Logo Competition

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Logo Competition

• Sarah Foster
• Year 8
• Williamstown High
• School

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vision

• The cluster will develop a model for
  environmental education that will enable students
  to play a leading role in creating an
  environmentally sustainable future.

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Why Environmental Education?

• Active citizenship
• Purposeful
• Relevant
• Real life skills
• Problem based
• Critical thinking
• Connectedness

• Effective Middle Year Pedagogy
• VELS

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Building a Team 4 Schools 1 Planet

• Collaborative approach to unit development
• Consistent, ownership, sharing expertise
• Rich, powerful learning experiences
• Real Life
• Student driven

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Rich Tasks

• Have real-world value and use
• They are problem-based and have relevance and
  power in everyday life and new worlds of work.
• Draw on a repertoire of practices
• There is a broad range of cognitive and
  cultural, linguistic and social skills to be
  acquired developmentally.

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Rich Tasks

• Range across operational fields and knowledge
• Are transdisciplinary.
• Are challenging
• Have significant intellectual, cognitive and
  developmental depth and breadth.

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TEACHERS WORK BACKWARDS FROM WHOLE, EDUCATIONALLY
MEANINGFUL, VALUABLE TASKS BY USING THEIR
PROFESSIONAL JUDGMENT TO BREAK THESE DOWN INTO
SEQUENCES OF INSTRUCTION AROUND TARGETED SKILLS
AND KNOWLEDGE.
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Further Information

• Assessment New Basics Branch
• Education House
• PO Box 33
• Brisbane Albert Street Qld 4002
• E-mail newbasics_at_qed.qld.gov.au
• Web http//education.qld.gov.au/corporate/newbasi
  cs

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Inquiry Based Learning

• Inquiry sequence
• Tuning In
• Finding Out
• Sorting Out
• Going Further
• Reflection
• Taking Action drives process

• Problem based
• Key question

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Environment Club from Willi High teaches 5/6s
about Water Monitoring
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Curriculum Model
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How we did it..

• Provided 2 days CRT release for 9 teachers across
  4 schools.
• Provided PD, ideas, resources and simple
  templates.
• Write!
• Trial, share experience, evaluation, redraft
  (2yrs)

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Sustainable Learning

• Design a Water Wise Garden 5/6
• Water Conservation in Action 5/6
• The Water Source Its not Black White 7
• Living in 2030 An Experiment in Survival 8/9

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Willi Primary visits Newport Lakes to design a
water wise garden
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From little things, big things grow

• Community partners
• Parent expertise
• MY TL, High level of engagement
• Behaviour management reduced
• Hands-On, Practical, Relevant
• Achievable
• School Pride
• Ownership Students and Teachers
• Connection and Celebration

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Challenges

• Risk Taking Teachers vs Students
• Keeping momentum
• You get out of it what you put in!
• Maintaining gardens
• Development of New Rich Tasks
• Funding
• Support from Leadership
• Evaluation and Review

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Water Power_at_ Melb Museum
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Splish! Splash! Student h2O Forum
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Sponsorship and Funding

• Have a clear focus
• Dont be afraid to ask products
• Grants
• Vic. Dept. of Communities http//www.grants.dvc.vi
  c.gov.au/
• Landcare
• http//www.landcareonline.com/page.asp?pID86
• Aust. Gov. Community Water Grants 50,000 Aug
• http//www.communitywatergrants.gov.au/reference/a
  pplying.html
• City West Water 5000
• Greening Australia

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UNLESS someone like you cares a whole lot,
nothing is going to get better. Its not.
The Lorax by Dr. Seuss