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)

Students can list how their own actions can positively or negatively impact reef related ecosystems.

Visit an aquarium

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

Environmental days (World Ocean Day, Plastic Free July, Walk to School days, National Recycle week).

Reef Guardian activities embedded into school work programs.

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)

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

Which LEARN topics were covered this year?

Climate change

Responsible reef practices and marine life and boating dangers

Marine debris

Target animals (e.g. turtles)

Conservation

Animal features and adaptations

The Great Barrier Reef

ACT Marine Debris

Marine debris clean-up (i.e. clean up a local beach/river/creek, clean up Australia Day)

Litter reduction in school (i.e. clean up proactive program)

ACT Reducing waste and recycling

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

Use litter/marine debris to create art- REEFlections RGS unit of work

ACT Reducing energy

Encourage students to turn off electrical equipment when not in use (i.e. lights, fans,)

ACT Gardens and habitat restoration

Upkeep native garden or produce garden

ACT Engage in a community/school challenge

Presentation to whole school by external partner

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

How did you SHARE your achievements, messaging or achievements?

Family/community participation in ‘school led’ environmental activity/project

Publicise to the broader community (e.g. media, community forums or conferences)

How did you SHARE Reef Guardian School Program membership?

Display RGS Fence sign

Display RGS Digital sign

On share information via social media or word of mouth

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

Complete at least one action from Care, Learn, Act and Share

Be an active Reef Guardian School by completing an annual action plan 2 years in a row

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.