2. Education for Sustainable Development (ESD):
- To create and foster an ecological, social and economic awareness and stewardship through our curriculum and pedagogy.
- To educate this awareness to the broader Bishops community as stated in the policy particulars.


2.1 |
Education for Sustainable Development at Bishops is achieved through a transdisciplinary approach of stewardship for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). |
2.2 |
There is an understanding within the Bishops community (academic, support staff, boys, parent body) of the actions required to maintain SDGs. |
2.3 |
There is a transdisciplinary approach to the stewardship of the SDGs (e.g. project-based learning incorporating many departments and their actions within society). |
Technological |
2.4 |
Improve communication around issues of sustainability (e.g. Principal’s newsletter, Bishops website). |
2.5 |
Big Ideas, in some form or another, to include all Grade 9s for 2020. |
Behavioural |
2.6 |
Continued professional development, workshops and lessons to generate awareness of the SDGs and sustainability to the following constituents (e.g. Sustainability conference 2018):
- Head of Departments (HoDs)
- Whole school academic staff (during professional development)
- Whole school non-academic staff (e.g. kitchen, grounds, admin, sport support staff)
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2.7 |
Continued development of transdisciplinary curriculums, such as the Big Ideas. |
2.8 |
HoDs to continue working on how to implement stewardship of the SDGs within their curricula outside of Big Ideas curriculum. |
2.9 |
Societies such as Global Issues Network (GIN), NEXUS, Interact, Accelerated Art Programme, Science Café etc. to actively promote the awareness and stewardship around the SDGs. |
2.10 |
To establish an ODU GIN club for the promotion of the SDGs. |