Can I Make a Difference?

Our Wonderful World

What do we want to know?What questions will we ask?

Who is responsible?

Planning – using big ideasChanges in scale – from global to localIndividual interpretations of place through the emotionsEnvironmental quality - How do we change places for better or worse?

Key QuestionsWhat is our world like? – awe

& wonder at complexity of environments

How is our world changing? –children’s received perceptions

from adult worldWhat is our school

environment like?How would we like to see it

change?Who is responsible for our

environment?

Geographical skills Fieldwork & valuing personal experiences of placevisit a choice of internal & external locations around the school, take photosuse senses to determine own perception of each site & recordanalyse & compare own/class dataMapworkrepresent class feelings on school plan – affective mappingGlobal citizenshipawareness of our environmental responsibilitiesUse of geographical vocabulary

Aspects of ESDIndividual perception of environmental quality Recognition of man’s ability to change, improve & sustain the environment

“CAN I MAKE A DIFFERENCE?”

Links with other curricular areasCitizenship – developing confidence & responsibility, preparing to play an active role as citizensScience – variation in species & habitatsRE – different religion’s views of the World & its creationNumeracy – data handling, collection of real data, appropriate presentation methods & analysis of data setsLiteracy – textual clues to ‘hidden’ meaning or moral conveyed in a story / poem

ResourcesStories / poems:Wonderful Earth by Nick Butterworth & Mick InkpenGreen Poems edited by ‘Grandad says’ & ‘We must protect the countryside’ Dinosaurs & all that rubbish by Michael ForemanSchool plan & clipboardsDigital cameras

How do we feel about places?

Boring & unfriendly

Everyone should learn how to put the books back properly. Make more space.

Can we have a

gardening patch?

How can we look after ….?

Ideas for Change

Old & defaced furniture, messy walls

Boring & unfriendly

New chairs & carpetPaint around the whiteboard

Plant flowers around the doorMake a ‘welcome’ sign – designed by us.

We don’t like sitting on a dirty floor. Drinking water tap won’t turn off.

Have recycling bins for composting food. Have mats

for wiping shoes at all entrances. Stop the tap from

dripping.We’re not allowed in there when the grass is wet.There’s not much to do.

Make a stepping stone walkwayHave a canopy or willow sculpture.

Making Decisions

Decision:We studied all the outcomes of the review & voted for:Water to be our main focus – minimising waste & better provision of drinking waterSchool grounds & litter to be on-going projectsY5/6 Eco-Reps to be involved in creating our Action Plan of what needs to be done & how we can go about it

(extract from Eco-Committee meeting)