Ysgol Stanwell School

ESDGC

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What is ESDGC?

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.

ESDGC: 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.
• Wealth and Poverty: the rights of every individual to have their basic needs met.
• Identify and Culture: develop a respect for themselves and other cultures.
• Choices and decisions: how our choices and our decisions affect the lives of others.
• Health: appreciate the role of a healthy lifestyle and develop a responsible attitude for their physical and mental health.
• Natural environment: show concern for our environment and understand the affect of our actions.
• Consumption and waste: understand our role in reducing waste and develop a sense of responsibility for sustainable development.
• Climate Change: take personal responsibility towards changing lifestyles as a response towards climate change.

Stanwell School ESDGC Policy

The ESDGC policy can be found on our Policies page.

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
• 5×60
• Duke of Edinburgh
• 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
• Sports Relief
• Children in Need

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