Element 5.2 Links with the community

• The school is valued as part of the community.
• The community is valued as part of the school.
• Pupils have the capacity and the opportunity to make a positive contribution to the community.

The community provides the context in which schools operate. Learning for Sustainability benefits from the real-life opportunities that a strong working relationship between the school and the community has to offer pupils. Pupils and schools are uniquely positioned to work in partnership with their communities to identify and address community issues and to proactively advance community sustainability. Opportunities to identify and address relevant community issues are fundamental to preparing pupils for a lifetime of active civic engagement.

• A friendly habitat for all (268 KB), Craigellachie Primary School, Banffshire
• Organising a secondary school Eco-Day (329 KB), Fallibroome High School, Cheshire
• Raising awareness and changing attitudes through a whole school ESD curriculum project (362 KB), Holy Trinity Secondary School, Birmingham
• A step in the right direction? (521 KB) Hope Valley College, Derbyshire
• ESD in Special Schools (1.8 MB), Mayfield Centre (IMPACT Consortium), Southampton
• Effective teaching and learning in an inner city primary school (530 KB), Shacklewell Primary School, London
• Sustainability in action (324 KB), Uplands Community Technology College, East Sussex