Citizenship at key stages 1 and 2 (Year 1-6)

Unit 06: Developing our school grounds

Resources

Resources include:

School grounds - a guide to good practice (available from the Architects and Building Branch, DfES, ISBN 0 11 270990 7)
Greener school grounds - helping schools to create sustainable external educational environments (published by Learning through Landscapes, ISBN 184185 1442)
useful websites, eg

www.nc.uk.net/esd (QCA's education for sustainable development site)

www.ltl.org.uk (Learning through Landscapes)

www.l-i.org.uk (Landscape Institute)

www.arts.org.uk (Regional Arts Board)

www.cat.org.uk (Centre for Alternative Technology)

www.pfeg.org (Personal Finance Education Group)

www.rspca.org.uk (for details of how to make a wildlife garden)

NB: care should be taken when encouraging children to access websites

Sections in this unit

This unit is divided into sections. Each section contains a sequence of activities with related objectives and outcomes. You can view this unit by moving through the sections or print/download the whole unit.


	1. How can we get involved in developing our school grounds?
	2. What do we think of our school grounds?
	3. What are our priorities for improving the school grounds?
	4. Making changes