Bio Security – During 2021, RSPB worked with over 100 pupils from primary schools across Scotland to co-design biosecurity activities in a digital education pack. Their ideas included board games, art activities, outdoor activities, digital games, treasure hunts, songs, and films. For example, pupils from the Small Isles Primary invented a board game based on the playing principles…
Manifesto Launch – NAEE is launching its Young People’s Learning and the Environment Manifesto on April 28th by zoom: 1700 to 1800. Please use this link to the launch event registration page to reserve a place. The Manifesto sets out 16 commitments that we think will help guide institutions to become more sustainable, and improve the education that pupils and students receive.…
DfE Strategy launch – The DfE is launching its Sustainability and Climate Change Strategy on Thursday April 21st at London’s Natural History Museum 7 to 9pm. There will be a keynote speech by the Secretary of State, the Rt Hon Nadhim Zahawi MP. . Another Launch – Unlike the DfE’s event, we are all invited to the launch of…
6000 Young People –The Lord Mayor of Birmingham, Councillor Muhammad Afzal, will be visiting Martineau Community Gardens in Birmingham on March 21st to celebrate over 6,000 school children who’ve taken part in environment education visits in the city. Councillor Afzal will meet children from St Catherine of Siena School on a trip funded throlugh the Hugh Kenrick Days Bursary scheme which…
Getting Closer to Nature – The Council for Learning Outside the Classroom(CLOtC) and the Canal & River Trust are launching a new programme to help students connect with the natural environment, enhance their wellbeing and support schools. Outcomes include: 500 schools will become members of CLOtC, 250 schools will be supported through training and personal mentoring to…
A Diary Date – NAEE is writing a Manifesto for young people’s learning and the environment. Its purpose is to build on existing work in schools and colleges and further stimulate change in thinking and practice, so that young people can be even better prepared to meet the social and environmental challenges they will face through their…
TEESNET 2022 – An early bird notification that the popular TEESNet conference will be on September 28th this year at Liverpool Hope University’s Hope Park Campus. Its focus is Re-Imagining Teacher Education: Transforming Learning for a Just and Sustainable World. The deadline for proposals is May 23rd. There are more details and registration forms here. . Linking to Nature – The 64 organisations within Wildlife and Countryside…
AQA Revision Notes – Following DfE/OfQual guidance, the AQA exam board has told schools taking its papers that the following aspects of their GCSE Combined Science Synergy Science qualification will not be examined this summer: Development of the Earth’s Atmosphere The Carbon Cycle The Greenhouse Effect Human Impacts on Climate Climate Change: impacts and mitigation Pollutants that affect air…
Teach those Goals – SOS-UK’s fifth annual SDG Teach In will take place between Monday 21st February and Friday 11th March 2022. The campaign calls on educators across all disciplines and levels of education to pledge to include the UN Global Goals for Sustainable Development (SDGs) in their teaching throughout the three weeks. The 2021 campaign saw nearly 500 educators reach around 50,000 students in discussion around…
DfE Consults – The Department for Education has launched a survey to gather feedback on its Sustainability and Climate Change draft strategy. This will run until 20th February. The survey ask us which actions set out in the strategy are the most important to us and seeks our our opinions of the overall approach. This is the link. . Union Letter – At the…