Georges River Environmental Education Centre

The Georges River Environmental Education Centre (GREEC) provides programs for students (K to 12) and teachers within the landscape of the Georges River catchment. It is in the heart of one of the most urbanized and culturally diverse regions in Australia, and provides programs for up to 6,000 of its students annually. The programs are syllabus based and integrated across the curriculum, but with a major focus on developing environmental sensitivity,sustainability and citizenship. Many programs are concerned with urban impacts on remnant ecosystems in the local setting, and driven by the belief that sustainable behaviour and practice needs to occur at every level. As well as fieldwork and excursion programs, GREEC offers students opportunities to participate in programs of environmental monitoring and repair, and provides on-school-site activities to enable the more sustainable and climate friendly management of water, resources, energy and biodiversity. GREEC programs are enhanced by partnerships with local councils, University of Wesern Sydney and environmental agencies. We are constantly seeking new ways to assist students and schools in the pursuit of sustainable practice, and learning programs that reflect and enable it.

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Maintenance

To ensure the safety, reliability and longevity of our schools, every school across NSW receives maintenance. The Department undertakes preventative and routine maintenance every year, and repairs as needed. The Department also reviews the planned maintenance program for each school every year and reviews those items that are predicted to require work to help prolong the life of the school buildings and facilities.

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Demountables

Demountables have been part of the NSW education system for many decades and will continue to be used across the state. Demountable classrooms are modern, air-conditioned rooms that provide students and teaching staff with excellent quality facilities. The learning spaces have the same range of technology that is available in permanent spaces. We review school accommodation needs each year, looking at changing enrolment patterns and other factors to prepare for the upcoming school year. This helps to identify schools that need new demountables and schools where they can removed. Most demountable movement takes place between October and February and we report our annual demountable statistics each April. Additional demountable installations can occur outside this window to support capital works and maintenance projects in schools or emergency responses to natural disasters.

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We recognise the Ongoing Custodians of the lands and waterways where we work and live. We pay respect to Elders past and present as ongoing teachers of knowledge, songlines and stories. We strive to ensure every Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander learner in NSW achieves their potential through education.

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