PAPER COLLECTING. Staff Students Manager

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1 PAPER COLLECTING Ensure that paper use in school is minimised and that all paper is recycled in the appropriate way Each classroom to have the following: A SITA collection container for used coloured office paper and light cardboard A plain collection container for white office paper Promote correct use of recycle containers within classrooms ensuring only suitable papers and cardboards are placed in them.(currently all clean paper and light cardboard are recyclable) Recycle cardboard (flattened please) and paper where possible and place in white SITA bin the staff carpark. NO plastics, food scraps and unsuitable objects please. Use Recycled white paper where possible in school photocopiers. Photocopy back to back where possible. To place all listed papers in bin/box during the day. Student monitors to check class office recycle bin/box regularly to weed out inappropriate items. Empty appropriate class container into wheelie bin for white recyclable paper. Comment on use/non-use to class group when necessary via class meetings. Don t waste paper and space in books. Recycle exercise books at end of year. Reuse paper colour/cardboard when possible. Students to AUDIT paper use Ensure all staff has collection facilities in their room for paper. Manage paper collection by organising student rosters for monitors. Organise students to AUDIT rubbish bins to ensure good recycling habits. Closely monitor filling of bins. When near full organise monitors to clear paper bins from classrooms into white paper wheelie recycle bins in your classroom areas or empty in SITA recycle bin. Contact the office staff if the SITA bin needs collection. Phone: Organises student monitors to take the CLEANAWAY bins to the kerbside. Curriculum issues of paper recycling etc. Office areas to have office paper container for paper collection. PLEASE NOTE IN 2015 White paper can no longer be collected separately from the cardboard. Use alternative means of communication that save paper. E.g. , bulletin, intranet White photo copy paper can be deposited in the CLEANAWAY White paper wheelie bins in Wirra

2 ENERGY MANAGEMENT This school has an energy saving policy supported by DECS. Electricity is monitored and the school receives monthly accounts for payment. 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. Ensure that when air conditioners are in use the doors are closed to maximise heating/cooling and minimise energy usage. Staff responsible for turning off lights and heating/cooling in all areas of the school at the end of the day and week. Monitors to check that all electrical appliances and lighting in classroom are turned off when not in use during the day. Turn off electrical appliances and lighting after using shared area of the building. Graph and display energy usage Use CENTA METERS to observe energy use. 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. To over-see smooth running and effectiveness of energy savings strategies. Some suggestions are: Encourage classes to check energy saving in non teaching and storage areas of all buildings, e.g. computer rooms, hall, TV, activity room. Assist class monitors to keep records of energy usage. Encourage student monitoring and AUDITING across the school. Organise energy monitors/kids Congress to conduct random checks on electricity usage (awards for good practice/reminders templates available). Give feedback of energy saving through account details (See bursar)

3 STAFF KITCHENS 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. All staff to register names on kitchen roster each term (equitably). Follow guidelines of roster when carrying out kitchen duty. 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. NO food contaminated items. 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 when last to leave area. Instant hot water system is to be turned off on weekend and holiday breaks Ensure roster is filled in equitably. Ensure to empty compost daily. Make sure the hot boiler is turned off at weekends and holiday period if possible. Place recycle bin on roadside for pickup.(evening before morning collection)

4 COMPOST Vermiculture kits are available for class use. Classroom collection of food scraps Classroom scraps placed in compost bins if available. Bins collected daily and emptied in compost area in shade house. Use of wormery boxes and underground compost bins for classroom composting Bokashi composting is available as an interesting alternative. Provide compost container (with lid) for own class. Encourage daily use by students. Supervise emptying and cleaning of class container. Teachers to organise students emptying school bins and staffroom containers all to be rostered. To use vermiculture (wormery)/bokashi setup in your classroom /wet area as a term focus. 2015: Groundsperson to investigate setting up school compost system to support the nature playground development. Monitors from class to empty compost containers in shade house compost bins. Classes empty school compost containers when required. Clean compost containers when required. Understand the purpose of composting, worms as recycler. 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

5 YARD CLEANING All members of the school community have a responsibility to maintain a litter free school environment. Be responsible for their allocated area as displayed on school maps. Produce and display prominent signs 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. Promote use of recycling bins. Role model yard cleaning while on duty Map of the school is distributed to all classrooms. Each class has an area to clean up regularly. Be personally responsible for their own rubbish. If caught littering, they will be required to collect 20 pieces of litter and report to duty teacher. Clean their allocated area. From time to time assess rubbish found and form action plane to deal with problems, eg recycle, reduce. Use the coloured recycle bins correctly. Possible graphing of regular litter counts. (think before you bin) Inform all staff of their yard area and inservice new staff and contract teachers throughout the year. Write reminders in the daybook for yard clean up when required. Promote alternative use of cling wrap etc. Facilitate/publicise school wide litterfree lunches each term in conjunction with Student Council. Call for extra yard cleans up when necessary. 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.

6 DRINK CONTAINERS To collect for recycling, 10 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. Inform all their students of the drink containers that can be recycled, e.g.: fruit juice bottles plastic milk bottles and importantly items that are not recyclable. (glad-wraps etc) Explain to classes the removal of straws and tops off containers before being placed in collection containers. Identify collection containers and their location, eg colour wheelie bins. Encourage reusable containers. Remove straws, lids and place drink containers in appropriate coloured recycle wheelie bins at recess and lunch times. Empty remaining liquids from containers Monitors to empty and check before being placed into recycling bins in bike shed. Middle School students sort the recycling once a term and clean twice a year with pressure cleaner. See groundsman for assistance. Organise monitors to sort recyclables and take to storage wheelie bins in the shade house. Contact Blackwood Firewood and Recycling for pick up. Phone Promote the recycling of drink cartons regularly at assemblies and in school newsletter. Curriculum issues to be addressed when programming work.

7 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 To supply task manager with relevant information, photographs, schoolwork related to ECO school topic. Excursions could reflect the needs of ECO school. Be aware of special days of significance. To report on ECO projects in varied writings, pictures, photographs. Work collaboratively with other students to - produce information, ie buddy classes - produce work for these displays and presentations. Coordinate displays and presentations for different events. Publicise in newsletters. Use a variety of mediums: Newsletter Intranet/Internet Pin up board Charts Encourage students to present their work. Video of World Environment Day and the Nature Play Project to be uploaded to the school website and shown to all classes and visiting parents at: Whole school assembly VIP and Grandies day

8 SCHOOL LANDCARE 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 and participate in the good use and maintenance of our gardens. To use the Earthcare shed equipment to carry out landcare activities. To promote our schools environmental location in the hills community. To liaise with school grounds-man/ and or Principal if assistance is required for land-care projects Students are encouraged to participate in landcare projects and the safe use of gardening tools E.g. plant propagation, seed collecting, worm farm, bokashi etc. Students are to take an active role in the maintenance of the school nature playground, gardens and grounds, eg weeding, mulching, planting, raking, constructing gabions, bridges and a dry creek bed. Students appreciate the special environment in which our school is located. To coordinate the fostering of landcare areas 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 Earthcare shed used for school land-care Interested students have the opportunity to participate in gardening in the school grounds and the nature playground. Students and classes have ownership of a garden area and clean up area in the school grounds. Eco-kids teach younger students in the school to plant, recycle and reduce, reuse and recycle waste. Rokewood Scrub Club has formed to appreciate and maintain the Rokewood Scrub and Nature Play areas.

9 SPECIAL PROJECTS KIDS CONGRESS/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. Apply for an NRM grant to extend and develop Stage 2 of the R 7 Nature Play Garden. Carol and Dominic in consultation with parents, grounds committee, students and staff. To organise visits to these environmental places on a regular basis. To support their programs by using the National Park and Rokewood Scrub. To be aware of special events during the year. 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. Kids Congress uses these opportunities to organize Eco School Events. Children will have the opportunity to take actions in the local environment. Students will develop an enthusiasm for school and local environment. Opportunities will exist for students to take leadership in special excursions and events, eg Kids Congress, Student Council. Students to produce information for their classrooms that promote special projects that the school participates. Students will have the opportunity to focus on environmental issues through various units of enquiry. Such as Endangered Species, Flora, ecology studies. Publicise special projects and events that occur during the school year. Advise Kids Congress of suitable activities to promote in the school. Coop a group to coordinate a special day or event. Liaise with the National Park when class groups visit. Supply information to staff and students. -need for inservicing of new staff -need for signs that explain roles of eco school management. Use of the ECO SCHOOL TRAIL.

10 WATERCARE Students and staff have an active role in caring for water resources at Belair Schools. Inform students that water resources are important to save - South Australia s water resources are vital for our future quality of life. Role model good use of water. Encourage students to be actively involved in water conservation in the school environment. To use water wisely in toilets, drinking and wash areas. Conserve and plan the use of water in lessons. Do not leave taps running while drinking, washing art brushes and paints. E.g. use a buckets to wash things To ensure water is used correctly in the school environment To record water usage by reading the water meter weekly, monthly, yearly and display in newsletter. Encourage all staff/cleaners to use environmentally suitable products for cleaning in classrooms. 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 Use suitable cleaning products that protect our waterways (see Judith for purchase of products) Invite NRM Education to the classroom to run Watercare activities. (see yearly program offered by NRM) 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 IB units. Use drink containers if possible to fill with water on hot days Monitoring use in our school by reading the water meter. Inform students and parents of the Water-care initiatives used in our school. Conduct a water audit of school water conservation and use. All levels can modify this activity.

11 TRANSPORT Use of safe transport practices that promote sensible environmental use in the community. Support the most suitable sustainable forms of transport systems for school excursions. Use the necessary safety equipment required for bicycles, boards and small wheeled vehicles. Coordinate groups from Travel Smart, Walk to School Day, Green Challenge and similar activities. Include Travel Smart and Green Travel Challenge 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. Walk safely to school using the correct safety procedures. Use the pedestrian lights correctly and follow the road monitors instructions. Support the Walk Safely to School initiative Promote Walk to School Day in Term 2. Acknowledge students who walk to school

12 BELAIR SCHOOLS 2015 Reviewed February 2015