What is "RESPECT" Award?
"Recognition of Excellent Sustainable Practice in Early Childhood Teaching"
The inaugural RESPECT Award commenced in 2008 We felt that early childhood best practice should be rewarded and recognized. 2009 Winners are showcased in the Green Beginnings December newsletter and the winning entry and runner up won a plaque and a basket of prizes. Be a leader in sustainable education and share with others how you achieved your goals
Respect Awards
Winner of the RESPECT Award 2009
Winner of the RESPECT Award 2009 -
St Kilda and Balaclava Kindergarten, Balaclava Name of the project: Sustainable Early Childhood Project SECP - in conjunction with Swinburne University and CERES Community Environment Park. Brief outline of the project: The goal for our project was to attempt to improve environmental sustainability initiatives such as the ability to rethink, refuse, reduce, recycle and reuse a range of resources throughout all service operations, promote energy efficiency, reduce waste and water usage, increase biodiversity in the gardens and encourage community practice in sustainability. The targets we were aiming for were a 25% reduction of waste, water and energy and a 25% increase of biodiversity. The aim was to achieve a 5 star sustainability rating in these areas.
Runner Up of the RESPECT Award -
Dame Nellie Melba Kindergarten, Richmond Name of the project: Low Waste Lunch Program initiative Brief outline of the project: At Dame Nellie Melba Kindergarten we promote an ongoing Low Waste Lunch Program which includes a termly Waste Free Lunch Week. Each term, the ELVES (Early Learning and Vision for Environmental Sustainability) committee runs a Waste Free Lunch Week, whereby children are encouraged to minimise all waste in their lunchboxes for the week when they attend kindergarten. Prior to the Waste Free Lunch Week, an information brochure is distributed to all families and a large display board promoting examples of waste free lunches is erected in the front yard of the kindergarten. During Waste Free Lunch Week, a member of the ELVES committee then comes into the kindergarten sessions to read a suitable children's book on recycling and talks to the children about waste. The kindergarten co-ordinator, Adam Shrivell, also reinforces messages about recycling and waste with fun indoor and outdoor activities and discussions with the children. Children also receive a I'm a Low-Waste Lunch Legend sticker to wear too!
How to Apply
Follow The procedure below to apply for the respect award.
- Download the Application Form from the link Above.
- Complete the application before the due date in September. Ensure you provide evidence, a detailed example of what you have achieved and supply us with visual documentation.
- Send The form to EEEC.
- Call the resource center manager if you require further assistance or Tracy Young Project Officer 9214 6114.