ESDGC at Stanwell School
Education for Sustainable Development and Global Citizenship (ESDGC)
What is Sustainable Development?
ESDGC is about:
- the links between society, economy and environment
and between our own lives and those of people throughout
the world.
- the needs and rights of both present and future generations.
- the relationships between power, resources and human rights.
- the local and global implications of everything we do and the
actions that individuals and organisations can take in response
to local and global issues.
(Education for Sustainable Development and Global Citizenship:
Why? What? How?, ACCAC 2002)
ESDGC can be defined as:
- Sustainable: means that something is viable and can be continued in the long term in ways that do not harm people but benefit them equally. This can apply to anything from decisions about our courtyard to issues relating to the national economy and global environment.
- Development: happens everywhere and involves everyone. It refers to the way in which the environment, the economy and society interact, progresses and changes.
- Sustainable Development: is about ensuring a better quality of life for everyone now and for generations to come.
- Global Citizenship: is about the status and rights of citizens around the world and our awareness of others. This will enable pupils to acquire the knowledge, skills and values that will equip them to participate in decision making throughout their lives.
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Wealth and Poverty: the rights of every individual to have their basic needs met.
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Identify and Culture: develop a respect for themselves and other cultures.
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Choices and decisions: how our choices and our decisions affect the lives of others.
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Health: appreciate the role of a healthy lifestyle and develop a responsible attitude for their physical and mental health.
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Natural environment: show concern for our environment and understand the affect of our actions.
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Consumption and waste: understand our role in reducing waste and develop a sense of responsibility for sustainable development.
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Climate Change: take personal responsibility towards changing lifestyles as a response towards climate change.
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STANWELL SCHOOL |
YSGOL STANWELL |
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EDUCATION FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP |
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This policy has been drawn up in accordance with WAG Document 066/2008 and Education for Sustainable Development and Global Citizenship: A Common Understanding for Schools (DCELLS, 2008).
Education for Sustainable Development and Global Citizenship (ESDGC) is about the things that we do every day. It is about the big issues in the world - such as climate change, trade, resource and environmental depletion, human rights, conflict and democracy - and about how they relate to each other and to us. It is about how far apart we live. It is about how we prepare for the future. Every one of us has a part to play.
The school aims to:
i) Enable pupils to learn how to care for and protect their environment. In small, yet significant ways, we will strive to reduce pollution, and use our natural resources with thought and care. Understanding that collectively, schools in Wales, the UK and globally, can make a huge difference.
ii) Help pupils to understand their own rights and responsibilities, as citizens locally and globally, and have respect for the rights and responsibilities of others. Give pupils the knowledge and understanding about our world and the people who live in it and everyone's relationship with the environment.
iii) Help pupils to develop the skills to be critical thinkers by giving them the facts and a variety of resources in order that they can have balanced information and come to their own judgements.
iv) Celebrate cultural, religious and linguistic diversity and foster positive attitudes.
Any work will be differentiated and respond to individual need, using the following strategies to assist this process:
- Peer support
- Use of child friendly vocabulary
- Present the subject in different ways to suit all abilities e.g. dance, drama, videos, educational visits, ‘hands on experiences' etc
- Promote self evaluation. Use teaching aids such as IT, games etc
- Set clear tasks and enable children to work and respond at their own speed etc
The key concepts of ESDGC are:
- Interdependence
- Citizenship and stewardship
- Needs and rights
- Diversity
- Sustainable change
- Quality of life
- Uncertainty and precaution
- Values and perceptions; and
- Conflict resolution
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YSGOL STANWELL |
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EDUCATION FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP |
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Teachers will be offered training as an ongoing process for their own professional development.
Eco Code
ESDGC will be developed in terms of:
Curriculum links
Schemes and awards
Global connections
Pupil participation
Equal opportunities and racial awareness
Human rights
Outdoor learning
Welsh dimension
After school clubs
Transition
Vocational education
Data literacy
Self esteem
Qualifications - the school has achieved the following awards Basic Skills 1 & 2 and Quality Standard, ICT Quality mark, Healthy Schools Award 1, 2 & 3, Eco Flag, Eco Schools awards and the curriculum examinations/awards that are linked to ESDGC include the Welsh Baccalaureate and the Duke of Edinburgh Award
Resources will be allocated to support this work as part of department capitation
The work undertaken in ESDGC at Stanwell School is detailed in the School Development Plan and as part of our School Based Review process we address ESDGC under each of the Key Questions.
‘Children and young adults deserve to know that their fate is inextricably linked to, and affected by, the lives and decision of others across the world. They have a right to understand the crucial issues facing the planet and know how they can personally play a part in helping shape the future. No school should feel it is unable to help its pupils gain these perspectives on the world'. Jane Davidson, Minister for Education and Lifelong Learning.
The Delivery of ESDGC at Stanwell
At Stanwell School the formal curriculum in ESDGC will be addressed within National Curriculum Programmes of Study (Schemes of Work). However, ESDGC should permeate throughout the whole school curriculum and is not confined to the classroom or to one teacher.
The wider features of the life of the school will contribute to ESDGC:
- Healthy Schools
- Eco-Schools
- 5x60
- Duke of Edinburgh
- Snag Group
- The Business Challenge
- Young Enterprise
- Eisteddfod
- Award Schemes
- Charity Work
- Out of hours learning activities
- Visiting Speakers
- Enterprise Week
- Proto Toy Day
- Career Days (last yr NHS etc)
- Operation Christmas Child (JO)
- R.E sponsor a child in India
- Earthquake appeal
- Sports Relief
- Children in Need.
ESDGC Days for the Diary
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May
Christian Aid Week
World debt day
Walk to school
World Environment Day
International day against Child Labour / Day of the African child
World Refugee Day
National School Grounds Week
National Insect Week
Keep Wales Tidy Week July
International Day of Cooperatives
National Parks Week August
World Water Week
International Day of Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its abolition |
Biodiversity Month
Organic Fortnight
British Food Fortnight
International Literacy Day
International Day of Peace
World Car Free Day October
International Walk to School month
Black History month
One World Week
World Habitat Day
RSPB Feed the Birds Day
World Animal Day
World Food Day
International Day for the Eradication of World Poverty
United Nations Day
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November
Remembrance Day
International Education Week
Universal Children's Day
National Tree Week
World AIDS Day
International Human Rights Day |
ESDGC Day
Year 7 Cosmeston 2010
In July 2010 Year 7 spent a day learning a range of subjects in the outdoor environment as part of the ESDGC curriculum at Stanwell School. This included input from subjects such as Geography, History, Biology, DT, Duke of Edinburgh, Art, PE and many, many more....
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Building Shanty Towns (Geography and DT) Pupils were given a scenario to compare their own lives in relation to how life is actually is like in Shanty Towns all around the world. The aim was to understand global citizenship around the world. The objective was to build a waterproof house that could fit one person out of the recyclable (renewable) resources available to them. |
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Cosmeston Medieval Village (History)
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Softball (PE)
Softball in Cosmeston allows pupils to think about and take part in health and fitness in the natural environment. The aim of the session is to encourage pupils to part take in physical activities in environments that provide open space and clear air. The objective is for pupils to work as a team while competing in the softball activity.
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Orienteering (Duke of Edinburgh)
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The aim of this section was to make sure the pupils could read a map including grid references and symbols. The majority of the learning was visual and kinaesthetic with the outcome being the pupils could plot an expedition route using given grid references, symbols and features on the map to locate their position and escape routes when in the real world.
Biodiversity(Biology)
This year as part of biodiversity year 2010, year 7 pupils and the Biology department looked at biodiversity within Cosmeston Country Park. The aim was to promote the biodiversity found in a countryside environment, while the objective was to compare two sites in Cosmeston, to consider why one site may contain be more biodiverse than another and to consider the implications of biodiversity esp. in relation to food and feeding.
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