SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT MANAGEMENT PLAN (SEMP), 2010
This Plan will be reviewed annually and updated.
School: KICE – Parndana Campus
Vision
T o add
What will our school environment be like in 3 -5
years? How will it be more sustainable?
Links with other school plans and
policies

Site Learning Plan
(This plan connects with eg. Site Learning Plan,
school environment policy)
Environmental goals and objectives
See theme action pages
(What we will achieve in 12 months)
Curriculum links
Leadership team (Committee members and ‘Student school green team’ with groundsperson, teachers, other mentors
roles) Leadership team is representative of the
broader school community (students, staff,
parents, community members) and reports to
school governance bodies in a range of ways.
Record of baseline data, goals and
targets
(Data/findings from audits/surveys/ bills/reviews
–attach extra pages as needed)
Evaluation
Energy: Goals, data; Water: Goals, data; Biodiversity: Goals, data; Air Quality: Goals, data; Transport:
Goals, data
Waste: See attached WOW graphs and Resource Management pages
Eg. data sets, surveys
How we will know that we have achieved our
goals.
Action plans
(Attach your action plans for eg energy, waste,
water, biodiversity)
How are students involved in the whole process?
See attached action plans.
SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT MANAGEMENT PLAN (SEMP), KICE – Parndana Campus (page 2)
Biodiversity Action Plan, 2009/10
Goals:
 To build and establish an Edible garden
 To provide students with hands on learning about building, gardening,
wise water use, cooking.
Action identified
1. Edible garden
Location
Between secondary
& Tech studies
blocks
Targets: (determine targets and priorities)
Strategies to achieve action
Who
Timeframe
Comple
ted
 Students worked with Principal/ Chaplain to build enclosure
Yr 8, 9, 10
T1, 09

 Students worked with Chaplain to build raised garden beds
Yr 6, 7, 8
T2&3, 09

 Students worked with Chaplain to plant out veggies/
herbs/flowers/ fruit trees
Yr 6, 7, 8
T3&4, 09

 2x 5000L poly tanks set up for watering Edible garden/ fruit
trees
 Students at risk identified to work with chaplain in garden as
‘reward’
 Classes identified to work on weekly roster with Chaplain in
garden
 Each season a different class identified to harvest crops and
celebrate with ‘cooking a banquet’ – students choose recipes to
suit food harvested.

Yr2/3, Yr 4/5, Yr6/7
From T3, 09 
Yr 6/7, 4 students
per week
Yr4/5, Chaplain,
AP
From T2, 09 
W8, ‘10
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SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT MANAGEMENT PLAN (SEMP), KICE - Parndana, 2008 - 2009
Resource Management Action Plan
Goals:
 to improve recycling in the school
 to eliminate food scraps from landfill
Action identified
Location
Targets: (use WOW graphs to determine targets and priorities)
Strategies to achieve action
Who
Timeframe
Comple
ted
1.2008 “Greening
Group” to initiate
sorting of classroom
waste into rubbish
and recycle
2. More suitable bins
needed
All classrooms
CPC –Yr 12
 Students volunteered to join “Greening Group” to meet for 4
lunchtimes over a 4 week period
 Students presented existing bins Yellow = Recycle, Red =
Rubbish
Green Group
Distribute to
classes by
end T2

All rooms
 Plastic Yellow trays purchased – consistency of identification
across campus.
Kath
End T3, 08

3. Regular emptying
of bins needed
All rooms
 Class identified to take responsibility for emptying Recycling
Yellow trays in all rooms W & F.
Yr 6/7 Sue P.
Start T2, 08

4. Need to collect
food scraps for
school chooks
All classes and
staff room
Yr 6/7 Sue P.
T2, 08
every W &
F(?)

5. More accessible
bins for secondary
rooms (classroom
containers not used
– ‘rubbish’ bins)
Yr 8, 9, 10, 11
rooms
 Plastic containers provided to each class/ staff room
 R-5 students to empty scrap buckets into 1 centrally located
bucket in spire(?)
 Yr 6/7 monitors collect staffroom and central bucket and feed
chooks.
 Hooks attached to outside of wheelie bins near eating areas for
plastic containers (for food scraps) to be attached for easy
emptying
Dave Mc.
(groundsman)
T1, 09
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SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT MANAGEMENT PLAN (SEMP), KICE - Parndana, 2010
Resource Management Action Plan
Goals:
Targets: (use WOW graphs to determine targets and priorities)
 to reduce waste to landfill
 to eliminate food scraps from landfill bins
 to recycle 10c deposit containers
 to reduce white paper consumption
 to provide students with hands-on learning about waste reduction
 to educate parents in waste reduction
Action identified
Location
Strategies to achieve action
Who
Timeframe
1. KESAB Audit
Bin collection
area
 All rubbish kept back for 6 days for Audit with Jo H. (WOW).
Results presented in pie graph.
2. Feedback Audit
results to staff
3. Monitoring of
Recycling Trays
Staffroom
 “Total school materials in bins to landfill’ pie graph discussed in
staff meeting.
 Yr 6/7 students allocated a class/ Lib/ staff room etc. and trays
collected daily to check what was being put in trays.
 Statistics collected – collections of unsuitable material in
recycling bins(?) made
 Yr 6/7 students presented findings to CPC –Yr 5 Assembly and
Yr 6-12 Assembly
 Data on staff bins presented to staff at staff meeting
4. Train R-5 SRC
reps as ‘Scrap
Patrol’
Yr 6/7 class
On the job
Compl
eted
4 student per class
(R/1, 2/3, 4/5, 6/7
8/9/10)
Sue P.
W5, T1 ‘10

W7, T2 ‘10

Yr 6/7
W6-10, T1
‘10
W6-10, T1
‘10
W9, T1 ‘10

Wk 10, T1
‘10
Ordered
W10, T2 ‘10
From W1,
T2 ‘10
W5&10, T2
‘10
W5&10, T2
‘10

10 mins/ day

Yr 6/7
Yr 6/7
Sue P
 Purchase more recycling trays for SSO needs
Sue P.
 Recycling trays to be collected M W F during morning home
group
 Every 5 weeks contents analysed – feedback to classes/ staff.
Regular reminders of what goes in recycling trays.
 Every 5 weeks feedback from Grounds staff re number of
recycling bins being collected by rubbish truck
 work as a group each day straight after lunch to collect scrap
bins, take to chooks and wash out bins
Yr 6/7
Yr 6/7
Student Reps
Dave &Lyn Mc.
R/1, 2/3, 4/5 Sec.
Reps, Sue P.
W9&10, T1
’10
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
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Lunch areas
Kingscote
GP(?) room
5. Collection of 10c
drink containers
6. Re-use printer
paper only used
once
7. Paper towelling to
be kept out of
landfill bins
8. Parent
involvement
Sec rooms,
Library, Spire(?)
 Interview sec students to find more suitable locations for scrap
buckets (sec students least cooperative)
 New scrap bins purchased for new locations
R-5, Sec Reps,
Sue P.
Sue P.
W10, T1 ‘10

W10, T1 ‘10

 Presentation to CPC -5 parents at Sports Day, Assembly re
‘Scrap Patrol’ responsibilities/ audit results/ use of alternatives
to plastic wraps.
 Worm farm set up
Sue P.
W10, T1 ‘10

Yr2/3
T1, 2 ‘10

 Compost bin set up
Chaplain
T1, 2 ‘10

 Organise extra containers to collect 10c drink containers
Sue P.
W2, T2 ‘10
 Identify students to collect containers
Yr4/5
 SRC Reps to discuss how monies raised to be spent at Class
Meetings
 10c containers taken to Recycle Depot
R/1, 2/3, 4/5, 6/7
From W2, T2
‘10
From W2, T2
‘10
Kimberley (Y4/5
teacher)
Sue P.
2x per term
W1, T2 ‘10


Photocopier
room
 ‘Scrap’ paper and ‘paper for reprinting’ trays set up in
photocopier room
Staff toilets
 Pater towelling to be collected by cleaner at end of each day to
be added to compost bin in Edible garden.
Nic T. (Cleaner)
From W5, T2
‘10
Newsletter
 Feedback to parents via school newsletters – photos of student
collecting scraps/ recycling etc.
Each primary class
to take turns to
write article
T2, W5, 10
T3, W5, 10
 Establish parent group to:
- help change use of plastic wraps
- promote lunch ideas with lunch boxes and not use of gladwrap/
zip-lock bags
- source alternative lunch boxes
- organise sale of more suitable lunch boxes through KICE school
uniform shop
- be Parndana Rep for KICE parent group
- provide Parent support for ongoing projects eg. worm farms and
Edible garden over weekends and holidays.
T2&3 ‘10
 KICE Newsletters to include Waste Management (can it be
Resource Management?) section
 Include contribution from NRM communication officer
KICE Group
From T2
To be appointed
?
 Class letters to parents with updates on progress of reducing
waste to landfill
 Weekly reminders put in student section of Daily Bulletin
All primary classes
From T3
Primary SRC
From T2, W3
‘10
Around school
 Posters placed in appropriate locations
Yr 6/7
W9&10, T1
Computer lab.
 Photo-stories created on specific topics eg. how to wash a
yoghurt container. Cross-age tutoring, ‘Instructional
Presentations’
 Staff meeting to discuss purchasing choices for 2011 budgets.
Yr 6/7 & R/1
From W6, T2
All staff
T4, ‘10
 Audits of all equipment eg. Maths, Phonics, Reading, SOSE etc.
All staff
From T2, ‘10
Started
 Consideration of ‘needs’, ‘alternatives’, ‘adapting existing
equipment’ when purchasing new equipment
 Consideration of packaging when purchasing new equipment.
All staff
T2, ‘10
– Maths,
Reading
Started
All staff
From T4 ‘10
9. Informing
community
10. Maintaining
correct recycling
and re-using
11. Purchasing of
classroom materials
Admin
computers