SUSTAINABILITY
EDUCATION Inspired by World Environment Day, Charlotte Phillips examines how sustainability is now factored into the school day in our region AN ECO
W orld Environment Day, taking place on 5 June, will be the focus for myriad initiatives in the UK and further afield. Its purpose this year is to put the spotlight on climate change and send out a global call to action. As the organisers stress, the positive steps we take now have the potential to make a significant difference for good in the future. Unsurprisingly, it’s something that our area’s schools are taking to heart, involving the whole community – parents, staff and children – in the drive to make
helping them to feel confident their voices matter and that they can make a genuine difference to the future. A common thread Sustainability, which can be linked to so many different areas, is a major focus for schools and there’s a real commitment to ensuring that it permeates every aspect of school life, starting with the curriculum. Francesca Hughes-Morgan, director of teaching and learning at St Faith’s, describes the way sustainability threads through different subjects and year groups
care for the environment part of day-to-day life and an increasingly important and year- round preoccupation for us all. Any narrative about our changing world can be potentially upsetting, so there’s also a need, particularly where young children are concerned, to keep things positive, balancing crisis with confidence and reality with reassurance. While our schools don’t shy away from difficult topics, the initiatives they provide aren’t just highly imaginative but child-centred too, empowering pupils of every age to lead, influence and innovate,
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