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Deputy Director

Julia Clarke

ecological resources designed to make your school a step closer to a sustainable future

all know that we should turn off the lights or remember to take out the recycling, even at school. In fact, I bins in the classrooms have become a fairly common practice. This is great, but in our school, we are proud to take this to another level. We do not want students to recycle or switch just out of routine or habit, we want to understand why it is important and will be inspired and proud to be the action that makes our school a better place green

We found that these measures mean more when they participate in the classroom and with very interesting subjects to study, especially given within a global dimension.

worked with Kathy Hill, director of teacher training SolarAid and some others, developing resources to help schools to teach climate change, energy and renewables. Developed in the lesson plans that schools sunny break these questions to be accessible to KS2 and provide links to online activities, videos or bring practical ideas to life in the classroom.

For example, our courses are designed green homes in design and technology, circuits manufactured in the solar energy science, mathematics, calculated in the study and participated in a debate on views on climate change in literacy.

our teachers wanted to use these resources in the classroom. The teachers are friendly and give all teachers the confidence and support to take on a subject that may be new to them.

I especially like the image above. This is an image of the world at night produces admiration and awe students when examined with atlas, which place in the world had its lights at night, and others remained in the dark without electricity.

SolarAid runs on solar energy in Africa. The fifth unit of the school's resources with the sun, solar energy in the world, case studies and images to show what life without electricity for the world's children. This global perspective is what made the students really excited, especially when SolarAid lent us some solar lights sold in Africa for children at home.

These are the same lights that children in Africa used to do their homework and are the new alternative to dangerous kerosene lamps that are traditionally used. We encourage our students to do their own homework reading sunlight and write journal entries that compare the experience to your normal routine. One of our Year 6 children told us how the sunlight and he helped a friend to help your neighbor find a lost cat in the dark. Learn about the wonders of science in this context is an exciting way to study electricity.

climate change can seem a daunting subject, and energy savings can sometimes seem more of a liability than a source of inspiration for the class, but it has the potential to transform the behavior and be of real interest.

GTN has many resources on environmental issues such as solar energy and energy efficiency. See below for more examples:

Create KS3 solar energy from the Energy Saving Trust


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