Waterwise Starter Schools
Once you have registered to participate in the program, to become a Waterwise Starter School, you will be asked to:
- collect and provide baseline data as soon as possible (ideally within one month of sign up) by:
- taking two water meter readings** over a one-week period to measure your school’s baseline average daily water use
- conducting an audit of water use (PDF, 447K)* around your school (include suggestions for reducing water use at your school)
- conducting in-class surveys (PDF, 21K)* (to be completed by students in years 3 to 7)
- conducting a home water audit (PDF, 445K)* (to be completed by one year level)
- provide a curriculum plan**, showing how you will teach the Water: Learn it for life! program.
You will then receive:
- notification that your school has been registered on the Water: Learn it for life! website as a Waterwise Starter School
- guidelines to help you become a Waterwise School
- updates of any revisions or additions to resources
- a CD of the Water: Learn it for life! program.
Form downloads
- Baseline water meter reading (Word version, 543 kB)**
- Baseline water meter reading (PDF, 33K)*
- Curriculum plan (Word version, 563 kB)**
- Curriculum plan (PDF, 35K)*
** (You can complete this version onscreen and email it to the Waterwise team.)
* Requires Acrobat Reader
Last updated: 18 December 2008