Environmental education for schools
This policy was consolidated with the Curriculum planning and programming, assessing and reporting to parents K-12 policy under the 2023 Policy and procedure review program on 30/01/2025.
Refer to the Curriculum policy standards for instructions.
Changes since previous version
2025 Jan 31 - Consolidated Under the 2023 policy review program with the Curriculum planning and programming, assessing and reporting to parents K-12 policy. Approved by the Executive Director, Curriculum and Reform.
Document history
2020 Aug 12 - updated contact details.
Updated contact details and made minor style changes.
The imperative statements of the 2001 version of the policy have been included in the present policy statement.
The 2001 Environmental Education Policy for Schools replaced the 1989 Environmental Education Curriculum Statement K-12. Implementation of the 2001 policy has been mandatory for all NSW public schools since Term 1 2002.
Superseded documents
This is a reformatted version of the 2001 Environmental Education Policy for Schools document, which replaced the Environmental Education Curriculum Statement K-12 released in 1989.