photograph of display for program

Startegies to ensure the continuation of the program

- Continue to plant vegetables and various things in the garden beds
- Make up a policy for the garden
- Apply for a grant to further sustainability

Outcomes of the program and implemented changes

The program was very successful the children loved the way they got into the environmental side of things. My boss was very interested in the task as she is interested in using more environmental sustainability in the centre. My team leader enjoyed my tasks over my placement and throughout the whole program.

Implemented changes were:
- Planting vegetables
- Using recycled water to water the vegetables

How i informed parents about my program

I placed my poster about the program on the door of my room so that the parents had the opportunity to read it and as you would have seen i said that they could ask me questions at any time of the day. I informed the parents after the activity about what we did and what the children learnt from it so that they understood the purpose of the experiences.

How i encouraged the children

- Group times
- In the experiences get the children to talk about what they are doing
- Show them what reclying is
- Show them how things are reclyced
- Show them pictures of how things grow
- When watering the plants i explained the importance of wasting water
- Explained to the children the importance of wasting paper
- Showed the children that you can make your own food instead of buying it
- Spoke to the children about alternatives to driving, eg walking or riding a bike
- Talked to children about the lights and how you can use solar panels

potential for the workplace to enhance environmental sustainability

I discussed this with my team leader and her assistant and they helped me come up with a few ideas. The first idea that we came up with to help the centre be more involved with environmental sustainability was for them to enhance their vegetable patch that is in the play area outside, for this to occur the children would be able to help plant more vegetables and seeds into the patch as at the moment there is only parsley and flowers. Another idea that we came up with was for the children to have access to the recycling bin so that they children could place paper and recyclable items into it and understand what happens to the paper after the bin gets emptied. One last idea that we had was for the children to bring in cardboard boxes and leftover paper from their houses so that they could use it at childcare and so that it wasn't getting wasted in their houses.

Analysis of the envrionment

My analysis of the environment for my placement room is that the room has already started to bring into consideration that we need to start being more green and using more natural products. The room already has pot plants that the children planted around the room and they have a little ornament that grows alfalfa that the children helped to make. Cardboard boxes and shoe boxes are used for the children to make things with and the paper that they do paintings and drawings on is all paper that was donated to the centre because the people didnt need it anymore. My team leader told me that she is very interested in making the room more susatinable to the economy and promoting more recycling concepts to the children to further help them understand what recyling is all about.