General Criteria
- The School is registered with Eco - Schools Australia, up to date with annual subscription & has provided all requested “Baseline” reporting data
- The School keeps a portfolio of evidence of Eco - Schools activities and projects completed (Eco - Schools Portfolio)
- The School completes the relevant online application form with supporting documents fr om their Eco - Schools Portfolio
Eco - committee
- The school has an Eco - Committee that meets at least once a term , and members include:
- Pupils
- Teachers - Parent/governor representative
- Minutes are kept of meetings and progress reported back to class
- Pupils share responsibility with adults for running the committee, e.g. chairing, voting, taking minutes. (At teachers’ discretion, based on age and ability of pupils involved.)
Environmental Review
- The Eco - Committee completes an Environmental Review of t he school at least once a year against their chosen Eco - Schools themes
- Results of the review have been recorded , discussed by the Eco - Committee and communicated with the whole school to generate project ideas.
Action Plan (work on themes)
- The Eco - Committee has produced a detailed Action Plan , influenced by the Environmental Review, covering 2+ Eco - Schools themes.
- The action plan details timescales , targets and measures , and who is responsible
- Action Plan updates and other evidence in the Eco - Schools portfolio show achievements against at least 2 Eco - Schools themes
Monitor & Evaluate
- School has submitted baseline and follow - up data as required by Eco - Schools Australia
- The Eco - Committee collects evidence of completed Eco - Schools activities & action projects into their Eco - Schools Portfolio e.g samples of work, before and after photos, data collection
- The Eco - Committee can evaluate impacts of Eco - Schools action projects by reflecting on information they have collected
Curriculum Links
- The school can demonstrate that Eco - Schools themes are explored in at least three curriculum areas by most year groups
- Aspects of Eco - Schools activities such as Environmental Review, Monitoring & Evaluation and Informing & Involving, are integrated into a range of subjects across the curriculum for at least one year group .
Inform & Involve
- The school has a prominent, designated notice board , detailing Eco - Schools activities
- Details of Eco - Schools activities are put on the School’s web site (if the school has one)
- The Eco - Committee regularly communicates Eco - Schools activities to the whole school (eg. via assemblies) and to the wider community (e.g. via the school newsletter & website.)
Eco - code
- The school has agreed, adopted and displayed their Eco - Code
- The Eco Code is reviewed by the whole school every year to make sure it remains relevant