Session: Earth Care

Key stage/year group: KS1

Length of Session: 2 Hrs

Learning Intention: refer to National curriculum/Schemes of work

Recognising how the environment can be improved and sustained

Resources:

Introduction 

15 min

Story telling:

Stories are a wonderful way to engage pupils We have some great stories about habitat loss and saving the planet to get pupils enthused about sustainability issues.  

Main Session           

1hr 30 min

Green bin / brown bin recycling game

Eco foot print game:

How our daily actions impact on the environment, the consequences of this and what we can do to reduce our impact

Composting creatures:

Looking at the process of composting

Recycled paper making

Energy saving game

Plenary

15 min

Mission statement                          

Vocabulary: sustainability, composting, recycling, reduce, reuse, environment, habitat