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Bromley Sustainable Schools Forum

Bromley Sustainable Schools Forum. Energy and water. Buildings and grounds. Purchasing and waste. Food and drink. Global dimension. Local well being. Travel and traffic. Inclusion and participation. What is a Sustainable School?. Community. Every Child matters Extended Schools

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Bromley Sustainable Schools Forum

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  1. Bromley Sustainable Schools Forum • Energy and water • Buildings andgrounds • Purchasing and waste • Food and drink • Global dimension • Local well being • Travel and traffic • Inclusion andparticipation

  2. What is a Sustainable School? Community Every Child matters Extended Schools Education Improvement partnerships Uses the 8 ‘Doorways’ to implement SD change Child Campus Food Travel Planning Renewable Energy New building & refurbishment Curriculum National curriculum Out of classroom education Global ownership

  3. Care benefits • Curriculum • Campus • Community • Teaching and learning • Pupil achievement • Pupil well-being Operating and capital budgets Pupil involvement Staff morale Built and natural environment • Trust • Parental involvement • Local influence

  4. Schools are there to give children the knowledge and skills they need to become active members of society. Many children are rightly worried about climate change, global poverty and the impact of our lifestyles on our environment. Schools can demonstrate ways of living that are models of good practice for children and their communities. They can build sustainable development into the learning experience of every child to encourage innovation and improvement.  (Alan Johnson October 2006) Government lead…

  5. Where to find information • www.teachernet.gov.uk/sustainableschools • www.teachernet.gov.uk/publications Some sample DCSF materials are also on display around the room.

  6. Pickhurst Junior School BSSF Launch Event

  7. What does Sustainability mean to Pickhurst? At Pickhurst Juniors we care about the future of our planet. Sustainability means taking responsibility for our environment and educating the wider community about our goals.

  8. What do we do at Pickhurst Juniors? • We recycle: jewellery, mobile phones, paper and card, ink cartridges. We are planning to recycle even more in the next few months. • We use energy-responsibly we have light monitors in every class. • We compost our food waste for the school garden. • We plant seeds and flowers. • We have installed Solar Panels. • We develop environmental awareness in our school community. • We raise money for environmental charities.

  9. Jeeja Day! • On 12th June we are holding a ‘carbon neutral’ day. We will be trying to use a little energy as possible by walking to school, not using whiteboards and trying to preserve resources! • We are also using the day to raise money for our link school in Uganda, Jeeja Primary.

  10. A sustainable school as one that 'is guided by the principle of care: care for oneself, care for each other and care for the environment'. Thank you for watching our presentation- by Jayda Richards 6L and Lauren Broad 6F.

  11. Sustainable Schools in London Martin Crabbe Deputy Chair of London Sustainable Schools Forum

  12. London Sustainable Schools Forum DCSF aim: ‘All schools to be sustainable schools by 2020’ Established September 2007 by Government Office for London. Chair of ALDCS Alan Wood: ‘Sustainable Schools can help us with the moral education of London children and promote good citizenship’ November 08

  13. Sustainable London Travel Purchasing Food Local Wellbeing

  14. So far: • 697 members – 300 schools • 10 E Bulletins • 10 Forum events • 8 Doorways • Whole School Approach • Headteacher Breakfast • Learning Seminars • More to come… To join email: sustainableschools@gol.gsi.gov.uk

  15. Learning together to change the world MAPPING THE CHANGES Schools in the London Borough of Bromley

  16. Making sense of schools

  17. Connected Learning Opportunities

  18. Digging where you stand

  19. Additional resources • 2007:Creating Sustainable Schools In London: A Case Study Guide • 2008:Towards Whole School Sustainability: • A View from London Schools • Mapping Sustainable Schools • London sustainable schools online map: www.lssmap.lgfl.net

  20. Get in touch GOL webpage: www.gos.gov.uk/gol/Children_youngpeople/Sustainable_schools Email: sustainableschools@gol.gsi.gov.uk Tel: 0207 217 3179

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