Action plan
This activity can be used to help set up a new recycling scheme, or to identify ways to improve an existing one.
A follow up activity to the waste audit, pupils get to analyse real data from the waste audit, identify waste 'hot spots' in the school and brainstorm solutions to reduce the most common types of waste at school. They will produce an action plan, identifying tasks, responsibilities and timescales.
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Curriculum links
Click on the Key Stages below to find out the curriculum links for this lesson.
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Key Stage 1
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Cross Curricular
- Planning and organising;
- Setting deadlines and working within set timeframes
- Communication (with other pupils, members of staff, school management and local authority);
- Taking responsibility (for the school environment);
- Sharing knowledge with others through training;
- Education for Sustainable Development;
- Sustainable Schools – Doorway 4: Purchasing and Waste.
Subject QCA National Curriculum English - En1 Speaking and listening – Group discussion and interaction (3 and 10)
- En3 Writing – Planning and drafting
Science Unit 1C: Sorting and using materials - Sc2 Life processes and living things – Caring for the environment (5c)
- Sc3 Materials and their properties – Grouping materials (1)
Geography - Asking geographical questions (1a)
- Observing and recording (1b)
- Expressing views about people, places and environments (1c)
- Recognising how the environment may be improved or sustained (5b)
- Studying at a local scale (7a)
- Carrying out investigations outside the classroom (7b)
Art - Investigating and making art, craft and design (through posters)
Citizenship Unit 2: Choices
Unit 6: Developing our school grounds- Preparing to take an active role as citizens (2)
- Taking and sharing responsibility (5a)
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Key Stage 2
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Cross Curricular
- Planning and organising;
- Setting deadlines and working within set timeframes;
- Communication (with other pupils, members of staff, school management and local authority);
- Taking responsibility (for the school environment);
- Sharing knowledge with others through training;
- Education for Sustainable Development;
- Sustainable Schools – Doorway 4: Purchasing and Waste.
Subject QCA National Curriculum English - En1 Speaking and listening – Group discussion and interaction (3 & 10)
- En3 Writing – Planning and Drafting
Maths - Ma4 Handling data – representing and interpreting data
Science - Sc3 Materials and their properties
Geography Unit 8: Improving the environment - Asking geographical questions (1a)
- Collecting and recording evidence (1b)
- Analysing evidence and drawing conclusions (1c)
- Communicating in ways appropriate to the task and audience (1e)
- Recognising how people can improve the environment (5a)
- Recognising how people can manage environments sustainably and identify opportunities for their own involvement (5b)
- Studying an environmental issue (6e)
- Carrying out fieldwork investigations outside the classroom (7c)
Art - Investigating and making art, craft and design (through posters)
Citizenship Unit 2 – Choices;
Unit 6 – Developing our school grounds- Preparing to play an active role as citizens (2)
- Taking responsibility (5a)
- Participating (5c)
- Making real choices and decisions (5d)
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Key Stage 3
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Cross Curricular
- Planning and organising;
- Setting deadlines and working within set timeframes;
- Communication (with other pupils, members of staff, school management and local authority);
- Taking responsibility (for the school environment);
- Sharing knowledge with others through training;
- Education for Sustainable Development;
- Sustainable Schools – Doorway 4: Purchasing and Waste.
Subject QCA National Curriculum English - En1 Speaking and listening – Group discussion and interaction (3 and 10)
- En3 Writing – Planning and drafting
Maths - Ma4 Representing data (4) Interpreting and discussing results (5)
Science - Sc2 – Life processing and living things - Ways in which living things and the environment can be protected and the importance of sustainable development (5a)
Geography Unit 14: Can the earth cope? Ecosystems, population and resources - Asking geographical questions (1a)
- Collecting, recording and presenting evidence (1c)
- Analysing and evaluating evidence and drawing conclusions (1d)
- Communicating in ways appropriate to the task and audience (1f)
- Developing decision making skills (2g)
- Exploring the idea of sustainable development and recognising its implications for their own lives (5b)
- Environmental issues (6j)
- Resource issues (6k)
- Studying issues of topical significance (7d)
Citizenship Unit 18: Developing your school grounds
Unit 21: People and the environment- Developing skills of participation and responsible action (3)
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Key Stage 4
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Cross Curricular
- Planning and organising;
- Setting deadlines and working within set timeframes;
- Communication (with other pupils, members of staff, school management and local authority);
- Taking responsibility (for the school environment);
- Sharing knowledge with others through training;
- Education for Sustainable Development;
- Sustainable Schools – Doorway 4: Purchasing and Waste.
Subject QCA National Curriculum English - En1 Speaking and listening – Group discussion and interaction (3 and 10)
- En3 Writing – Planning and drafting
Maths - Ma4 Representing data (4) Interpreting and discussing results (5)
Science - Sc2 Life processes and living things – The importance of sustainable development (4c)
Citizenship - Issues and challenges of global interdependence and responsibility, including sustainable development (1j)
- Developing skills of participation and responsible action (3)
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