everything curriculum | January 2020


Marine


Write a non–chronological report about plastics in the ocean.


Create a pie chart to show the favourite marine animals of children in class.


School grounds


Write a poem about an animal or insect living within school grounds.


Calculate the area and perimeter of the classroom, playground and school.


Identify and name a variety of marine–based animals.


Paint an underwater scene, adding pieces of plastic to raise awareness of the impact of single–use plastics on marine life.


Use Word to design a leaflet showing the affects of single–use plastics and climate change on marine environments.


Design a machine to clean up ocean plastics.


Learn the names of marine animals in different languages.


Find and identify the various plants and animals found within the school grounds.


Use natural items found in the school grounds to create pieces of art in the style of Andy Goldsworthy.


Use the internet to research the history of their school and its local area.


Create an irrigation system to water plants on the school grounds using grey water.


Name common school features and items in different languages (recycling bin – poubelle de recyclage).


Identify a local river, mapping its features and progress to the ocean or sea.


Look at how humanity has interacted with marine environments throughout history from fishing and hunting to invasion.


After a swimming lesson, discuss how they would have felt swimming through discarded plastic.


Create a map of the school grounds using basic symbols to highlight Eco–Schools work (bins, wildlife areas etc.).


Transport


Write a recount about a sustainable journey to school.


Waste


Research and write instructions for how/what to recycle in their local authority.


Compare the time taken to drive, walk, cycle or scoot to school.


Understand that exercise has a positive impact on human health and sustainable transport can be part of daily exercise.


Research vintage train posters and redesign them to include an eco–message.


Use Excel to record how students have travelled to school, creating graphs and charts from the data collected.


Design a car of the future, making it as green as possible.


Learn how children from around the world travel to school.


Research how technological advances in transport changed the way the world trades.


Weigh and record the amount of food, plastic and paper waste in school.


Compare and group everyday objects we use on the basis of their physical properties (natural, recyclable, biodegradable etc.).


Use recycled materials to design and create sculptures.


Create informational posters for bins to let people know the correct bin for their waste.


Use waste/recycled materials to design and make products.


Design informational posters for recycling bins with the items that can be recycled written in different languages.


Focus on e–waste recycling and the issues it causes throughout the world.


Study a significant site, event or issue within the school grounds locality.


Create an exercise circuit on the playground.


Learn how the introduction of the first railways changed England and the World.


Learn how to safely use bicycles and scooters.


Eco–Schools programme visit eco–schools.org.uk


Learn how people throughout history discarded their waste and how preserved waste has helped us learn how these people lived.


Create a junkyard gym using recycled materials (e.g. plastic bottles filled with sand can become weights).


Water


Write a persuasive letter to the head teacher about installing water–saving devices in school.


Solve capacity problems: should a reusable water bottle be fully filled or half full, can waste water be reduced this way?


Describe how plants need water, light and a suitable temperature to grow and stay healthy.


Study how artists have represented water in the past from Claude Monet to David Hockney.


Write precise, unambiguous instructions for handwashing – then ask a partner to follow them to see if they work.


Use a variety of everyday materials to create a water filtration kit, then test to see which one works best.


Write reminder signs to not waste water in the different languages spoken throughout school.


Learn about the water cycle, including the concept that water is a finite resource.


Study the introduction of sewer systems and how they changed life in Britain. Consider that some people still do not have access to these facilities.


Choreograph a dance routine mimicking the water cycle.


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