bromley sustainable schools forum

Bromley Sustainable Schools Forum

• Inclusion andparticipation

• Travel and traffic

• Purchasing and waste

• Buildings andgrounds

• Energy and water

• Food and drink

• Global dimension • Local well being

What is a Sustainable School?

Community

Curriculum

Campus

Child

National curriculumOut of classroom educationGlobal ownership

FoodTravel PlanningRenewable EnergyNew building & refurbishment

Every Child mattersExtended SchoolsEducation Improvementpartnerships

Uses the 8 ‘Doorways’to implement SD change

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

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…

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.

Pickhurst Junior School

BSSF Launch Event

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.

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.

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.

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.

Sustainable Schools in London

Martin Crabbe

Deputy Chair of London Sustainable Schools Forum

DCSF aim: ‘All schools to be sustainable schools by 2020’

London Sustainable Schools Forum

Chair of ALDCS Alan Wood: ‘Sustainable Schools can help us with the moral education of London children and promote good citizenship’November 08

Established September 2007 byGovernment Office for London.

Sustainable London

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

Learning togetherto change the world

Schools in the London Borough

of Bromley

MAPPING THE CHANGES

Making sense of schools

Connected Learning Opportunities

Digging where

you stand

Additional resources

• 2007: Creating Sustainable Schools In London: A Case Study Guide

• 2008: Towards Whole School Sustainability: A View from London Schools

• Mapping Sustainable SchoolsLondon sustainable schools online map: www.lssmap.lgfl.net

Get in touchGOL webpage:www.gos.gov.uk/gol/Children_youngpeople/Sustainable_schoolsEmail: sustainableschools@gol.gsi.gov.ukTel: 0207 217 3179