GATESHEAD SUSTAINABLE SCHOOLS

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• GATESHEAD SUSTAINABLE SCHOOLS
• The Government would like every school to be a
  sustainable school by 2020.
• In practice this means integrating high standards
  of achievement and behaviour with the goals of
• healthy living
• environment awareness
• community engagement and citizenship many of
  the aspirations set out in the Every Child
  Matters outcomes.

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• A National Framework has been established to
  guide schools towards this aim.
• It comprises three interlocking parts.
• A commitment to care
• Sustainable schools have a caring ethos care
  for oneself, for each other (across cultures,
  distances and generations) and for the
  environment (far and near).
• Schools are already caring places, being a
  sustainable school extends this commitment into
  new areas.
• It cares about the energy and water it consumes,
  the waste it produces, the food it serves, the
  traffic it attracts, and the difficulties faced
  by people living in its community and other
  parts of the world.

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• An integrated approach
• A sustainable school takes an integrated
  approach to its improvement.
• It explores sustainable developments through its
  teaching provision and learning (curriculum) in
  its values and ways of working (campus) and in
  its engagement of local people and partners
  (community).
• - curriculum
• - campus
• - community

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• A selection of doorways or sustainability
  themes
• The doorways are entry points or places where
  schools can establish or develop their
  sustainability practices. Each of the doorways
  draws its inspiration from a range of national
  priorities around sustainable developments.

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Sustainable development can build coherence among
a range of initiatives and school practices. It
offers schools a bigger picture in which to join
up their work on a range of policies and
initiatives, such as- - Every Child Matters -
School Travel Planning - Healthy Living - School
Food - Extended Services - Citizenship and
learning outside the classroom.
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• Many schools recognise the potential of
  sustainable development to transform the
  experiences and outcomes of pupils whilst
  improving the environmental performance of the
  school and contributing to the wider goal of
  sustainable community.
• They also recognise that managing the change is
  a significant challenge for school leadership
  teams.

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• What is a Sustainable School?
• A sustainable school prepares young people for a
  lifetime of sustainable living through its
  teaching, fabric and its day to day practices.
  It is guided by a commitment of care-
• - for oneself (our health and well being)
• - for each other (across cultures, distances and
  generations) and
• - for the environment (both locally and
  globally)
• Care also instils responsibility.
• Schools that involve pupils in the design of
  playing areas experience reduced incidents of bad
  behaviour and vandalism.

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Sustainable Schools contribute to sustainable
development. They make a positive effort to
demonstrate responsible practices for their young
people and communities and engage them in
learning about the issues and potential
responses. The vision encompassed by sustainable
schools which at its heart is about ensuring the
world is a fit place for children to grow up in
offers schools a bigger picture in which to
direct their improvement efforts.
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• Gateshead 2030 6 Big Ideas
• - City of Gateshead
• - Gateshead goes Global
• - Creative Gateshead
• - Sustainable Gateshead
• - Active and Healthy Gateshead
• - Gateshead Volunteers

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National Framework for Sustainable Schools At the
core of Sustainable School sites the National
Framework a series of 8 Doorways each offered
as a potential entry point to improved practice,
while also being presented as one element of an
integrated system. These doorways are supported
by a series of tools and events aimed at building
schools capacity to address sustainability as
core business.
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• The doorways-
• food and drink
• energy and water
• travel and traffic
• purchasing and waste
• buildings and grounds
• participation and inclusion
• local well being and
• the global dimension figure prominently in and
  support the UK sustainable development strategy.
• For more information about Sustainable School
  National Framework visit www.teachernet.gov.uk/sus
  tainableschools/framework/frameworks_detail.cFm

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Sustainable Schools Nationally there is an
abundance of recognition schemes and initiatives
that support the aims of the National Framework
for Sustainable Schools. The schemes are divided
into 2 main categories-
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• Whole school recognition schemes which lead to an
  award or mark that demonstrates that the school
  has reached a high level of performance in the
  selected area.
• Schemes in this category are
• - Eco-Schools
• - Food for Life Partnership Mark
• - Healthy Schools
• - International School Award
• - RHS Campaign for School Gardening
• - Rights Respecting School Award
• - RSPB Wildlife Action Awards

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• Competition based schemes, which offer a one-off
  award to a school for outstanding performance in
  the selected area
• e.g Ashden Awards
• Green School Awards
• www.teachernet.gov.uk/sustainableschools

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Sustainable Schools Websites The Sustainable
Schools area of Teachernet contains all the key
publications and guidance commissioned by the
DCSF to support schools on their journey towards
sustainable development. The web address
is www.teachernet.gov.uk/sustainableschools Indep
endent advisor and watchdog www.sd-commission.org
.uk DCSF sustainable development action
plan www.dcsf.gov.uk/aboutus/sd Every Child
Matters www.everychildmatters.gov.uk Extended
schools www.teachernet.gov.uk/extendedschools
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Global Gateway www.globalgateway.org.uk Growing
Schools www.teachernet.gov.uk/growingschools Lear
ning Outside the Classroom www.teachernet.gov.uk/
teachingandlearning/resourcematerials/outsideclass
room National College for Schools
Leadership www.ncsl.org.uk/sustainableschools-ind
ex.htm Ofsteds analysis of sustainable
schools www.ofsted.gov.uk/assets/Internet_Content
/Shared_Content/Files/2008/may-schoolsandsustain.p
df
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Whole-School Certification Schemes Eco
School www.eco-schools.org.uk Food for Life
Partnership Mark www.foodforlife.org.uk Healthy
Schools www.healthyschools.gov.uk International
School Award www.britishcouncil.org/learning-inter
national-school-award.htm Rights Respecting
Schools Award www.unicef.org.uk/rrsa RHS Campaign
for School Gardening www.rhs.org.uk/schoolgardenin
g
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RSPB Wildlife Acting Awards www.rspb.org.uk Ashden
Awards www.ashdenawards.org Green Schools
Awards www.ypgte.org.uk BBC Breathing Places
Schools www.bbc.co.uk/breathingplaces/schools GLOB
E Programme www.globe.org.uk Sustainable
Learning www.sustainablelearning.info