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Lesson plan: Sustainable living board game
From the Key Stage 1 classroom activities on
Global Citizenship themes online resource
Age group: 5 - 7
Aims:
Pupils begin to develop an enquiring mind, state an opinion based
on evidence, begin to value resources and to understand our impact
on the environment.
What to do:
This activity requires more than one session. You will need:
In a whole group, ask the pupils how they can live in a sustainable
way - in other words, how to live in a healthy way, respecting others
and the environment. Encourage pupils to talk about how they can
live more sustainably at school and at home. To give them some ideas,
you could ask about ways of:
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keeping healthy - not smoking, eating a balanced diet;
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respecting others - being considerate to others, looking after
other people's things;
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respecting the environment - saving water, electricity and
paper, recycling.
Write some of the ideas on the classroom board, and show the information
gathered. Ask pupils in pairs to think up about 15 pieces of text
requiring players to go forward or back, such as 'Didn't turn tap
off properly, go back 2' or 'Fitted energy-saving light bulbs, go
on 3'. The text needs to be brief to go in particular squares on
the board game. Then the pupils can draw out as creatively as possible
a simple board game track of about 50 squares. Their prepared texts
can then be spread out around the track. On completion, play the
games in groups, taking turns so that everyone's game is played.
(You might need a games slot for a couple of days to do this.) To
spread the energy-saving word further, a younger or parallel class
could be invited in to play the games.
Planned outcomes:
That pupils begin to realise that everyone can behave responsibly
with regard to the world's resources, and make a difference for
the good.
Curriculum links:
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England
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Scotland
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Wales
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PSHE/Citizenship:
- To take and share responsibility; to make real choices;
to consider simple environmental issues.
Maths:
- Shape and measurement.
Literacy Hour:
- Year 1, term 1; Year 2, term 1.
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PSD:
- Interdependence; decisions about personal, social and environmental
responsibilities which will affect their own and others' present
and future lifestyles.
Environmental Studies/Science:
- Consequences for living things and for the environment of
different choices, decisions and courses of action.
Environmental Studies:
- The responsible use of the natural environment in accordance
with the principles of sustainability.
Maths:
- Collecting, organising and interpreting data.
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PSE:
- To be concerned about their environment; to understand how
their environment could be made better or worse to live in
and how they can make a difference
Maths: to understand the operations of addition and subtraction.
Geography:
- To communicate ideas, information and opinions; to follow
directions; to use secondary sources to obtain information
about places.
English:
- To write in a range of forms.
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From the Key Stage 1 classroom activities on
Global Citizenship themes online resource
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