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Brimbank City Council Schools Education Programs

Brimbank Schools Inner North-West of Melbourne • 70 schools, 25 suburbs • Over 150 countries represented • Range of low to high socio • economic Introduction to ‘sustainability’ •

Brimbank education package Schools Sustainability Resources Kit • Teacher Environment Network • Kids Teaching Kids conference • Biodiversity workshops • Guidance for Green Teams • Growing Food in Brimbank Schools •

Brimbank Teacher Environment Network (BTEN) Run every term • Over 200 teachers invited • 90 teachers attended last 12 • months Group size ranges from 15 – 30 • Topics include: • Waste audits • Growing school vegetable • gardens Sustainability in the • curriculum

Kids Teaching Kids Conference 5 years running in Brimbank • Six local schools • 130 students • Future environmental leaders • Think Eat Save •

Conservation education • Walk and talks along local creeks • Planting days • Learning about our local species • Life cycles and food webs • Clean Up Australia Days

Brimbank Schools Sustainability Resources

Resources 5 topics linked with • national curriculum Introduces key terms • Links up with other great • resources PowerPoint ‘the story of’… • Electronic and hard copy • versions in schools

Presentations for classroom Three year levels, with • relevant activities for each year level. Aligned with AusVELS, and • national curriculum framework Sustainability as Cross • Curriculum Priority Available for other • Councils to adapt for their communities

Success so far Teachers using the Resources as their • intro into their topics Schools have increased food waste • audits, composting, recycling Teachers unfamiliar with ‘sustainability’ • are finding it easy to introduce the topics Teachers finding it easier to embed • sustainability into their curriculum Five Victorian Councils keen to adapt • Resources for their school communities

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