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Issue 9.4

Climate Curriculum

Climate Change: Pupil Voice, Digital Democracy and Global Citizenship

Digital Democracy can be a great way of ensuring the voices of all children and young people in a school are heard. Sue Lyle and Peter Anderson report on how the digital platform, VocalEyes can be used to support Pupil Voice and lead to serious action for change in schools and community.

  • 31 Jul 2020
  • 24mins
  • Peter Anderson, Sue Lyle
Climate Curriculum

Declaring a Climate Crisis at Woodbridge High School, Redbridge

Across the UK awareness around climate change is growing and following recent school strikes and demonstrations some of our schools have declared a climate emergency and began to examine what they can do about the scale of crisis we face. In this piece we learn how one London secondary school has responded.

  • 23 Jul 2020
  • 24mins
  • Sue Lyle
Climate Curriculum

Climate Change : Retro-fitting Houses

Global warming will not be addressed without attending to the buildings that house human beings.

  • 14 Jul 2020
  • 24mins
  • Sue Lyle
Climate Curriculum

Climate Change: Land Use And Re-Wilding Britain

Biodiversity describes all the genes, species and populations of plants, animals, fungi, bacteria and other organisms in any given area.

  • 14 Jul 2020
  • 24mins
  • Sue Lyle
Climate Curriculum

Climate Change: Active Travel

Active travel could bring health benefits through increasing physical activity and reducing air pollution

  • 14 Jul 2020
  • 24mins
  • Sue Lyle
Climate Curriculum

Climate Change: Dragon’s Den Briefing For Each Of The Six Case Studies

Each of the six case studies written for the ‘Dragon’s Den’ challenge need the same introduction to set the scene for their research.

  • 14 Jul 2020
  • 24mins
  • Sue Lyle
Climate Curriculum

Climate Change on Dragon’s Den

Young people are worried about the climate emergency; many are suffering from eco-anxiety and teachers are often not sure how to respond.

  • 14 Jul 2020
  • 24mins
  • Sue Lyle
Creative Teaching & Learning

If Britain Was a Cake

The purpose of the activity is for students to discover how the land of the UK is used today and what changes need to be made if we are to become carbon zero.

  • 13 Jul 2020
  • 24mins
  • Sue Lyle
Climate Curriculum

Climate Change: Where Does Our Fruit Come From?

As we recognize how dependent we are on food from across the world amid the Covid-19 pandemic, it raises the question of how the UK could become more self-sufficient. For example, today the UK is only 31% self-sufficient in apples, yet we have the capacity to grow and store our own all year round. Also, as more fuel is used in transporting goods from across the world, the climate emergency also raises the issue of food miles.

  • 13 Jul 2020
  • 24mins
  • Sue Lyle
Climate Curriculum

Climate Change: Aesthetic Understanding In The Foundation Phase/Stage

Unless we care about the planet and feel an emotional connection to the natural world, we are unlikely to feel passionate about protecting it. This connection needs to be developed from the first day of school. Here Sue Lyle shares a range of activities that can be built into the school day for Nursery and Foundation Stage/Phase to develop aesthetic understanding.

  • 13 Jul 2020
  • 24mins
  • Sue Lyle