Sustainable Development Goals, Curriculum links and resources
Sustainability should first of all be a practice embraced by schools at all levels (procurement, management, energy generation/consumption, waste management, food consumption etc.), and implemented by all members of staff in their daily routines.
We also strongly believe that as a study matter, sustainability is cross curricular and trans-disciplinary. Sustainability aspects and topics should be incorporated by all subjects, whether scientific or humanities.
Secondary School curriculum links
Science
Develop scientific knowledge and conceptual understanding through the specific disciplines of biology, chemistry and physics
Dvelop understanding of the nature, processes and methods of science through different types of enquiries that help answer scientific questions about the world
Understand the uses and implications of science, today and for the future.
Citizenship
Develop a sound knowledge and understanding of the role of law and the justice system in our society and how laws are shaped and enforced
Develop an interest in, and commitment to, participation in volunteering as well as other forms of responsible activity, that they will take with them into adulthood
Think critically and debate political questions, to be able to manage money on a day-to-day basis, and plan for future financial needs
Design & technology
Build and apply a repertoire of knowledge, understanding and skills in order to design and make high-quality prototypes and products for a wide range of users
Critique, evaluate and test their ideas and products and the work of others
Understand and apply the principles of nutrition and learn how to cook
Geography
Develop contextual knowledge of the location of globally significant places – both terrestrial and marine – including their defining physical and human characteristics and how these provide a geographical context for understanding the actions of processes
Understand the processes that give rise to key physical and human geographical features of the world, how these are interdependent and how they bring about spatial variation and change over time are competent in the geographical skills needed to: collect, analyse and communicate with a range of data gathered through experiences of fieldwork that deepen their understanding of geographical processes
Interpret a range of sources of geographical information, including maps, diagrams, globes, aerial photographs and Geographical Information Systems (GIS)
Communicate geographical information in a variety of ways, including through maps, numerical and quantitative skills and writing at length
The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, adopted by all United Nations Member States in 2015, provides a shared blueprint for peace and prosperity for people and the planet, now and into the future. At its heart are the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which are an urgent call for action by all countries - developed and developing - in a global partnership. They recognize that ending poverty and other deprivations must go hand-in-hand with strategies that improve health and education, reduce inequality, and spur economic growth – all while tackling climate change and working to preserve our oceans and forests.
