Linking Eco-Schools to the curriculum helps the whole school to get involved in the programme, raising their understanding and knowledge of sustainability. Integrating Eco-Schools into the curriculum does not have to be onerous and when environmental education is introduced in a creative way it enhances the way in which lessons are delivered and enriches pupil learning experiences.
For example, if you are manipulating numbers and presenting results graphically as part of your maths or ICT lessons, why not use real data relating to your energy consumption collected as part of your work on the energy topic within Eco-Schools. This helps bring the figures to life and allows pupils to learn from a real situation. This example could be further extended into science and citizenship lessons as you investigate ways to reduce your dependence on energy from fossil fuels.
Many Eco-Schools tell us that incorporating the programme into the curriculum has had real benefits both in terms of helping teachers to engage with pupils and individual pupil performance. Schools that incorporate Eco-Schools into their curriculum are increasingly being commended by Ofsted for their pupil engagement and citizenship.
Eco-Schools offers real opportunities to address the following cross-curricular issues:
More formal curriculum areas include:
For more information on how to link Eco-Schools into the curriculum, visit the Links and Resources section of this website, where you will find some sample lesson plans from existing Eco-Schools.
| Green Flag: | 1,194 |
| Silver: | 3,873 |
| Bronze: | 4,639 |
