The London School Environment Awards LSEA were set up in 2003 by Ken Livingstone to help children develop a sense of responsibility for their environment.This March is LSEA volunteering month and I decided to become a volunteer, to go into a London school to help with environmental projects, such as giving talks in assembly and lending a hand with projects in the school grounds. I attended a volunteer training day at London's Living Room, on the top floor of London City Hall where we learned more about the project.
The schools are given the compulsory theme, 'Litter and Local Environment Quality' to work on aswell as picking one of the five themes shown below:
* Waste and Recycling
* Water
* Energy and Climate Change
* Transport to School
* Biodiversity
To gain the awards they have to fulfill criterai such as pupil and community involvement, effectiveness, sustainability and communication.
Our role is to aid the progress of the schools in their chosen themes. I attended three seminars throughout the afternoon which demonstrated ideas for activities and assemblies etc. The first activity was recylced papermaking, then a talk on water conservation by Thames Water, followed by a talk on habitats and planting by Chelsea Physics Garden. This will be a really fun project to undertake and I'm looking forward to finding out which school I have been assigned!
No comments:
Post a Comment