ENVIRO-STARS

To be an effective Enviro-School means that you to follow a set of principles and guidelines.  These cover a range of core learning and values and they are...

Maori Perspectives
Respect for Diversity
Sustainable communities
Learning for sustainability
Empowered/engaged students

It is important that staff and students understand what these are and how to deliver suitable programmes in their own place, to empower people and participation.  (The 4 P's).

At the beginning of the year the staff got together and changed the set of principles to suit Gore Main School.  Our motto is 'REACH FOR THE STARS' so we thought it would make sense to link the principles with our motto, rather than having a huge range of things to follow and think about.

Here is what we devised...

ENVIRO-STARS - We are learning about these and are enjoying seeing how the things we do link so effectively into these principles!