CHILDREN at a Worcester primary school have written a series of poems about climate change to help mark Switch It Off Week.

Last week’s initiative was a bid to encourage Worcestershire people to do their bit to tackle climate change.

The event has been hailed a big success by county council organisers.

Pupils at Cranham Primary School, Warndon, Worcester, all wrote poems highlighting the effects of climate change which were then displayed in a huge collage.

The week culminated in a two-hour Big Switch Off on Friday, November 13, when businesses and residents were asked to switch off as many electrical appliances as possible for two hours from 4.30pm until 6.30pm.

Energy was monitored throughout this period to measure just how much could be saved.

The results have now been revealed.

They show that Worcestershire achieved a reduction in electricity consumption of 2.8 per cent, which is the equivalent of switching off 176,667 60-watt light bulbs for one hour – saving 5692.2 kilogrammes of carbon dioxide – almost doubling last year’s total.

If the county saved this much energy every day for a year this would equate to 2,071,961 kilogrammes of carbon dioxide, which would be enough to fill more than 2,000 hot air balloons.