St John's College Woodlawn
2015 Environmental Management Plan
Key Element
1. Water:
Term 4 focus
2. Litter and
Waste:
Term 1 focus
3. Energy
Term 2 focus
Expected
Outcomes and
Targets
Strategies
Indicators:
1
To develop
strategies that will
improve the
management of
water within the
College and
reduce water use.
1. Water audits and sleepover.
2. Stream watch / Bug Survey.
3. Riverbank Rehabilitation.
4. Mulching gardens.
5. Water posters
6. Water week
1.1 Reduced water use.
2.1 Improved water quality.
3.1 Teaching resource.
4.1 Reduced weeds, save water.
5.1 Save water
6.1 Woodlawn water worth every
drop
To develop
strategies that will
improve the
management of
waste within the
College and
implement the 3
R’s—reduce,
reuse and recycle.
1. Waste Audit and sleepover.
2.Waste Gripper
3. Red, yellow, green bins.
4. Signs on bins
5. Adopt a Zone.
6. Recycling – paper, bottles, batteries,
cartridges, phones.
7. Compost bokashi bins
8. Clean up Australia
9. Mobile Muster
10. Recycling batteries
1.1 Reduced litter and waste.
2.1 Reduced litter and waste.
3.1 Reduced litter and waste.
4.1 Motivation and fun.
5.1 Awareness and publicity.
6.1 Awareness, education and
reduced litter and waste.
7.1 Composting scraps
8.1 Cleaner school
9.1 Recycle phones
10.1Recycle batteries
1. Energy audits and sleepover
2. Signs on lights
3. Energy kits
4. Signs in rooms
5. Solar car Challenge
6. Closing of blinds.
7. Air con @25 degrees
8. Earth hour
1.1 Reduced energy use.
2.1 Awareness raising.
3.1 Reduced bills, education.
4.1 Reduced bills, education.
5.1 Quality education
6.1 Warmer classrooms
7.1 Monitor energy use.
8.1 Awareness raising, fun
To develop
strategies that will
improve the
management of
energy within the
Collage and
reduce energy use.
Timeframe
2
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Responsibility
Allocation $
Funding Source
1.2 TEC
2.2 Science
3.2 TEC
4.2 GA
5.2 TEC
6.2 TEC
1.3 nil
2.3 nil
3.3 nil
4.3 nil
5.3 $200
6.3 $300
1.4 n/a
2.4 n/a
3.4 n/a
4.4 n/a
5.4 Rous
6.4 Rous
1.2 TEC
2.2 Staff
3.2 everyone
4.2 Students
5.2 Students
6.2 everyone
1.3 nil.
2.3 $100
3.3 $300
4.3 $50
5.3 nil
6.3 nil
1.4 n/a
2.4 Ecoschools
3.4 Ecoschools
4.4 Ecoschools
5.4 n/a
6.4 n/a
7.2 Hospitality
8.2 VA
9.2 everyone
10. everyone
7.3 $50
8.3 nil
9.3 nil
10.3 nil
7.4 Ecoschools
8.4 n/a
9.4 n/a
10.4 n/a
1.2 TEC
2.2 everyone
3.2 Science
4.2 Staff, TEC
5.2 Science
6.2 Staff
7.2 TEC
8.2 everyone
1.3 nil
2.3 nil
3.3 nil
4.3 nil
5.3 $500
6.3 nil
7.3nil
8.3 nil
1.4 n/a
2.4 n/a
3.4 n/a
4.4 n/a
5.4 Science
6.4 n/a
7.4 n/a
8.4 n/a
4. Biodiversity
and School
Grounds.
Term 3 focus
To improve the
landscape and
biodiversity
around the school
with an emphasis
on a Learnscapes
model to create
resources for
teaching and
learning.
1. Biodiversity audit and sleepover.
2. National Tree Planting Day.
3. Weed eradication.
4. Tree Propagation
5. Install native bees
6. Bush tucker garden
7. Sustainable garden
8. Quad garden - vermipods
9. Construct habitat boxes
1.1 Improved school grounds.
2.1 Trees planted.
3.1 Noxious weed removed.
4.1 Trees grown
5.1 Improve pollination
6.1 Indigenous links
7.1 Promote gardening
8.1 Improve school grounds
9.1 TEC activity
5. Community
To develop a
and Partnerships school community
Social Justice.
that works well
together with the
aim of developing
an
environmentally
friendly and
socially aware
College.
1. Sustainable College Committee.
2. Youth Environment Council.
3. Social Justice Committee & audit
4. Links EE organisations eg Envite
5. Viridis Army
6. Environmental Person Year.
7. EcoSchools awards
8. The Environment Committee
9. Currumbin, MRF, Rainbow Power
Company, Rocky Creek Dam excursions
6. Curriculum,
Learning and
Pedagogy.
1. Curriculum audit.
2. Newsletter.
3. College Website.
4. Assemblies
5. Embed into curriculum
6. YEC badges
7. Be Green, Be Viridis Day
To develop
curriculum
activities that will
improve
environmental
appreciation and
awareness of staff,
students and
community.
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1.1 Promote community links.
2.1 Leadership and student voice
3.1 Care for people
4.1 Improved school grounds.
5.1 Fun, exciting
6.1 Improved self-esteem.
7.1 Tidier community.
8.1 Leadership and student voice
9.1 Student engagement
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1.1 Embedding of EE outcomes
2.1 Informed school community
3.1 Informed school community
4.1 Informed school community
5.1 Quality teaching, learning
6.1 TEC leadership
7.1 Year 7 Tree planting
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1.2 TEC
2.2 TEC
3.2 Ag
4.2 Ag
5.2 Ag
6.2 TEC
7.2 TEC
8.2 TEC
9.2 TEC
1.3 nil
2.3 nil
3.3 nil
4.3 nil
5.3 nil
6.3 $1000
7.3 $1000
8.3 $1000
9.3 nil
1.4 n/a
2.4 n/a
3.4 n/a
4.4 n/a
5.4 n/a
6.4 Env Trust
7.4 Env Trust
8.4 Env Trust
9.4 n/a
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1.2 Staff, stud
2.2 YEC
3.2 SJC
4.2 SJC
5.2 VA
6.2 EE Co-ord
7.2 TEC
8.2 TEC
9.2 TEC
1.3 nil
2.3 nil
3.3 nil
4.3 nil
5.3 nil
6.3. nil
7.3 nil
8.3 nil
9.3 various
1.4 n/a
2.4 n/a
3.4 n/a
4.4 n/a
5.4 n/a
6.4 n/a
7.4 n/a
8.4 n/a
9.4 students
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1.2 EE coord
2.2 TEC
3.2 TEC
4.2 TEC
5.2 EE coord
6.2 TEC
7.2 Year 7 & TEC
1.3 nil
2.3 nil
3.3 nil
4.3 nil
5.3 nil
6.3 $500
7.3 nil
1.4 n/a
2.4 n/a
3.4 n/a
4.4 n/a
5.4 n/a
6.4 EcoSchools
7.4 n/a
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Key
TEC – The Environment Committee
STA – Science Teachers Association
Main – School Maintenance
Env Trust – Environmental trust $3500
EcoSchools waste grant $500
EcoSchools Grant YEC $500
VA - Viridis Army
Budget - $nil
Rous Water Grant $500