Environment & Sustainability
Welcome to the Environment & Sustainability subject page. Maintained by the Sustainable Development team Mrs Carlisle, Mr Hillier and Mrs Shelby and lead by Mrs Stafford.
Intent:
Our intent at Parkdale, is for children to learn about how as humans, our past and current actions has a lasting impact upon the world around us. We want children to recognise the impact they can have to saving the environment, habitats, living things and more, in the future. Each year group will learn about their responsibility to care and make reasonable changes to their life-style to become sustainable. Children will be encouraged to know their voice has an impact and take action within the community to share their knowledge and passion of sustainable living.
The ‘driver’ values for this Theme are:
To understand the need to maintain and improve the quality of life now without damaging the planet for future generations
Understand the importance of personal choices
Be aware that individuals and groups can contribute to positive change
The skills and knowledge in this Theme are chiefly Geography-based and they are mapped in the documents available to the right.
Documents
Theme overview
Values, Skills and Knowledge
The Theme In More Detail
Values, Skills and Knowledge Progression
New Unit For Spring 2022 on Climate Change
Sustainable Development Blog
Plant a Tree for the Jubilee
Mr Chell and 4 volunteers have planted a tree as part of the Platinum Jubilee Queen's Canopy campaign. The tree is a Weeping Silver pear Tree, chosen for it’s platinum silver coloured leaves. It has been planted along the Cliff Road side of the playground....
ART and DT in Y2
Year 2 combined their work on Sustainable development with Art. They have learnt about a weaving artist called Annie Albers. She used yarns to weave with but we recycled our old plastic carrier bags and created continual weaving pictures. We used the skills from...
Geography & Science Skills in Y2
Year 2 have been learning about different geographical features - were they made by man (Human features) or were they made by nature (Physical features). They have also been looking at Habitats across the world. In urban habitats animals, plants and other creatures...