Planning

=Enviro Education and ICT - An Unlikely Combination! =
 * ICTPD Contract at Meadowbank**
 * Began the contract in 2008 and are currently in our last year of the contract.
 * What is SOLO?
 * Impact on Meadowbank School.
 * Concept Overview.
 * Links to Enviro Education.
 * Key Competencies**
 * Links to curriculum planning.


 * Links to Enviro Education


 * Links to the G2T Programme.

**Planning Progression Example - linked to Healthy Eating and Sustainable Practices** __2007 Initiatives__
 * 'What's In Our Lunchbox?' - year 0-2 unit
 * Planning and construction of the junior orchard
 * Irrigation system planning and construction

__2008 Initiatives__
 * 'No Dig' garden created (first edible garden created by a single class)
 * Meadowbank School invited to be one of three pilot schools in the NZ Garden to Table Programme
 * Trip to Melbourne for the Kitchen Garden Conference

__2009 Initiatives__ Room 14 Pizza Oven Wiki Room 14 Sustainable Seed Garden Wiki
 * Garden to Table was introduced to the year 4 classes. - cooking done in classrooms with very basic equipment and teacher directed.
 * Concept based planning introduced - two year cycle with strong Enviro Ed opportunities across the 8 concepts.
 * Sustainability (Term 1) and Enterprise (Term 2) Units - year 4 planning integrating Enviro Ed and G2T.
 * As a result of the above units the 'Pottager Gardens' were created and the pool terraces were converted into more vegetable gardens.
 * Planning and construction on Woodfired Pizza Oven - as part of year 5 Enterprise unit
 * 'Sustainable Seed' garden created in collaboration with making the pizza oven
 * In terms 3 and 4, Garden to Table was extended to one year 5 class (to incorporate the new pizza oven)
 * Our garden and kitchen specialist teachers were employed meaning the programme could be made more extensive.

__2010 Initiatives__
 * Garden to Table running as a permanent programme. (4 x Year 4 classes and 3 x Year 5 classes involved)
 * Enviro Education and G2T are largely integrated into the long term planning - concept based curriculum.
 * Continual development of edible gardens.
 * Planning for a school kitchen in progress.