PHOTONS•Boys: Henrik, Denys

•Girls: Cάtia, Michelle, Maria, Elpida, Yiota

A Whole School Approach to

Sustainability

Overall Aim:

• Aim: To reinforce the concept of sustainability and to motivate the children to apply the principles to their own lives.

Goals:

• To implement an integrated approach to sustainability in the school.

• To base activities on the theme of sustainability in subjects including Geography, History, Maths, Science… ect

Approach: Children actively learning and controlling their own learning.

Rationale For Aim/ Goals:

• This goal will enable the children to gain an integrated view of sustainability that they can apply in their own lives.

• We hope that this will enlighten the children in their future lives to make informed decisions on sustainable practices.

Learning Process:Initial introduction:

• Visit a yard/area nearby which is littered. – What do you think of this area?– Do you like this? How can we prevent it?– What can we do?

Relate to school. Discussion: what would happen if we waste our resources. P.E equipment, Musical Instruments.

Base further activities on children’s own ideas/solutions.

Subject Based Activities:

• Geography: Visit a local River. Discussion/ Research on pollution and its effects on the

environment.

• Science: Design simple experiments:To investigate the negative effects of…

• History: Talk to locals. Old industries; their effects.

• Social Education:Values: what is right/ wrong? How does this effect our lives, our community,

the world. Wasting water: some areas have no water.

Subject Based Activities:

• Social/ Environmental Education:– For younger classes: Recycling based game.– Children choose what materials to recycle/ not to recycle:

Place in different areas.

Subject Based Activities:

• Maths:– Data collection on amount of waste produced. – Design an irrigation system for the garden. (Area

and measurement: length of pipes…)

Whole School Initiatives:• Recycling Centre.

- Area with different bins for different materials.- Organise roles: children resbonsible for management

of the area.

• School Garden – Children choose what to plant and why?

• Waste Management : Careful use of resources: Weekly display of data: how much water/ electricity used/ waste produced in the school?

Whole School Initiatives

• Sustainable energy.

• Responsibilities/ Roles for children– Looking after resouces: – Empower the children to decide for themselves

how to care for their resources.

Rationale for Learning Process

• This approach allows the children to be actively involved and to take control and responsibility for their own learning.

• The activities will create a foundation of knowledge which will inform the children’s future lives.

• The children will discover the importance of the social, ecological and economic necessary for sustainability.

Evaluation

1. Teacher Observation2. Portfolio: individual students compile a portfolio

of their work.3. School Exhibition

Rationale:This method of evaluation is suitable because the procedure and

participation of students in the different activities is considered not just a final result.

The exhibition will motivation the children to succeed and to participate and also inform wider society (parents, friends and community) of the benefits of sustainability.