Reduce, reuse and recycle Activities and actions to take in school

Insert client/date (edit in Master Slide 2) The waste education model STAGE ONE Conduct a waste audit

Insert client/date (edit in Master Slide 2) STAGE TWO Present the results to all relevant people – pupils, staff, caretakers, governors, MTAs

Insert client/date (edit in Master Slide 2) STAGE THREE Develop an action plan to make small, well-managed changes. Involve all the school community to help embed these changes. Don’t forget curriculum planning!

Insert client/date (edit in Master Slide 2) STAGE FOUR Monitor progress, celebrate success, move on with the plan and maintain momentum

Insert client/date (edit in Master Slide 2) Top Tips – making it work! Audit and map what’s already going on This may be a waste audit, 3Rs review questionnaire or a staff meeting. Identify your champions or hidden heroes, acknowledge and celebrate what you are already doing. Develop a whole school approach Create the ethos/mission statement/core values, embed it in the school, make a development plan, make it the focus for the school curriculum. You do not want to leave it to the “sustainability teacher”; it has to be a whole school approach. Develop a plan for every child’s learning Plan learning for sustainability for every child as they progress through the school. Measure the treasure Keep results of waste audits, compare bin collection costs or procurement of paper/paper towels year on year.

Insert client/date (edit in Master Slide 2) Look for connections Ask lots of what if questions, ‘what if we did things in a different way?’ ‘what can our parents offer?’, ‘what are KS1 doing to embed sustainability?’ Get children to participate fully Set up a Green Team, give them the time, space and support they need to come up with ideas and implement change Make it visual Share plans, successes, monitoring and targets. Displays, newsletters, blogs, publicity, parents Support staff to develop their understanding Support other teachers learning more about sustainability. Understand change in society, in your school and in the environment.

Insert client/date (edit in Master Slide 2) Demelza Annison Heidi Diepold Thank you Nicky Scott