PAPER COLLECTING
Ensure that paper use in school is
minimised and that all paper is recycled
in the appropriate way
Staff
Students
Task Manager
Each classroom to have the following:
 A office paper collection container
for used office paper and light
cardboard
 A container for re-usable paper for
student use
To place all listed papers in bin/box
during the day.
Ensure all staff has a collection facility in
their room for paper.
Student monitors to check class office
recycle bin/box regularly to weed out
inappropriate items.
Manage paper collection by organizing
student rosters for monitors.
Promote correct use of recycle boxes
within classroom ensuring only suitable
papers and cardboards are placed in
them.(Currently all clean paper and light
cardboard are recyclable)
Empty appropriate class container into
wheelie bin for white recyclable paper.
Recycle cardboard where possible and
place in white SITA bin near bush tucker
garden.
Don’t waste paper and space in books.
Use white paper Green-wrap where
possible.
Photocopy back to back where possible.
Curriculum issues of paper recycling etc.
Office areas to have office paper
container for paper collection.
Use alternative means of communication
that save paper.
E.g. email, bulletin, intranet
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Organise students to AUDIT rubbish bins
to ensure good recycling habits.
Place wheelie bin in each building.
Comment on use/non-use to class group
when necessary via class meetings.
Reuse paper
possible.
colour/cardboard
Students to AUDIT paper use
when
Closely monitor filling of bins. When
near full organise monitors to clear paper
bins from classrooms into
wheelie
recycle bins or empty in SITA recycle
bin.
Contact SITA 131335 if bins need
collection.
ENERGY MANAGEMENT
This school has an energy saving policy
supported by DECS.
Electricity is
monitored and the school receives
monthly accounts for payment.
Staff
Students
Classroom teachers ensure that monitors
are appointed to turn off electrical
appliances and lighting when not in use
and check that they carry out their duties.
Monitors to check that all electrical
appliances and lighting in classroom are
turned off when not in use during the
day.
Ensure that when air conditioners are in
use the doors are closed to maximise
heating/cooling and minimise energy
usage.
Turn off electrical appliances and
lighting after using shared area of the
building.
Task Manager
To over-see
effectiveness
strategies.
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Staff responsible for turning off lights
and heating/cooling in all areas of the
school at the end of the week.
ECO School:
An ESD Approach has notes for teaching
about Energy.
Eg Greenhouse issues Agenda 21.
View Video – “Saving Hieronyms”.
Graph and display energy usage in EE
display area.
Use CENTA METERS to observe energy
use.(located in IT Room and Resource
Centre)
Monitor the Solar energy produced by
accessing intranet information.
Model good practice for the school and
community, ie assemblies, presentations,
newsletters.
Conduct surveys and carry out ENERGY
AUDITS
Report back to class and at school
assemblies, newsletters etc.
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smooth running and
of
energy
savings
Check energy saving in non teaching
and storage areas of all buildings, eg
hall, TV, activity room.
Assist class monitors to keep records
of energy usage.
Encourage student monitoring and
AUDITING across the school.
Organise energy monitors to conduct
random checks on electricity usage
(awards for good practice/reminders
– templates available).
Give feedback of energy saving through
account details (See bursar)
STAFF KITCHEN
Staff
Ensure that the staffroom and kitchen is
maintained in accordance with principles
of our Eco School.
egg energy
compost (if in operation)
kerbside recyclables
plastics
water
Prepare a kitchen duty roster in staffroom
for staff to fill in.
Students
All staff to register names on kitchen
roster each term (equitably).
Students to maintain
courtyard area.
Follow guidelines of roster
carrying out kitchen duty.
Bottle liquid fertilizer and distribute.
when
wormery
in
Supervise placement of
containers on Friday pm.
recycling
Ensure roster is filled in equitably.
Package worm castings for distribution
Use the appropriate recycling containers:
Compost (wormery in courtyard if in
operation)
kerbside
plastics with recycle numbers
Place cleaned:
milk cartons (bricked)
glass bottles/jars
cardboard
plastics with recycle numbers
cans
In recycling bin for collection during the
week.
Ensure that when air conditioners are in
use the doors are closed to maximise
heating/cooling and minimise energy
usage.
Staff are responsible for turning off lights
and heating/cooling.
Instant hot water system is to be turned
off on weekend and holiday breaks
Ensure that TRTs who are filling in for
regular staff members understand staff
duty routines.
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Task Manager
Ensure to empty compost daily.
Make sure the hot boiler is turned off at
weekends and holiday period.
Assist
children
maintenance
with
wormery
Place recycle bin on roadside for
pickup.(evening
before
morning
collection)
COMPOST
Composting is a difficult process to
manage in a large school.
Vermiculture kits are available for class
use.
Staff
Students
Provide compost container (with lid) for
own class.
Encourage daily use by students.
Supervise emptying and cleaning of class
container.
Monitors from class to empty compost
containers in shade house compost bins.
Teachers to organise students emptying
school bins and staffroom containers –
all to be rostered.
Groundsperson to maintain compost area.
Clean compost containers when required.
Classes empty school compost containers
when required.
Composting for school grounds.
Classroom collection of food scraps
Classroom scraps
compost bins.
placed
in
white
Bins collected daily and emptied in
compost area in shade house.
To use a vermiculture (wormery) setup in
your classroom /wet area as a term focus.
Curriculum issues see
Use of wormery boxes as classroom
composting
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EcoSchool:
An ESD Approach has notes for teaching
about Energy.
Eg Greenhouse issues Agenda 21.
View Video – “Saving Hieronyms”.
Understand the purpose of composting,
worms as recycler.
Task Manager
Oversee the composting process
Encourage staff to have a turn with a
school wormery.
Liaise with ground-person to empty
compost bin in shade house
YARD CLEANING
Staff
All members of the school community
have a responsibility to maintain a litter
free school environment.
Be responsible for their allocated area.
Produce and display prominent sins
concerning yard cleanliness
Promote regular cleaning and assist their
class to collect all rubbish when required.
Promote use of bins – no littering.
Report to assembly any special areas of
concern or need.
Students
Task Manager
Be personally responsible for all their
own rubbish. If caught littering, they
will be required to collect 20 pieces of
litter and report to duty teacher.
Inform all staff of their yard area and
inservice new staff and contract teachers
throughout the year.
Clean their allocated area.
Write reminders in the daybook for yard
clean up when required.
From time to time assess rubbish found
and form action plane to deal with
problems, eg recycle, reduce.
Facilitate/publicise school wide litter-free
lunches each term in conjunction with
Student Council.
Use the coloured recycle bins correctly.
Call for extra yard cleans up when
necessary.
Promote use of recycling bins.
Role model yard cleaning while on duty
Provide tongs and gloves which are
accessible for litter collection, at the
discretion of the duty teacher.
Promote yard cleaning at least once per
term at assemblies and in school
newsletters.
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DRINK CONTAINERS
To collect for recycling, 5 cent drink
containers that are consumed in the
school.
To collect other plastic recyclables
consumed in the school. E.g. Noodle
containers, frozen juice container.
Staff
Students
Task Manager
Inform all their students of the drink
containers that can be recycled,
Remove straws, lids and place drink
containers in appropriate coloured
recycle wheelie bins at recess and lunch
times.
Organise monitors to sort recyclables and
take to storage wheelie bins in the shade
house.
e.g.: fruit juice bottles
plastic milk bottles
……and importantly items that are not
recyclable. (glad-wraps etc)
Explain to classes the removal of straw
and rings off containers before being
placed in collection containers.
Identify collection containers and their
location, eg colour wheelie bins.
Provide a classroom collection container
and a monitor to empty when needed
Encourage reusable containers.
Curriculum issues to be addressed when
programming work.
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Monitors to empty and check before
being placed into recycling bales in
shade house enclosure
Contact Blackwood
Recycling for pick up.
Firewood
and
Promote the recycling of drink cartons
regularly at assemblies and in school
newsletter.
DISPLAY BOARDS
Display of ECO school information to
the school community.
Publishing and reporting of special
events such as:
Kids’ Congress
Clean Up Australia Day
World Environment Day
Water Week
Arbor Day, etc
Staff
Students
Task Manager
To supply task manager with relevant
information, photographs, schoolwork
related to ECO school topic.
To report on ECO projects in varied
writings, pictures, photographs.
Coordinate displays and presentations for
different events.
Work collaboratively with other students
to
- produce information, ie buddy
classes
- produce work for these displays and
presentations.
Publicise in newsletters.
Excursions could reflect the needs of
ECO school.
Be aware of special days of significance.
Encourage students to present their work.
Use a variety of mediums:
Newsletter
Intranet/Internet
Pin up board
Charts
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SCHOOL LANDCARE
Staff
Students and parents have an active role
in maintaining, caring and developing the
school gardens and land in line with the
school planting policy.
To promote the good
maintenance of our gardens.
use
and
To use the shade house equipment to
carry out landcare activities.
To promote our schools’ environmental
location in the hills community.
Resources:
Blooming ideas for Schools – Garden
Projects for Upper Primary Students
from the Australian Gardening Industry.
To liaise with school grounds-man/ and
or Principal if assistance is required for
land-care projects
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Students
Task Manager
Students are encouraged to participate in
landcare projects and the safe use of
gardening tools E.g. plant propagation,
seed collecting, wormery etc.
To coordinate the fostering of landcare
areas in the school grounds.
Students are to take an active role in the
maintenance of the school gardens and
grounds, eg weeding, mulching.
Students
appreciate
the
special
environment in which our school is
located.
Interested students have the opportunity
to participate in gardening in the school
grounds. E.g. The Garden Club.
Students and classes have ownership of a
garden area in the school grounds.
Reward classes for their active
participation and accomplishments.
Promote school landcare at assemblies
and newsletters.
Maintain, purchase equipment stored in
the shade-house shed used for school
land-care
SPECIAL PROJECTS
ROKEWOOD SCRUB/NATIONAL PARK
Rokewood Scrub and National Park are
valuable places for classes to visit and
use as an integral part of the Eco School
curriculum.
Special events such as Cleanup Australia
Day, World Environment Day, Arbor
Day, and National Water Week can be
important days to celebrate.
BMAD forums are a way of our students
being active in our school environment
and are therefore an important part of
student well being.
Staff
Students
Task Manager
To organise visits to these environmental
places on a regular basis.
Children will have the opportunity to take
actions in the local environment.
Publicise special projects and events that
occur during the school year.
To support their programs by using the
National Park and Rokewood Scrub.
Students will develop an enthusiasm for
school and local environment.
Coop a group to coordinate a special day
or event.
To be aware of special events during the
year.
Opportunities will exist for students to
take leadership in special excursions and
events, eg Kids’ Congress, Student
Council.
Liaise with the National Park when class
groups visit.
To link special projects and events to
their yearly program. E.g. Biodiversity
Month, Arbor Day, World Environment
Day
To use the variety of curriculum
resources available to support your
activities.
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Students to produce information, task
cards, signs that educate about Special
Projects
Students will have the opportunity to
focus on individual interests. Such as
Endangered Species, Flora, ecology
studies.
Supply information to staff and students.
-need for inservicing of new staff
-need for task cards, signs that explain
roles of eco school management. These
to be displayed.
WATERCARE
Students and staff have an active role in
caring for water resources at Belair
Schools.
Staff
Students
Task Manager
Inform students that water resources are
important to save - South Australia’s
water resources are vital for our future
quality of life.
To use water wisely in toilets, drinking
and wash areas.
To ensure water is used correctly in the
school environment
Conserve and plan the use of water in
lessons.
To record water usage by reading the
water meter weekly, monthly, yearly and
display in newsletter.
Role model good use of water.
Encourage students to be actively
involved in water conservation in the
school environment.
Include Watercare in a variety of forms
in the daily curriculum. Take note of
media reports and issues relevant to our
lives. E.g. Save the Murray, drought.
Algae blooms etc
Invite KESAB to the classroom to run
Watercare activities.
(see yearly
program offered by KESAB)
Inform students and parents of the
Water-care initiatives used in our school
through curriculum delivery.
Do not leave taps running while drinking,
washing art brushes and paints. E.g. use a
buckets to wash things
Dispose of water in an appropriate
manner. E.g. sink or aquarium water can
be emptied onto grass and plants
Investigate the importance of water in
our day to day lives through lessons
Use drink containers if possible to fill
with water on hot days
Monitoring use in our school by reading
the water meter.
By being a KESAB Waterwatch monitor
in our local creeks.
Participation in
Years 3-7.
Conduct a water audit of school water
conservation and use
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To participate in Waterwatch training.
TRANSPORT
Use of safe transport practices that
promote sensible environmental use in the
community.
Staff
Students
Task Manager
Support the most suitable sustainable
forms of transport systems for school
excursions.
Use the necessary safety equipment
required for bicycles and skate boards.
Coordinate groups from Travel Smart,
Bike Education and Green Challenge.
Include Travelsmart, Green Travel
Challenge and Bike Education in
classroom activities and lessons when
appropriate
Use car pooling if appropriate to attend
workshops and training development.
Encourage the use of the “Walking Bus”
strategy for special days.
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Walk safely to school using the correct
safety procedures.
Use the pedestrian lights correctly and
follow the road monitors instructions.
Participate in Bike Education sessions.
Use the correct and safe equipment on
special days. E.g. Wheel’s day, Skate day
etc
BELAIR SCHOOLS
2007
Reviewed January 2007
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