which pupils work is displayed.

16. What other items decorate the classrooms? (plants etc)

 Announcement boards, coat hungers, shelves.

(Jacques Prevert) Nothing else.

 (San Benedetto) Plants.

  (Montanari) Some classrooms have plants.

 Nothing else

 Announcement boards.

 (Gumley House) Some teachers have plants - not many.

 No (only very few in the teachers' office)

(Jacques Prevert). No plants.

 There are plants, but not as much as should be.

 (San Benedetto) A few.

  (Montanari) Yes a lot, because a member of the staff loves gardening.

 No, there aren’t.

 No.

 (Gumley House) A few in public places - reception area and some staircases.

 There are green "blackboards". We write on them with chalk. Only in the computer room, there is a whiteboard where we use markers.

(Jacques Prevert) Conventionnal "balckboards" with chalks. Few whiteboards with markers.

 The "blackboards" are made of wood with a green surface. We write on them with chalk.

 (San Benedetto) Traditional slate blackboards with wooden lower part; chalks

  (Montanari) The blackboards are green and we write on them with chalk.

 They are made of a dark green material and you write with chalk on them.

 We use green "blackboards"; we write on them with chalk. Some labs and computer rooms have whiteboard to be written with markers.

 (Gumley House) Whiteboards with ink markers.

 Electric bell. (Jacques Prevert) Electric bell.

School have a electric bell which notifies students for the beginning of the lesson.

 (San Benedetto) Electric bell.   (Montanari) Electric bell.

There are electric bells ringing.

 Electric bell.  (Gumley House) No bells. Teacher announces end of lesson.

20. Describe the school yard

(i)What material is used for the "ground" (asphalt, cement etc)?

 Asphalt.

(Jacques Prevert) Asphalt.

Asphalt and headstones

(San Benedetto) Asphalt

  (Montanari) Grass and asphalt.

The ground is made of tar.

 Cement for the sport courts, “natural” ground for the rest.

(Gumley House) Asphalt for paths/tennis courts

 There are grass boarders with a few trees around the school yard.

(Jacques Prevert) There are some trees. Yes, there is a gardener.

 There are gardens. There is a caretaker. Grass is cut by municipality's gardeners.

 (San Benedetto) There are about 50 trees and  some open spaces. Three or four times a year
the municipal garden server prunes the trees and mows the grass.

  (Montanari) A lot of grass and trees, gardeners are employed four times a year.

 Only some trees.

 No gardener; once a year the local authority cuts the grass. Some trees in the yard.

(Gumley House) Lots of grass and trees. Contract gardeners employed at intervals

 Basketball court, volleyball court and long jump pit.

(Jacques Prevert) Nothing in the school yard.

 There is a soccer field which could also be used for tennis, basketball and hockey.

(San Benedetto) A soccer field.

  (Montanari) No, but we have a cross country track which runs around the school.

 Soccer, tennis, handball and volleyball court.

 Football/handball court and basketball court .

(Gumley House) We have one field but the maintenance costs are too high to keep it good enough for ball games. Netball/tennis courts are fairly well maintained - made of tarmac

 No car parking. (Jacques Prevert) Outside the school.

 Car parking is not possible for students, just for teachers. Students have to pay for parking.

(San Benedetto) Yes but it is forbidden to park our cars there (some years ago it was possible). Only disabled people or refectory staff can park into the school yard. In this way, students can make use of this parking space. They often play there during the lunch break, run during the Gym classes and so on. Luckily, parking is not very difficult to find near our school because there aren't many houses or offices around.

  (Montanari) Yes,a large car park.

 No car parking inside our school.

 No car parking.

(Gumley House) Car parking areas are allocated at the perimeter of the school.

 There is a iron fencing around the school.

(Jacques Prevert) Yes there is fencing, but it is destroyed on some places.

 No fencing around the school.

(San Benedetto) bricks, stones and metal gratings.

  (Montanari) Yes, it's made of metal.

 Yes, the fencing is high and made of iron.

 We have a brick/metallic fence around the school.

(Gumley House) A high wall on two sides. Metal link fencing around the rest.

 Benches and water fountains.

(Jacques Prevert) Nothing else.

 There are some benches.

(San Benedetto) Some benches.

  (Montanari) There is a covered area for bikes.

 There are water fountains and benches made of cement.

 A few benches and a water fountain.

(Gumley House) About 30 wooden benches/tables are around site where pupils can eat lunch on nice days. We have a wildlife pond which needs clearing out! We hope to make another pond this year with a solar powered fountain.

 Nothing else. (Jacques Prevert) Nothing else. Nothing else.

(San Benedetto) Nothing else   (Montanari) Nothing else.

Nothing else. Nothing else.

(Gumley House) There is a lot of wildlife associated with the grounds - many species of birds. They have few predators and survive happily. There are squirrels and foxes - I used to have a group keeping chickens and ducks but had too many funerals (with weeping pupils) when they had been killed by foxes. We have made an area called the 'Greenpiece' which is made of eight sections. Each section has a purpose - examples: growing vegetables; growing fruit; encouraging butterflies. This gives rise to real confrontations - when one group wants to use pecticides to improve their crop and one will not let them.

  Note: Our environmental group is trying to change the decor of our school.