Your school will need to create a team to drive this process. The team can be as diverse and large as you choose and it should be made up of key members of the school community, including students and adults.

All ages and grades, teachers, administrators, PTA, custodians, security… get everyone involved and represented! 50% Gender divide!

Express your vision

Your Fehi team needs to agree a vision statement that demonstrates the school’s
commitment to the goals of the Fehi Madharusa framework. This should be brief, simple and memorable to inspire action in the school community towards positive change.

Design a baseline survey of your school’s current environmental footprint and current level of eco-literacy

Your baseline survey will help you to understand the current organizational and educational practices at your school and review the school’s environmental impact and eco-literacy status. This knowledge will inform your action plan and help set realistic targets. You can download the template for your baseline survey from this website.

Develop your action plan

Informed by your baseline survey, you will need to produce an action plan for the year including whole school activities that target the four themes of the Fehi Madharusa Program. The plan should reflect the level of award you are aiming for – bronze, silver or gold. Beyond the whole school activities, the team must also encourage teachers to adapt their lessons to integrate the four Fehi themes in all subjects.

Implement the action plan throughout the year and document this thoroughly

The activities carried out at the school need to be documented in detail for a full year. All adapted lesson plans should be collected for record keeping and to create a shared resource for schools.

Compile a report with quantitative and qualitative data

Submit your report of all the activities implemented from your Fehi action plan throughout the year

At the end of the year, all documentation should be shared with the curriculum department of NIE. The Fehi Folder Summary Sheet template is provided at the end of this guide, and outlines what you need to submit including both qualitative and quantitative data.

Bronze Award

• 1 improvement compared to baseline survey
• 1 school-wide activity/project for each theme
• 1 lesson at each grade level in each subject adapted for environmental
  stewardship, resilience and sustainability

Silver Award

• 2 improvements compared to baseline survey
• 2 school-wide activities/projects for each theme
• 2 lessons at each grade level in each subject adapted

Gold Award

• 4 improvements compared to baseline survey
• 4 school-wide activities/projects for each theme
• 4 lessons at each grade level in each subject adapted

Super Fehi Award

• Meets all requirements of the Gold Seal
• Awarded to one outstanding school that demonstrates exceptional progress and introduces innovative programs that other schools can learn from

NIE will confirm your bronze-gold seal and share further information of incentives to become more Fehi the following year

A panel at NIE will assess your report as per the criteria set out in the Fehi Madharusa Framework. Within a month of submitting your report (excluding December), your school will receive an award based on your achievement in the form of a seal – bronze, silver or gold. You can display this seal on school notice boards, while the digitized seal can be included on the school’s website, newsletter and social media accounts.