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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, we have created two bins.




We plan on going to the local park to take part in Clean Up Australia, educating students on the impact of rubbish in their community whilst making a difference in their community. Clean Up Australia is a national corporation, empowering communities and schools to remove rubbish from our environment (Clean Up Australia, 2019). We will discuss the safety procedures, i.e., cars, people, glass, roads, and sharp objects, ensuring that all students are safe and accounted for. I hope students will understand how much rubbish there is and how taking a small step such as picking up rubbish can create such a massive change.


Students will then be encouraged to think and research about some major issues associated with solid waste and waste disposal, looking at what can be broken down and decomposed and what can't. 

"What happens to the food we don't eat and the packaging it comes in?"

Students will be asked to think about refuse, reuse, reduce, recycle and how the major issues can be minimized using the four r’s. Students will be given a printed enlarged m
ap of Australia and research about waste issues around Australia, they will write facts and information they find and place it on the map, discovering where in Australia needs the most amount of help. 



There are strong links to the curriculum by looking at geography and sustainability. 

Literacy – Speaking and creating 
Personal and Social capabilities – social awareness 
Ethical Understanding – looking at their active roles and responsibility
Critical and creative thinking – through inquiring and posing questions

Through inquiry and critical thinking, students will become active problem-solvers as they think about sustainability and their role in sustainable living. I hope to provide them with enough information to allow them to choose to take an active role in creating a clean future for themselves and the community.





What can you do to help?

If you are interested in helping with Clean Up Australia Day, please be in contact with me by the 10/04/19. 
What is sustainability?





How do you think we can create a sustainable future?












Any questions or queries please don’t hesitate to ask, looking forward to an exciting unit. 


Best Wishes,

Miss Maskell





References

Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority [ACARA]. (2012). Retrieved from https://www.australiancurriculum.edu.au/

City of Hobart. (2019). City of Hobart Waste Management Strategy 2015 – 2030. Retrieved from https://www.hobartcity.com.au/Council/Strategies-and-plans/City-of-Hobart-Waste-Management-Strategy-2015-2030

Clean Up Australia Day. (2019). Retrieved from https://www.cleanup.org.au/

Ministerial Council on Education, Employment, Training and Youth Affairs (MCEETYA). (2008). Melbourne Declaration on Educational Goals for Young Australians. Melbourne, Victoria: MCEETYA.  Retrieved from http://www.curriculum.edu.au/verve/_resources/National_Declaration_on_the_Educational_Goals_for_Young_Australians.pdf


Planet Ark. (2019). Paper and Cardboard. Retrieved from https://recyclingnearyou.com.au/paper-cardboard/HobartTAS

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