Education for Sustainability
What does it look like for Churchill Park School?
We are a green gold Enviroschool and we are proud of it!
What does it look like for Churchill Park School?
We are a green gold Enviroschool and we are proud of it!
The Kaupapa of Enviroschools' "creating a healthy, peaceful, sustainable world through people teaching and learning together" is the focus at Churchill Park School.
We:
- integrate into all learning where possible
- make connections to – biophysical, political, economic and social issues
- focus awareness and practice of Churchill Park beliefs
- talk about our understandings of Kaitakitanga
- through an inquiry cycle – taking action from our learning and transferring this into a sustainable environment creating lifelong attitudes and actions.
- deliberately teach the key principles of: Empowered Students, Learning for sustainability, Maori perspectives, Respect for diversity of people and culture and Sustainable communities
Projects we are proud of ……..
- water tank – IPENZ engineers working alongside the students to develop water tank flow on from the friendship garden,
- weekly garden club,
- development of the wetlands (from a boggy area) alongside the council for guidance
- garden to table
- composting –developing understanding of compost,
- using harakeke from the wetlands for art, technology,
- travel wise
- walking school bus
- continuing to fund raise and support students from Cambodia through world vision,
- caterpillar garden,
- solar panels,
- beach clean-up sustainable coast lines,
- waste audit,
- annual studies on NZ endangered species e.g. short tail bat, long fin eel, whio,
- waste less school including nude lunchboxes, reusing and recycling paper, limited paper newsletters