Strategic Environment Management Plan (SEMP)
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St Peter’s Primary Epping - Strategic Environment Management Plan (SEMP)
UPDATED: OCTOBER, 2012
WASTE
WATER
ENERGY
BIODIVERSITY
Aim to keep waste to landfill per
student to below:
Aim to keep use of mains water per
student to below:
Aim to keep energy use and CO2
emissions per student to below:
Increase habitat quality score to:
0.3 m3/year
4 KL/year
250 kWh/ year
0.9 GJ
0.4 tonnes CO2
>75 within the school
ground
Aspirational Target:
70% reduction
Aspirational Target:
40% reduction
Aspirational Target:
50% reduction
(Long term - 80%)
Aspirational Target:
60% improvement of biodiversity
from 2009
How are we going reaching our targets?
YEAR: 2011
YEAR: 2011
0.53m3
2.16KL
m landfill waste
per student
KL mains water
per student
3
YEAR: 2011
299 kWh electricity
0.9 GJ gas
0.46 tonnes CO2
per student
Actions in bold/italic have been identified as priority areas.
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YEAR: 2011
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Habitat Quality Score
Strategic Environment Management Plan (SEMP)
WATER
Workplace
and Daily
Operations
Learning and
Teaching
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Achievements
Future Goals
How
*Water buckets under some drinking
taps, this water is then used to water
plants.
*The use of reusable water bottles is
strongly encouraged.
*Installation of a rain garden with
indigenous plants as part of a pilot
project by Darebin Creek
Management Committee.
*Duel flush toilets.
*Button/push down taps.
*Installation of 12 x 75L water tanks
to service frog pond.
*Pump installed into water tank
outside portable classrooms to allow
this water to be used on nearby
gardens.
*Curriculum links in inquiry.
*Use of SETS data in maths.
*Have all students in an environmental team
(waste, water, energy, biodiversity) kids
from each class to then oversee daily
operations of this class in this area.
*Buckets under ALL taps.
*Revitalisation of rain garden.
*Water tanks to service ALL toilets.
*5 star rating on whitegoods.
*Install water efficient fittings and
appliances (flow control).
*Develop water use signage.
*Identify leakages.
*Install rain sensors.
*Rinse and wash protocols in place for art
etc.
*Irrigation systems.
*Form a committee of students
and parents for consultation.
*Get more buckets and place
under all taps in school.
*Investigate suitable plants with
support of Darebin Creek
Management Committee and
have students replant
raingarden.
*Seek grants.
*Learning from units of work need to be
more transferred into actions and habits
(sustainable practices).
*Education in the use of duel flush toilets.
*More curriculum links to be made.
*Maintain water audit and use of SETS.
*Educating staff, children and parents
about environmental processes at home
and school.
*Provide further support in
curriculum development and
finding links to current teachings.
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Strategic Environment Management Plan (SEMP)
Whole School
Community
Engagement
*Connections made with Darebin
Creek Management Committee and
Merri Creek Management
Committee. Both organisations
attended and presented interactive
workshops on St Peter’s Green Day.
*Water Watch delivered a
presentation as part of Green Day.
*The school has had regular
ongoing links with Darebin Creek
Management Committee.
*All children and staff involved in
whole school green day.
*Staff represent St Peter’s each
term at the Whittlesea Teacher’s
Environmental Network.
ENERGY
Achievements
Workplace
and Daily
Operations
*Energy efficient practice in new
buildings including skylights and the
use of natural light.
*Heating and cooling in Emmaus
automatically shuts down at end of
day.
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*Have community organisations assist in
putting in drought resistant gardens.
*Involvement in community activities eg
water week.
Future Goals
*5 star rating on whitegoods
*Have all students in an environmental
team (waste, water, energy, biodiversity)
students from each class to then oversee
daily operations of this class in this area.
*Investigate/audit infrastructures to
consider impact of solar panels, low wattage
lights and sensors on lights.
*Installation of solar panels.
*Computer settings set to low energy.
*Charging timers on laptop trollies.
*All lights, IWB and heaters off when not in
the room or not needed.
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*Continued staff PD.
*Enter community recognition
awards.
*Investigate community
activities.
*Make links with local schools to
undertake joint projects and
share ideas.
How
*Using energy audit tools-Lux
meter for lighting, thermometer
to determine optimal
temperature, energy meter for
electricity use.
*Create signage.
*Investigate grants for solar
panels.
Strategic Environment Management Plan (SEMP)
Learning and
Teaching
Whole School
Community
Engagement
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*Prep – Year 6 inquiry units include
efficient energy use ideas and
promote student actions that are
then transferred to home.
*Learning from units of work need to be
more transferred into actions and habits
(sustainable practices).
*Educating staff, children and parents
about environmental processes at school
and home.
*Linking into community
resources beyond family and
home (COW, CERES, other
schools).
*Whole school environmental
expo to share environmental
learning and gain parent support
for environmental projects.
*Connections made with Epping
Views Primary. A group of year six
students from this school attended St
Peter’s Green Day to present an
energy presentation using the Kids
Teaching Kids model.
*All children and staff involved in
whole school green day.
*Walk to school day.
*Staff represent St Peter’s each term
at the Whittlesea Teacher’s
Environmental Network.
*Raise profile of walk to school day with
the possibility of having this once a term.
*Involvement in global projects, eg earth
hour.
*Network with other schools to
see what they do to promote
these events.
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Strategic Environment Management Plan (SEMP)
WASTE
Workplace
and Daily
Operations
Achievements
Future Goals
How
*Wrapper Free Friday.
*Recycling bins, worm farms and
compost bins introduced.
*Newsletter now available online as
well as hardcopy.
*Council recycling bins collected once
a fortnight.
*Compost from our bins is used on
school gardens.
*Weeds, clippings etc added to
compost bins.
*Have all students in an environmental team
(waste, water, energy, biodiversity) kids
from each class to then oversee daily
operations of this class in this area.
*Newsletter only available online unless
request for hard copy has been put in
writing by parents.
*Think Before You Print policy in classrooms
and also for staff in relation to photo copier.
*Scrap paper boxes in ALL classrooms.
*Carry in carry out waste policy for students
and staff.
*Generate a higher degree of involvement
and home support for wrapper free policy
and implement wrapper free everyday (not
just Friday).
*More compost bins.
*No rubbish to be taken into yard.
*Structured E-Waste procedures.
*Review/implement waste policy for the
canteen.
*Learning from units of work need to be
more transferred into actions and habits
(sustainable practices).
*Educating staff, children and parents
about environmental processes.
*Further education about the impact of
waste.
*Waste Art activities involving reusing ideas.
*Communicate to parents that
newsletter will be online and the
rationale behind this.
*Limiting the amount of printing
each teacher/class can do.
*More compost bins can be
purchased through the Whittlesea
council at a discounted rate.
*Make wrapper free lunches an
expectation rather than an
option.
*Wrapper Free Friday.
*Introduction of bin system as result
of inquiry units.
Learning and
Teaching
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*Continued staff PD
*Students to decorate bins with
waste messages.
Strategic Environment Management Plan (SEMP)
Whole
School
Community
Engagement
*All children and staff involved in
whole school green day.
*Whole school involvement in
wrapper free challenge for enviro
week.
*Bin system supported by local
council.
*Excursion to VISY to investigate
waste.
*Concrete couches developed with
local artist as a reuse awareness
project.
*Techo shop run by year six leaders
to rehome old computers.
*Involvement in Clean Up Australia
Day.
*Wrapper Free pack Fundraiser (wrap
it, pack it snack it).
*Successful in receiving a chair made
from recycled plastic bags from Coles
promotion.
*Nomination received for Resources
smart newcomer of the year award.
*Staff represent St Peter’s each term
at the Whittlesea Teacher’s
Environmental Network.
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*Improved waste policies set in place in
canteen.
*Green purchasing policy implemented and
communicated to whole school.
*Redo wrapper free fundraiser at end of
year so parents can purchase items ready
for next year.
*Begin collecting various materials for reuse
from school community (eg corks, mobile
phones etc).
*Have wrapper free day every day.
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*Clean up St Peter’s Day.
*Golden Lunch Box Award for
wrapper free class.
*Place boxes in foyer and letters
sent home to collect corks,
phones, bags etc.
Strategic Environment Management Plan (SEMP)
BIODIVERSITY
Workplace
and Daily
Operations
Learning and
Teaching
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Achievements
Future Goals
How
*Reestablishment of compost bins.
*Introduction of worm farms.
*Students constructed a mini green
house which was used for planting.
*Have all students in an environmental
team (waste, water, energy, biodiversity)
kids from each class to then oversee daily
operations of this class in this area.
*Improve the design of frog pond to sustain
mini beasts.
*Develop kitchen garden program.
*Have a garden for each class group.
*Build a chicken shed and get chickens to
allow authentic learning experiences.
*Increase the height of the frog
pond.
*Fencing around whole
environmental area.
*Involve parents or chicken
experts to investigate the
possibility of chickens.
*Contact local groups and
parents to assist in building more
garden beds.
*Prep- Year 6 inquiry units on
biodiversity.
*Development of frog pond.
*Involvement in Lord Howe Island
Stick Insect Project in conjunction
with Zoo’s Victoria.
*Learning from units of work need to be
more transferred into actions and habits
(sustainable practices).
*Educating staff, children and parents about
environmental processes.
*Maintain veggie patch.
*Increase mini beasts around frog pond.
*Attract frogs to frog pond.
*Research how other schools
have maintained gardens and
what they do with produce.
*Possible parent’s association
fundraiser to purchase/build
more gardens.
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Strategic Environment Management Plan (SEMP)
Whole School
Community
Engagement
*All children and staff involved in
whole school green day.
*Tree planting with St Monica’s at
their school.
*Two classes walked to St Monica’s
to explore their wetlands and take
part in student led activities as part of
Green Day.
*Initiation of composting and worm
farms involved a representative from
the City of Whittlesea Council.
*Working bee (weeding and mulching
took place).
*Connections made with Bunnings
(Epping) through excursions and
community organisers assisting with
garden development on ‘Green Day’.
*Nomination received for Resource
Smart Newcomer of the Year award.
*Staff represent St Peter’s each term
at the Whittlesea Teacher’s
Environmental Network.
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*Get more compost bins.
*Sell unused compost/worm castings to
parents.
*Sell excess vegetables to parents.
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*Form further connections with
community organisations.
*Initiate an environmental shop
to sell excess compost and
veggies then use profits to go
back into environmental projects.