Hereford Waldorf School - Land Management Programme

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We are now registered as an Eco-school with Environmental Campaigns (ENCAMS).

The Eco-schools programme provides a simple framework to enable our school to look at how we work and how to become more sustainable.

They also run an award scheme and if we provide evidence of working towards a greener future we can apply for these. We already fulfil many of the requirements and it will not be long before we are awarded “the green flag” Considering the education we offer, this can only raise our profile and put us firmly on the international map of taking environmental issues seriously.

Following up a request from some of the teachers, we talked about the environmental impact of the school on our last inset day and some of the areas discussed were: recycling, energy , transport, pupil participation, school grounds, biodiversity, healthy living, water and litter.

Land Management Programme

   The overall aim of the Land Programme is to foster the children's inherent love for and sense of connection with the natural world and to develop a progressive understanding of the skills, qualities and attitudes required for the earth to provide us with our needs in such a way that she is not impoverished but actually enriched by our labour.

    The basic method for achieving this is for the individual teacher to have an overall grasp of the Land Programme so as to be able to see ahead of the children, know where things are going in the longer term and so have a sure
grasp of what to concentrate on in the present.

    Having this overall grasp means seeing ways in which the content of the land Programme relates to the rest of the year's curriculum, and so making connections 'in the moment'.