Course: Teaching Climate and Sustainability in Primary Schools: An Outdoor Learning Approach

Let’s be honest – teachers have a lot to think about. Whatever your context, you will be juggling external and internal pressures constantly. There’s a curriculum to deliver, government policy …

In the second of our two sustainability examples, watch our case study school demonstrate how a concept like waste can be experienced by children, not just learned. If children are …

If food loss and waste were a country, it would be the third largest emitter on Earth, after USA and China.1 The amazing efficiency and productivity of the modern food …

As more and more of the world’s population live in cities, it becomes increasingly important to re-connect with where our food comes from. Watch the children taking part in sowing …

Food, and where it comes from, is an interesting topic to discuss with children as they all know what it is but will have varying responses to it due to …

‘We could have never have loved the earth so well if we had had no childhood in it.’ This quote from The Mill on the Floss by George Eliot was …

You read in Step 1.4 that to care for the environment you need to experience it daily, over months and even years. Activities that require observations over time also help …

So how powerful are teachers as individuals? This question reflects a wider debate around climate change, and whether the actions of an individual can make a real difference or represent …

In the previous video, you watched children engaging with the natural world by walking in a meadow. Children can observe the development of plants, animals, birds and insects through the …

Changes to the weather, temperature, plants and wildlife throughout the year enable a huge range of learning opportunities. Teachers at Floreat Montague Park school share how they create activities tied …

The beauty of learning outdoors is that it’s a holistic experience that benefits and enhances emotional, social, cognitive, physical and linguistic development. In the drawing below, a child describes how …

Floreat Montague Park School promotes sustainability – as one of six ‘big ideas’ which are woven throughout the curriculum and the wider approach taken by the school. Teachers and children …

Teachers and children from Floreat Montague Park School share why the outdoors gives a sense of purpose and ownership when learning about climate and sustainability. To be both enjoyable and …

To care for the world, you need to love it. To love it, you need to be a part of it. To be a part of it, you need to …

There are so many possibilities for exploring climate information, it can be difficult to know where to start. When finding relevant information online there’s certain questions you should ask: Is …