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Plants and trees |
Discovering the properties and uses of different wild and cultivated plants and trees |
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Identify different plants which can be poisonous to eat directly or dangerous to touch. |
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Plants and trees |
Discovering the properties and uses of different wild and cultivated plants and trees |
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Identify different native plants and know their uses (e.g. nettles for soup or making string). |
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Plants and trees |
Discovering the properties and uses of different wild and cultivated plants and trees |
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Identify and eat different edible plants which are growing in the garden (whether planted or spontaneous). |
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Plants and trees |
Discovering the properties and uses of different wild and cultivated plants and trees |
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Do a detailed plant study: Spend some time connecting to a particular plant, looking at it, drawing or painting it. Notice where it is growing and how it changes through the seasons. Then research it, where it likes to grow, what uses it has etc. |
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Plants and trees |
Discovering the properties and uses of different wild and cultivated plants and trees |
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Observe how different trees perform different functions in a designed or natural system. |
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Plants and trees |
Discovering the properties and uses of different wild and cultivated plants and trees |
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Recognise whether a plant is healthy or sick. |
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Plants and trees |
Discovering the properties and uses of different wild and cultivated plants and trees |
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See that seeds have different mechanisms for dispersal. |
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Using nature's gifts wisely |
Eco-friendly travel |
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Learn about eco-friendly ways of traveling and transportation. |
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Using nature's gifts wisely |
Eco-friendly travel |
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Learn about the benefits of active travel (cycling and walking etc.) and different alternatives to the car. |
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Using nature's gifts wisely |
Eco-friendly travel |
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Celebrate as a whole school the number of days/distance travelled with lowest carbon footprint (compare using an app or other method). |
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Using nature's gifts wisely |
Eco-friendly travel |
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Implement an active travel plan (to save fossil fuels). |
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Using nature's gifts wisely |
Eco-friendly travel |
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Use an "Eco footprint calculator" app to measure the environmental impact of different forms of travel over a given distance. |
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Using nature's gifts wisely |
Eco-friendly travel |
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Observe the impact of various ways of transport (steam trains [coal], traffic jams, horse and cart, etc). |
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Our human family |
Ethical trade |
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Recognise and choose products which are produced in a fair way (e.g. with Fair Trade mark, organic standards etc.) |
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Our human family |
Ethical trade |
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Visit a market and observe how it is organised.
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Our human family |
Ethical trade |
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Find out about the Fair Trade standard, why it is needed and what it means. |
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Our human family |
Ethical trade |
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Make a multimedia exhibition to compare the stories behind a fair vs unfair product (e.g. Fair Trade chocolate vs multinational chocolate). Invite the parents or wider community to see their exhibition and/or the children can act out the stories they learned about. |
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Our human family |
Ethical trade |
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Organise a market selling produce grown in the school grounds. Compare and contrast different methods of sales: e.g. price list vs donation basis. |
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Our human family |
Ethical trade |
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Find out about the lives of people working in unfair conditions (from reading, researching, documentaries or by talking to a person who has experienced it) and talk about why it is unfair (e.g. child labour for producing coltan for mobile phone batteries). Discuss the meaning of fair and unfair and how it makes you feel to be treated fairly and unfairly. |
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Soil and stone |
Experiencing different landscapes (beaches, hills, forests, fields). |
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Find out how the landscape affects what lives in each place (river vs sea vs forest etc). |
