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NSW Government Schools are guided by the NSW Environmental Education Policy for Schools which has three core elements for the school community to focus on:

Curriculum integration of environmental activities of investigation, description, planning and implementation into the K-12 Teaching and Learning programs from in all Key Learning Areas.

School grounds planning and management provide learning opportunities and places for students. Learn about aesthetic and comfortable spaces and the natural heritage of the school.

School resource use and management in an effort to minimise ecological impacts and minimise waste encourages more environmental friendly purchasing and resource efficiencies.

The Environmental Education Policy for Schools (pdf 592.57KB) is a document designed to support effective environmental education programs in government schools in New South Wales. It provides guidelines on the management of school resources in accordance with ecologically sustainable practice and serves as a starting point for addressing global environmental issues.

A comprehensive guide Implementing the Environmental Education Policy in your school (pdf 2.26MB) has detailed and useful teaching resources, lesson suggestions and worksheet materials to assist teachers and schools in supporting their students' environmental learning.

Sustainable Schools NSW
Supporting Environmental Education is the Sustainable Schools NSW website developed in partnership with the NSW Department of Environment and Climate Change. A key component of website is an online scaffold for a process that schools can undertake to plan and develop a School Environmental Management Plan (SEMP). This plan describes a school's environmental objectives outlining the student learning and school management processes to be undertaken to achieve the objectives.

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