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NEW ROUND OF SWANSEA SUSTAINABLE SCHOOLS SCHEME AWARDSTwo further schools have been awarded in Autumn 2011. They are Bishop Gore School which recieved a bronze award and Ynystawe Primary who achieved a silver. Well done both schools. The next deadline for awards is 9th March 2012 (not 10th February as previously stated). Four more weeks have added to the deadline. All the necessary forms can be found at the bottom of this page. Either print off and fill in, or save and fill in on your PC. Rememeber three areas must be tackled either at bronze if looking for a bronze award, bronze and silver if going for a silver award and all three levels if you're applying for a gold award. Send your entry to Anita Houten, Environment Centre, Pier Street, Swansea SA1 1RY or EMail This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it Your application will be acknowledged. There are now 18 schools with 21 awards to date. However there is also a new award of bronze plus. This award given to Clydach Junior School is for schools that work on another three areas of the Scheme and show a breadth of ability on ESDGC. Those schools that find they aren't able to progress as quickly as they would have liked can now look at broadening the width of their ESDGC. Clydach Juniors have a bronze, bronze plus and a silver award!
AWARDSBRONZE Blaenymaes Primary, Clase Primary, Gors Community Primary, Cwmbwrla Primary, Bishopston Comprehensive,Ynystawe Primary, Morriston Primary, Morriston Comprehensive, Clwyd Primary, Waun Wen Primary, Dylan Thomas Comprehensive, Keystone Primary, Casllwchwr Primary, Bishop Gore. BRONZE PLUS Clydach Juniors SILVER Bishop Vaughan Comprehensive, Olchfa, Clydach Juniors, Ynystawe Primary
The eight themes covered in the Scheme are drawn from the ESDGC Guidance for Schools document published by SEEF two years earlier, in 2006 (Guidance doc can be found on the Downloads page). The Scheme was written by a team of SEEF members with a range of expertise across the themes. The Scheme presents three standards for each theme – Bronze, Silver and Gold– with a list of actions for both School Management and Curriculum Activities under each standard. There are also lists of key contacts and websites so that schools can find support and information to help them make progress. Also Bronze Plus can be awarded to schools that already have a Bronze in three areas and have now completed another three areas at bronze level. To Download any of the themes for an award click below. To look at the Scheme click Swansea Sustainable Schools Scheme or Cynllun Ysgolion Cynaliadwy Abertwae
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A COMMON UNDERSTANDING FOR SCHOOLS"ESDGC A Common Understanding for Schools" is a document that was published by the Welsh Assembly Government in July 2008. It is an all encompassing document for schools with regard to ESDGC. It is a guidance document to aid delivery of ESDGC in schools. The ‘Themes’ identified in the ‘Common Understanding’ cover the range of ESDGC and support the delivery of statutory Subject Orders, relevant frameworks, other relevant non-statutory frameworks and the 14-19 Learning Core. This document also supports delivery of the Welsh Baccalaureate. It has a very useful suggested guidance for evaluating progression in ESDGC. See the link below.
GREEN TREASURE BOXES - now available!SEEF has produced NEW Green Treasure boxes available from the ELRC in Port Talbot! These resources are invaluable to help plan and teach Education for Sustainable Development and Global Citizenship (ESDGC). They are FREE to Swansea schools and contain high quality information, reference and reading books as well as CD/DVD ROMS nd artefacts. The Climate Change Box has weather monitoring equipment. Boxes can be borrowed on a half termly basis.
Boxes include: Primary - Foundation Phase, (KS2) Energy and Water, Waste and Recycling, Food and Farming, Global Citizenship, Climate Change and Biodiversity. Secondary ESDGC Box Reserve your Green Treasure Box now by contacting the ELRC Port Talbot on 01639 889900 - your school does not have to be a member to borrow the Green Treasure Boxes (ask for Clive if there's a problem!)
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