Blog Post 3
Dear Parents and Carers, Sustainability is something that we have weaved into the many facets of work in HASS. The Australian Curriculum asks that we as educators inform students about sustainability, promoting active citizens. Children have the ability to change our world with their creative imaginations driving them to develop innovative approaches to taking the first step towards creating a clean sustainable future. Students have already explored what recycling is, how we separate rubbish and why it’s important to the environment. You may have had conversations already at home around recycling. They have looked at Tasmania’s waste and we had a guest speaker from the tip to come in and talk about Tasmania’s waste. Their strategy aims to “deliver the outcome of zero waste to land by 2030.” (City of Hobart, 2019). Students have created an initiative in our classroom that we must recycle, ...