Hi everyone, I hope the countdown to the end of term is going well. I’m sure your classroom carpet is already full of glitter (that will still be lurking come February) and you’ve got a rail of Christmas play costumes all labelled and ready for the big event. It won’t be long until the boxes of tinsel appear here in the KnowledgeBox office I’m sure, but up until now we’ve been focussed on getting our latest Video Extra title ready and uploaded to your KnowledgeBox.
Hopefully being green and eco-friendly is already important to you and your class. Maybe you’ve already talked about how to be green at Christmas? How many classes in your school send Christmas cards to one another? 30 children in a class sending 30 cards each - work out how many cards and envelopes that might be in your class and also in the whole school? Do they all get recycled? Perhaps you could gather ideas for a more environmentally-friendly way of sending one another Christmas greetings, maybe a class or school Christmas message board? One large sheet of paper that can be put in the recycling bin at the end of term – saving the planet and pennies too. What other ideas do your pupils have? We’d love to hear and share them.
So what is our latest Video Extra offering – Eco Warriors all about? It’s aimed at years 5 and 6 and includes eleven great videos using footage from BBC Motion Gallery. The focus areas are
- Animals
- The world environment
- The environment at home
- Personal change
We’ve included the usual wide range of quality print activities and some detailed teachers notes to support your teaching of this popular topic. We begin by asking pupils to consider what being an eco-warrior really means, and how they perceive people who are connected with green issues and campaigns.
The main focus areas involve activities that consider endangered animals and the use of animals in product testing, the rainforest and the way of life of the people who live there, environmental issues in the UK such as bypass construction and the creation of an artificial reef, and we consider how we can adapt out own lifestyles and contribute to the conservation of the planet through personal change.
Inspired by that lot I’m off now to write my Christmas cards (made from recycled paper of course) and to order my free-range Christmas turkey.
Kate, KnowledgeBox publisher
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