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Gould Schools
Providing sustainability education in schools


Schoolgrounds for Learning Course Overview

Lead a transformation in your schoolgrounds, share your passion and foster a sense of care by involving your whole school community with this unique online leadership training program.

Why Schoolgrounds for Learning is unique

  • Recognises the value of both the planning process and the end result
  • Creates a sense of shared ownership
  • Strategically distributes the workload
  • Results in schoolground projects that meet the diverse social and educational needs of students and teachers
  • Guides teachers through a successful planning framework for schoolgrounds transformation
  • Enables participating teachers to involve students, other teachers, school leadership and the wider community
  • Creates a comprehensive schoolgrounds masterplan using our unique online program
  • Creates projects that enrich learning and play resources and provide opportunities to reduce energy and water use, produce less waste and increase biodiversity in school ground

 "I presented at a school council meeting last Monday
- got a round of applause!”

Georgia Butters Cain, School Councilor,
Wycheproof P-12 College

Schoolgrounds for Learning supports schools to:

  • Williamstown High students and community members work together to create greener schoolgroundsEmpower students by enabling them to plan and implement real projects.
  • Stimulate creativity and celebrate diversity.
  • Contribute to student health and wellbeing.
  • Encourage responsibility and citizenship.
  • Build capacities of students, teachers and communities.
  • Create interesting and attractive school environments that model environmental sustainability.

Supported by

Supported by the Victorian Government
Helen Macpherson Smith Trust logo

 

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