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- New and fun ways to deliver the national curriculum & involve others?
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What the children gained
The children spent the half-term studying the culture & wildlife of Mexico. The whole process made them more aware of global issues such as povery, deforestation & the impact of the connection between people, animals & the environment. By taking the initiative to do something about it, they also learned many valuable life skills.
Healthy Learning uses NASA images & Google technology to bring children closer to these seemingly far away, unconnected places by letting them choose a protected park and plot to adopt in their name.
Classroom Enquiry Based Learning:
- Knowledge of global societies and local traditions.
- Comparing where we live to other places.
- Conservation of the planet and its resources.
- Citizenship (PSHE).
Outside Classroom, Practical Learning:
The children decided to run their own stall at the school’s summer fair to raise enough money in order to adopt a plot of land. The children nearly doubled their £180 target, by making a profit of nearly £300. Throughout the weeks, the children learned:
- Planning and preparation to organise and run their own shops. For example, assigning a shift rotation for the children to work the stall.
- Making the items for sale, including Mexican cuisine, mini-sombreros and other cultural object
- Work responsibility
- Counting and handling money
- Engaging and attracting people and customers
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What parents and teachers had to say
Both parents and teachers were pleased with the students’ enthusiasm and impressed by their initiative - they were the only class to hold their own shop at the fair.
"The children loved learning about Mexico, and when they found out about the destruction of rainforests and the threat this caused to the animals that lived there, they wanted to help. They learnt that deforestation, no matter where it is, is everyone’s problem and responsibility.”
“They got really excited at the prospect of having a plot of protected land and wildlife in Mexico that they can call their own.”
Liz Ryan, Year 2 Teacher (& Stall Stock Manager!).
The children are choosing their plot, and the School Council will decide how to spend the grant from Healthy Planet.
How long it took:
Healthy Learning is flexible. It can be compacted into one session plus outside classroom activities, or become the centrepiece of an entire course (Lutterworth College's 6th Form Citizenship course).
St. Peter's spread the learning across most the summer term.
First half of summer term: The class learns about Mexico, its geographical features and compares it to where we live.
Second half of summer term:
Week 1: Class decides to support Mexico’s wildlife.
Week 2: Brainstorm & decide to run their own Mexican stall at the Fair.
Weeks 3-5: Making mini-sombreros, Aztec Masks, Maracas, God’s Eyes
Week 6: Set prices; create stall displays; set staff rota for all the children; make food/drink and finally, run the ‘Adult-free’ stall.
Week 7: Count money and profit made. Receive special badge & star.
Grants for Schools & Other Benefits
When a school adopts land, we automatically set aside a large chunk, exclusively for that school as a grant fund to invest in health and environmental education. For example, on a £180 plot adopted for a year, the school can receive a grant of approx. £80, or can opt for Healthy Planet to invest that donation. A further £80 is always set aside for your chosen park. Simply email learning@healthyplanet.org describing how your school will improve the sustainability & health of our planet & children with the grant. Learn more about Grants.
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More About Us:
Our charity, including Healthy Learning & Land Guardian programmes are endorsed or supported by organisations including the Prince's Rainforest Project, Young Enterprise London, Geographical Association, Google and experts from conservation and academia.
Our work has been listed as one of only 60 conservation initiatives to look out for, over the next 60 years, according to the world's oldest and largest network of conservation experts (IUCN, Oct 2008).
Our Healthy Learning pilots started in England in 2008 at Lutterworth College and St Benedict's Primary School, Ealing. Healthy Learning is included in a London Borough's School Staff Zone list of initiatives.
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