1. SUSSOL SUSTAINABLE SOLUTIONS To understand how sustainable Marriotts School is and how we relate to the local, national and international pattern

3. Year 7 Curriculum via Opening Minds (age 11 to 12) Is Marriotts a sustainable school? How does it use its ENERGY ? What WASTE is produced? FOOD and DRINK and a healthy Sports School? TRANSPORT – Travel and Traffic.

4. Stevenage regeneration : what can we do to help the environment ?

5. Waste not Want not! The problem of waste and what to do with it

6. Transport and Travel

7. Energy Usage : How do we use Energy? Do we switch off appliances? Do we waste electricity?

8. Year 8 Curriculum via Opening Minds (age 12 to 13) To understand an Ecological Footprint, how it is measured, where it varies around the world and how it can be reduced Local Sustainability in Hertfordshire - the effect of increasing population on water use National energy supplies renewable and non- renewable resources. How sustainable are our supplies? Students have carried out research with surveys and questionnaires

9. ECO FOOTPRINTS OF Class 8B TOP GEAR Ladder to show who had the biggest FOOTPRINT ! Mr Comer was quite high at 3.82 Sam was the highest at 6.11 Peter the lowest at 2.01 The normal level in Western Europe is between and.

10. Ecological Footprint ideas Some ideas to show what an Ecological footprint is and how it can be reduced

13. How are we doing so far? All staff introduced to the project in January 2011 Via Opening Minds 160 Year 7 students and 155 Year 8 students now have knowledge of SUSTAINABILTY A small group of Year 10 International Leaders have started to identify projects and acted upon these ideas Much greater awareness of GREEN ISSUES around the school Our next aim is to bring the attention of the wider community to our project

14. Press Release May 2011 MARRIOTTS SCHOOL CELEBRATES EUROPE LINK IN COMENIUS WEEK Marriotts School in Stevenage is celebrating its international link with schools in Europe during Comenius Week by welcoming the visit of Swiss students to the town, as part of their seven-country two-year school linking project. The week (from 2-9 May) celebrates and acknowledges the work of schools taking part in the Comenius Programme, an EU scheme that creates partnerships across Europe and improves education standards. The programme is funded by the European Union and managed in the UK by the British Council. Marriotts School has been working with partner schools in Edinburgh, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Italy, Poland and Ceuta (Spain). Students and teachers from Marriotts will be learning about school and social life in the UK, visiting Cambridge and London, and taking part in a sports tournament during the week to celebrate their European connection. Patrick Marshall, Headteacher said: “The Comenius programme has allowed our school to turn the theory of international linking into reality, by offering our students the chance to meet, talk to and visit their counterparts in our link schools across Europe’. The programme aims to develop knowledge and understanding of different European cultures and languages, and help young people gain skills for their future lives and careers. The programme also helps young people learn more about their own culture and build links within their local community. Head of EU Programmes at the British Council Simon Williams said: “We congratulate Marriotts on the great work they have done through the Comenius programme and wish them continued success. “International school partnerships help to build trust and understanding between different cultures, broaden pupils’ horizons, bring languages and other subjects to life in the classroom, and equip young people with the skills and understanding they need to become global citizens.” For more information on Comenius Week go to: www.britishcouncil.org/comenius-week-2011www.britishcouncil.org/comenius-week-2011 Full information on Marriotts’ Comenius programme can be found on: www.marriotts.sch.herts.uk International Activities www.marriotts.sch.herts.uk www.sussol.eu = Comenius Project website www.sussol.eu

15. The World in our Hands ! A recycling world is a better place for our young people

16. GREEN SCHOOL …………GREEN ECOLOGICAL THINKING CHILDREN

17. What went well … Raising profile of our school The friends we have made Marianne : impact of Swiss exchange Comenius project mindmap used across school Students voted democratically for places o mobilities

18. What did not go well ? Changing euros to Sterling Our new government inspectorate Ofsted has declared that education is not *fit for purpose* so we are limited by time for Sussol in the curriculum Our current building & ICT makes international work difficult, but our 85 million new school will enable much better work, including offering chances to physically handicapped students