How does your school or teachers connect students to the reef to promote CARE?

Have displays and nature positive messaging in the classroom/ school

Teach conservation and respect for the environment, the world's oceans and its interconnected ecosystems (i.e. coral reefs, mangroves, sea grass beds)

Which Reef Guardian School Program curriculum resources were used to help students LEARN?

Reef Guardian STEM teaching units

Reef Guardian Reef Beat Education Series

Which Reef Authority resources were used to help students LEARN?

Reef Authority Educational Videos (i.e. Classification of Reef Creatures, Great Barrier Reef Aquarium YouTube channel, Reef Authority Youtube channel)

Tourism

Official publications like Reef 2025, Reef 2030, reef health updates, snapshot reports

Which LEARN topics were covered this year?

Responsible reef practices and marine life and boating dangers

Target animals (e.g. turtles)

Conservation

The Great Barrier Reef

ACT Marine Debris

Drain stencilling (e.g. positive nature messaging)

Education on assembly, newsletters and posters (i.e. educate school community with a talk at assembly, newsletters and posters)

ACT Reducing waste and recycling

Compost Bins

Worm Farms

Keeping chickens - feeding them food scraps

Recycling program (i.e. start a recycling program at your school)

ACT Gardens and habitat restoration

Upkeep native garden or produce garden

Take an opportunity to immerse your class in nature

ACT Engage in a community/school challenge

Celebrate Environmental days (i.e. World Ocean Day, Plastic Free July, Walk to School days, National Recycle Week etc).

ACT Citizen Science Projects

Excursions to local waterway, parks, farms, reef

Who did you SHARE or collaborate with in the community?

Collaborate with another school in conservation activity or learning opportunity

How did you SHARE your achievements, messaging or achievements?

Publicise within the school community (e.g. assembly, newsletters, social media)

How did you SHARE Reef Guardian School Program membership?

Display RGS Fence sign

Reward Reef Guardians with environmental leader awards

How did your school Care, Learn, Act and Share to promote the next generation of reef STEWARDs?

Visit the inshore or outer reef for a local field trip and enter in data to ensure it is citizen science data

Change the mind set of students to instil life long learning and positive nature behaviours

Be an active Reef Guardian School by completing an annual action plan >3 years in a row

If a member of the community was to ask, the majority of teachers and students would b e able to explain what it meant to be a Reef Guardian School.