Sustainable Schools Ambassadors Welcome to the Ambassador Training Day 2009

Important information Badges Ambassador Folders Workshops Fire alarm Toilets Sixth Form guides If in doubt…go to reception

Find 8 different people who can answer yes to these questions and write their names in the boxes. Shout BINGO if you finish first! Who knows how a ‘hippo’ can reduce the amount of water we waste Who walks to school Who has planted a vegetable, plant or tree Who has attended a School Council meeting Who has helped with an event in their local community Whose school has a link with another country Who has refused a carrier bag in a shop Who has eaten an item of Fairtrade food in the last week

What does it mean to be a sustainable school? Lucy Grayson Hertfordshire Local Authority

Tomorrow’s world is full of possibilities…

And challenges…

We need to extend our care…

and work together… …to create a future that is better for all living things.

What is a Sustainable School? A sustainable school is a school built on the principles of sustainable development which encourages:  Care for oneself – our health and well being  Care for each other – across cultures and generations  Care for the environment – near and far

Welcome speech Cllr Chris Oxley Mayor of St Albans City and District

How can pupils make a difference? Paul Carruthers John F Kennedy School

Your role as a Sustainable Schools Ambassador Helen Gosnell Sir John Lawes School

What would being a Sustainable Schools Ambassador involve? Every Ambassador will be asked to do at least one activity per term that helps to make their school more sustainable. Remember a sustainable school is one that promotes: Care for oneself – our health and well being Care for each other – across cultures and generations Care for the environment – near and far

What does our school do to promote this type of care? What other things could our school do? Care for oneself – our health and well being Care for each other – across cultures and generations Care for the environment – near and far Find this sheet in the back of your folder. With the other ambassador from your school try to think about what your school already does and what more it could do to promote the different types of care. Write your ideas onto the sheet.

Sustainable Schools Doorways The government has split up the ways that schools can become more sustainable into 8 different ‘doorways’. Each table here has been allocated one doorway (in their envelope). Quickly discuss what you think your doorway might involve and write your ideas onto the bottom. Be prepared for one person to feedback to everyone else.

Curriculum (what we learn) Campus (our school buildings and grounds) Community (where we live) Sustainable Schools Doorways Ways in which schools can try and promote sustainability Food and Drink Energy and Water Travel and Traffic Purchasing and Waste Buildings and Grounds Inclusion and Participation Local well-being Global Dimension

What types of activities could you do in your schools? Find this sheet in your folder. On your table discuss some ideas for types of activities you could do in your school to make it more sustainable. Write your ideas onto the sheet.

Workshop 1 After the break you will be going to your first workshop. Sixth Form helpers will meet you at to take you to your room. DoorwayWorkshop Energy & waterThree Valleys Water (Room = M1) Climate Change & Copenhagen - ActionAid (Room = M2) Travel & trafficSchool Travel Plan (Room = M3) Purchasing & wasteWasteAware (Room = M4) Global dimensionInternational School links (Room = M5)

Workshop 2 DoorwayWorkshop Food and DrinkFairtrade – Year 12 SJL (Room = M5) Energy & waterClimate Change – Oxfam (Room = M4) Buildings & groundsSchool Grounds - Groundwork (Room = M1) Local well-beingLocal issues – Citizenship Foundation (Room = M3) Global dimensionGlobal Campaign for Education – ActionAid (Room = M2)

Lunchtime Help yourself to lunch! Try to do the quiz which is on your table (there will be prizes for the winning team). Try and put some more ideas down on your ‘doorway’ sheet that was in your envelope. Each group needs to try and get 10 ideas.

What did you learn this morning? Find the sheet in your folder with Sustainable Schools Doorway ideas written at the top. Share any good ideas you picked up this morning with the people on your table. Try to get at least one idea for each doorway and write it into the relevant box. You also need to try and make sure you have 10 ideas written onto your doorway sheet..

Workshop 3 SkillWorkshop organiser Working in primary schools (Secondary pupils only) Peacechild (Room = M10) Delivering an assembly Jonathan Mountstevens - Assistant Head at SJL (Room – M11) Persuading othersClaire Robins – Headteacher at SJL (Room = M12) Organising a Project/Event Citizenship Foundation (Room = M13) FundraisingComic Relief (Room = M14)

Welcome back! Hope you enjoyed your workshops. Please start filling in the Feedback form on your table – we’d like each table to hand in one copy. If you haven’t completed your 10 ideas please try and finish it now!

3 changes you’d like to see in your school What change do you want to see? Which type of care is this linked to? Which ‘doorway’ is this linked to? Does this change involve your curriculum, your campus or your community? With the other Ambassador from your school try to identify 3 things you’d like to change in your school that relate to being a more Sustainable School. The sheet is in the back of your folder. If you are finding it difficult to fill this in then ask the secondary school pupils on your table or a teacher to help you.

The ‘Wiki’

What next? Meet with your teacher and log the ‘Changes’ you’d like to see in your school onto the Wiki. Start planning your first term’s activities. You could do this individually or with the other Ambassador from your school. Make sure you speak to the teacher in charge of the Ambassadors in your school to discuss your ideas and get their advice to help with your planning. Keep an eye open for newspaper or magazine articles and TV programmes that are linked to sustainability. You might be able to use some of this material to help you inform others in your school.