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Introduction
Helping you identify your clean up project
Activities
1. Why have a Clean Up Day?
2. Getting out into the community
3.
From Clean Up to Fix Up Survey
Resources
1. Clean Up Day Headlines
2. Cleaning Up Australia Fact Sheet
3. Typical Clean Up Day Site
4. Clean Up to Fix Up Kids Survey (for kids
to complete)
5. Clean Up to Fix Up Registration Form (for
teachers to complete)
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 Introduction
Helping you identify your "Clean
Up to Fix Up" Project
Clean
Up Australia's National Trial to identify 15 school sites.
This
educational resource has been developed specifically recognising
the core values articulated within the WA Education Department
Curriculum Framework relating to Environmental Responsibility:
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The
commitment to developing an appreciative awareness of
the interdependence of all elements of the environment,
including humans and human systems, and encouraging a
respect and concern for Australia's natural and cultural
heritage and for forms of resource that are regenerative
and sustainable. |
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Background
Clean Up Australia will celebrates its 11th
birthday on Sunday 5th March 2000, and this year Clean Up
Perth has been selected to conduct a national trial "From
Clean Up to Fix Up". This new strategy aims to identify
sites that would be "From Clean Up to Fix Up" sites
in the year 2000. Schools will have the opportunity to identify
a site in their community that needs "cleaning up"
and then create solutions to "fix them up". 15 will
be chosen to be part of the trial.
Other schools outside of Perth interested in
participating can access the same information and provide
feedback to Clean Up Australia via the Perth Clean Up Office,
email: info@millenniumkids.com.au
or by snail mail to Millennium Kids PO Box 760 FREMANTLE 6959
WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Clean Up Perth will work in conjunction with
Millennium Kids (a Perth based environmental youth organisation)
as well as the hundreds of schools and youth organisations
already committed to Schools Friday Clean Up Friday 3 March.
From Clean Up to Fix Up will provide
an opportunity for young people to look at local Clean Up
sites in a different way. Firstly it will involve surveying
the site and making recommendations about what the source
problems are and then creating a plan of action that can be
trialed during the course of the year. Finally, each of the
schools involved in the implementation of a Clean Up to Fix
Up project will be invited to report to the Millennium
Kids "Kids Helping Kids" environmental conference
to be held in Perth in October 2000.
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Introduction
to the School Kit
The
From Clean Up to Fix Up - Stage 1 kit is an educational resource
primarily developed for use in upper primary and lower secondary
Schools. The activities included in the kit are outcomes based
and have been developed to complement the Society and Environment
Area Statement and English Area Statement contained in the
Curriculum Framework released by the Curriculum Council of
Western Australia.
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Overarching
Statement Learning Outcome 6.
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Society
& Environment:
Direct 1 and 7
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English:
Direct 1, 4, 6, 7 & 9
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Students
visualise consequences, think laterally, recognise opportunity
and potential and are prepared to test options.
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Through
investigation, communication, participation and active
citizenship, abilities to reflect on experiences, critically
analyse, predict answers and develop strategies are
developed.
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Through
a range of processes and strategies, students develop
the ability to be reflective and experimental in their
use of language.
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Aims of Program
From Clean Up to Fix Up aims to focus on issues
relating to waste management and minimisation by encouraging
students to adopt a local site and take part in a series of
citizenship and environmental activities to highlight active
citizenship.
This kit has been developed to raise children's
awareness about our waste culture and how it affects
their local community.
The kit includes activities to:
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develop an integrated education program
highlighting how classes can become involved in active
citizenship and environmental activities in their local
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help classroom teachers work with school
and community groups to address the issue of waste management
and minimisation. |
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focus on what waste is and how it impacts
on our environment. |
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develop a meaningful approach to participating
in Clean Up Australia Day and Fix Up projects. |
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encourage children to take part in planning
and implementing strategies to reduce waste in their
community and come up with possible long term solutions. |
Next - Activity 1 - Why have a Clean
Up Day?
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