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DATETHEMEEVENTGOAL & MEASURABLE TARGETSCURRENT SITUATIONACTIVITIESRESPONSIBLE PEOPLE/
PARTICIPANTS		NOTES (MEETING THE TARGET)
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ONGOING YEAR-LONG ACTIVITIES
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Organizational MattersEco-School meetingsMeetings take place regularly (at least twice a month)During previous years meetings took place irregularly. Weekly meetings are held on Wednesdays for 20 minutes. - Student meetings in the schoolhouse.
- Brainstorming for new ideas, looking back to what's been done.		Eco-School TeamCa 20 meetings took place in 2023/2024. This has in many cases been insufficient for deeper and longer actions or work on ideas.
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Energy Saving energy- To be consistent with the schedule and already set agreements.
- Continously find ways to save energy (reduce energy consumption significantly)
- Change energy provider (use at least partially renewable energy).		Our heat recovery ventilation system consumes a substantial amount of electricity, but previously has been switched on constantly.
- Turning off the ventilation during weekends.
- Having a set schedule for regular checkups for radiators, open windows and plugged in electric devices.
- Setting up reminders next to the switches.
- Checking the bathroom lights regularly with the kindergarten children ("Green Police" system).		Management

All staff		Ressursikulu analüüs
Since 2023, the ventilation system has been turned off during weekends. This led to a reduction in electricity consumption by 8043 kWh. New electricity contract includes a portion of renewable energy.
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Health and WellbeingShelf of Inspiration- At least 2 books lended monthly.People sometimes borrow books from colleagues but the whole process is randon wheras as the habit of sharing your items with your colleagues (instead of buying) could be implemented.- Setting up a shelf for lending the books.
- Sharing books that were inspiring by lending them to your colleagues.
- Reusing books instead of buying new ones.		All Staff

All Staff		The shelf proved to be successful and is being used by the staff regularly.
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TransportSchool Trips- Using public transport for at least 1/3 of the trips. Going on foot to trips/places whenever possible.School and kindergarden have many weekly trips. For several occasions rental bus is being used. Teachers are encouraged to use the public transport if possible or go on foot.- Using public transport for school trips or going on foot.School and KindergartenCompared to previous schoolyear the budget for transport has decreased. In 2022/23 it was 14 103 € and 2023/24 it is 9 695€ (as of April 10th). At the same time the number of field trips for this academic year was higher.
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FIRST SEMESTER
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September 19LitterWorld Cleanup Day- To celebrate World Clean-up Day with kindergarten for the first time and take action with at least two kindergarten groups. Kindergarten has not participated in clean-up actions further away from the school yard.- Kindergarten groups walking in school´s neighbourhood (Kassitoome, surrounding streets) and cleaning up the trash.Kaisa Haugas, Riin Sats

Kindergarten		Two out of the four kindergarten groups participated because we were a bit late with organizing it into our schedule.
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September 18-22TransportEuropean Mobility Week

International Car-free day		- To give students a positive experience using public transportation in the frames of school activities (trips, excursions, museum visits etc) (at least 50% from both kindergarten and school).
- To support the kindergarten and school community to be more mindful about their use of transportation (at least 20% of school family taking active part and sharing their photos in Padlet).		Around our school house there is constant problem with car parking - too few parking lots, traffic jams in the mornings and afternoons. So far our school has not taken part in a mobility week that concerns the whole organizion (call for the parents, staff, kindergarten and school students to use public transportation for commuting to school, kindergarten groups and school classes organizing field trips using public transportation). - Students using public transportation.
- Promoting alternative transportation and analysing its effect.
- An invitation for the whole community to come to school by public transport/on foot.
- Grades 1-3 and preschool taking the train to their nature hikes.
- Grades 7-8 going to their Arts and Technology lessons by public transport.
- Kindergarten, first and second stage of study students taking part in the "My trip to school" project. Analysing their way of coming to school and learning about the alternatives. Checking their (and their families) carbon footprint.
- Call for the whole community to share their alternative and active ways of coming to school through Padlet.		Hasso Paap,
Eco-School Team

Community: Kindergarten, School, Parents, Teachers		5 school grades (out of 9) and 2 kindergarten groups (out of 4) used public transport to attend their school related activities.

Padlet showed moderate activity, less than 20% of the school family participated.
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September 26School GroundsAutumn Sports Day- To appreciate and use our school grounds, surrounding nature and play areas.
- To give kids more ideas how to use their surrounding school area more comfortably.
- To involve at least 70% of the kindergarten parents.		Our school grounds are very small (1758 m²) from which most part occupies the schoolhouse. We are constantly trying out ways to use the school ground the best possible way.Sports Day for the whole kindergarten and school.
- Outdoor sports day for grades 1-9 organised and led by Grade 4.
- Outdoor sports day for the kids and parents led by kindergarten sports teacher.		Hasso Paap, Liis Tähiste,
Grade 4

Kindergarten, Kindergarten parents, School, Teachers		The whole school and kindergarden used the school grounds for the Sports day the best possible way.
95% of the kindergarten parents participated.
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September 29Global CitizenshipInternational Event- Reduce the amount of waste and use of singleuse tableware.From this academic year school aims to avoid the use of singleuse table ware.- Hosting an international event for the whole community to welcome all new and previous members. It is tradition to celebrate the many countries, cultures and languages in our community.
- Call for the families offering traditional food and snacks to avoid singleuse utensils.
- Instead of using plastic/paper plates and cups using dishes from the dining area and organising the dishwashing after the event.		Diana Timermane, Maarika Kullamaa, Triin Simso

Community: All kids, students, parents and staff.		Tableware washed in the canteen´s dishwasher.
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OctoberOrganizational MattersCarrying out environmental review To give an overview of the current status of env. affairs and provide input for the action plan and activities. To share the knowledge with the school community
To include kindergarten children for the first time.		Previous review done 3 years ago.- Questionnaire sent to parents.
- Students´ and kindergarten children´s observations in and around the school house.		Eco-School Team, Ecco-committee students, Preschool group.Questionnaire done by 1.11.2024; student observations done by December, whole review published in February 2024.
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October 9-20TransportEnvironmental review on the topic of Transport- Kindergarteners have finished observations around the school house and carried out research for investigating the ways children come to kindergarten.
- Children have collected the data and got the results from both projects.
- Kindergarteners have filled in worksheets. 		So far kindergarten children have not taken part in carrying out an environmental review and it has been done by the students and teachers in Eco-committee. Investigation projects:
- "How did we come to school?" (preschool, group 4)
- "How many bikes are there"? (preschool)		Kaisa Haugas

Preschool group		Kindergarteners´ feedback was very positive - they were enthusiasted about the investigation and remembered to collected the data daily.
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November 6-10WaterWater Week- To build the activities with the fathers/families on one of the eco-school´s topics - water.
- Each kindergarten group teacher has planned and carried out father-child water experiments.
- To introduce primary school students the aquatic ecosystems close to Tartu.		Father´s day celebration usually means different fun activities and qualilty time for the children together with their families. The activities done have been rather random and not concentrated on a certain theme.

Primary school kids often have field trips to discover their surroundigs.		- Father´s day celebration - carrying out water experiments with the fathers.
- Grades 1-3 going on a field trip to the Lake Museum (Järvemuuseum).		Aleksandra Griffel, Kindergarten teachers, Primary school class teachers.

School, Kindergarten		Hands-on activites were very popular among the families. 95% of the families participated.

All of primary school studetns participated in the field trip.
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November 19-26WasteEuropean Week for Waste Reduction- To raise awarnesss of the ecological impact that acompanies with producing and packaging the goods and of the benefits of using second-hand products.
- To normalise the idea of using second-hand products and share the things you don´t use with the ones around you.
- To engage families in providing second-hand toys so that there would be at least one toy for each child.
- At least two bags with clothes in good condition are donated to Tartu Womens Shelter.
- To have a beautiful Christmas tree made out of reused materials in the Preschool group.		A couple of times there has been a clothes exchange organised among our school staff. At he same time waste reduction week has never been held and the above-mentioned event has not been emphasises in the connection to sustainability. Furthermore - kindergarten children have been left out as far as the issue of secondhand items is concerned.- Toy exchange for kindergarten children
- Clothes exchange for staff, donating the items left.
- Preschool group´s call for the parents in order to collect old newspapers for making an environmental-friendly Christmas tree.
- Creating the Christmas tree and, after Christmas using the newspapers for making paper.		Kaisa Haugas

Kindergarten, staff		Kindergarteners were thrilled about the event and families provided us with more toys, so in addition to one toy that every child could choose and bring home, every group could choose some toys for playing in the kindergarten also.

The feedback form the parents was positive - several parents said that they always have something to give away but they usually can´t find the time to take action.
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SECOND SEMESTER
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January 8Organizational MattersForming Children´s Council- To form Children´s Council and hold at least three meetings during the academic year.
- To involve kindergarten children in the discussion when forming our school´s eco-codes.		Whereas school students can take part in Student Council and Eco-committee, kindergarten children´s options for having a say about kindergarten´s everyday life are more limited. Therefor, children´s councils are formed in several kindergartens.First meeting of Children´s CouncilMaria Paaver, Kindergrten teachersThe Children's Council has worked well, they hold regular meetings (every couple of months).

Children talked about eco-codes and were asked to discuss the topic in their groups. Children came up with different ideas that were included to other eco-code suggestions proposed by the parents, students and staff.
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January 22-31Energy Digital Cleanup WeekTo reduce the usage of school´s cloud service.So far there have been no calls for doing digital cleanups in our school nor concrete actions for taking more control over the usage of our cloud service. At the same time, reducing the usage of the cloud service is also a goal mentioned in our organisation´s development plan.- Call for the staff to do digital cleanup on their work G-mail accounts.
- Sharing the daily challenges of Digital Cleanup Week with our school community and call for doing digital clean up in their devices.		Eco-Schools teamThe storage of our school´s cloud service dropped from 797.59 GB to 651.55 GB.
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February 12-19Global CitizenshipErasmus+ project- To give students a multicultural experience.
- To learn about STEM-activities.
- To share examples of sustainable school gardens.		Our school hosts students from multicultural backgounds on daily basis. We are taking part in Erasmus+ project for the first time.- STEM-activites.
- Cultural youth exchange.
- Students´ visit to AHHAA.
- Students´ visit to ERM.
- Growing sprouts.
- Making presentations about the school grounds and school gardens.
- Robitics workshop.
- Visited to Bolt.
- Cooking international food.		Diana Timermane, Class teachers

School		It was the first time to participate in an Erasmus+ project. It was well recieved by the students and teachers alike.
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March 13TransportEco Committee Spring trip- To look through and organize suggestions for the eco code from parents, staff, students and Children´s Council.
- To produce 2-3 Eco Code principles for our school.
- To make a poster with the improvement ideas for our school grounds to be presented to the school principle.		Eco-committee has not had any out-of-school inspiration seminars. 20-minute meeting proves to be insufficient for delving in necessary task.A full day for Eco-Committee members to hike and work on eco codes.
- A hike at Vapramäe.
- A workshop in Vapramäe Nature House.		Eco-Schools teamEco Code principles were created and made in digital and paper poster form.
Eco codes were shared with the staff and parents, illustrated by preschoolers and put on our green boards.
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March 28School GroundsSpring Cleanup- To refresh and clean up our playground area.
- To empty at least the half of the sandbox surrounding an old oak tree.		School grounds needs refreshment every year - this time we focused on fixing broken items and getting rid of the items that we don´t use anymore, also improving the habitat of a tree that has insufficient conditions for growing.- Removing the sand around an old oak tree surrounding it (bad conditions for the tree).
- Painting tree stumps at the palyground.
- Bringing waste materials away.
- Bringing furtniture for second-hand use.
- Fixing outdoor benches.
- Adding new mulch under the swings.		School Board, KindergartenAlmost all goals were achieved: we managed to empty the whole sand box around the oak tree and do the rest of the tasks except adding new mulch (as it didn´t arrive yet).
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March 11 - April 05WaterWater Project Weeks (World Water Day 22.03)- All kindergarten groups carry out water-related projects and activities.
- At least two field trips to water-related places take place.
- Students learn about the impact of food related water wasteage, while analysing their food intake and creating more water friendly menus.		Based on the environmental review, the topic of water is not very well implemented within learning activities.- Students create water friendly menus (analysing their food, using water footprint calculator).
- Students use microscopes to look for signs of life and assess the purity of water. 		Class teachers, Kindergarten teachers, Signe Lange

School, Kindergarten 		In kindergarten the planned water week prolonged to a water-related month as children were enthusiasted about the topic and teachers got excited too.
Kindergarteners had three water-related field trips - to Tartu wastewater treatment plant, to the River Emajõgi and to Järvemuuseum (Lake Museum) (this field trip was postponed to April). School children became more aware of how their everyday food consumption is affecting water usage.
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April 17LitterEarth Day- At least 2 school grades and all kindergarten groups carry out Ear Day activites on the topic of "Planet versus plastic". We are taking part in the Earth Day for the first time.- Earth Day activities: experimenting with decomposing, measuring how different materials have composed, investigating microplastic in our water.
- Modelling the problem of plastic littler for kindergarten children, playing cleaning up games with water and Earth model.
- Creating art from trash.		Signe Lange, Kindergarten teachers

Kindergarten, School		Kindergarten children proposed going on a trash hunt around the school on the official Earth Day. All of the groups will take part.

Earth Day activities were carried out in 2 kindergarten groups and in the 2nd grade and 6th grade from school.
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May 17Health and WellbeingSpring Sports Day- To measure the amount of trash collected from the school grounds, and sort it accordingly.--Spring sports day is usually organised on school grounds. Idea to pick up trash in the school yard and surroundings has come both from students and teachers.- Plogging - runnining competition to pick up trash.Liis Tähiste
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May 20-24WasteSecondhand Week- Each child from kindergarten and grades 1-3 has got to choose one toy.
- Some of the parents and school students participate in the clothes exchange (bringing adults´, children´s and youth clothing, taking some things for themselves).		Kindergarteners were thrilled about the toy exchange held in Nov. The feeback from the parents was also very positive and several students asked why they cannot participate. For these reasons we decided to repeat the event and this time also incluse grades 1-3.

Clothes exchange which has taken place already three times, has shown great popularity among the staff. Therefor we decided to expand the target group and include kindergarten children, school students and parents. The whole school community is welcome to bring and take clothes/shoes.		- Informing parents, students and staff about the upcoming events in advance.
- Toy exchange for kindergarten and grades 1-3.
- Clothes exchanges for kindergarteners, school students, parents and staff.
- Donating the items left.		Kaisa Haugas, Signe Lange


Community: All kids, students, parents and staff.
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Aprill-MayWaterPRIA Field Trips- School students and preschool group participate in PRIA field trips and various ecological and environmentally important workshops.School takes part in PRIA fieldtrips/workshops every year whenever possible.- Different workshops (healty eating, potato breeding, pesticides, soil, beneficial garden insects, butter making, organic gardening).
- Field trips. 		Class teachers, Kindergarten teachers, School Board.
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June 3-4Health and WellbeingSchool Trip- Equip children with tools to build stronger and longer lasting relationships, better group dynamics within and beyond the classroom.At the end of each school year the school goes together for a night out, to do teambuilding, bonding and spend time in the nature. - Various games and team building activites.Class teachers
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