Member : GA Early Years and Primary Committee

Their world of the future? Ks1 and 2Gain an adult perspective on the future

of a planet of seven billion and rising and discover practical resources to help provoke discussion with pupils about their world of the future.

Play a simulation game to children in different roles thinking about others' perspectives.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QaxqUDd4fiw

Last One Standing! Game you can play with children

Can you be the Eco champion?

Easiest to do Hardest to do

Biggest difference Least difference

The world is, has and will always change There are different agents of change –

human and physicalConsequences – intended/ unintended/

unforseenChange can be good/bad/neutral;

there are winners and losers

> Think of a familiar environment.

Probable, preferable futures...http://teaching4abetterworld.co.uk/futures.html

Future positive

Future negativeWe’re losing the ‘old ways’

Progress is good

You keep up You’re left behind

You like change

You struggle with it

Our view of the future? Technology, basic skills, countryside areas, young people, food culture...

The Futu

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Every Child Matters

SEF (s3 is a Sustainable School Self-evaluation)

Sustainable schools by 2020 – 8 Doorways

Eco Schools

“We should live on earth as though we are intending to stay for good not just the weekend”

“…development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of

future generations to meet their own needs”

Bruntland Report, Our Common Future, 1987, OUP.

Where we are today

http://www.education.gov.uk/schools/teachingandlearning/curriculum/nationalcurriculum2014/b00220600/consultation-national-curriculum-pos/draft-pos-subjects

http://media.education.gov.uk/assets/files/pdf/n/national%20curriculum%20consultation%20document%20070213.pdf

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/blog/2013/mar/19/geography-climate-change-unjust Esha Marwaha is the organiser of a petition to keep climate change on the geography national curriculum for children up to 14 years oldAims: Relationship between human and physical processes,

interdependence, change and spatial processes.

http://studentzone.roehampton.ac.uk/ru-outdoors/index.html

http://vimeo.com/44516949

Food, clothes, waste, energy and waterPractical Action website> Climate Choices: fairtrade, food miles, ‘Jemima’s story

“If we are not to overwhelm pupils with the world’s problems, we should teach in a spirit of optimism. We should build success stories into our curriculum and develop awareness of sources of hope in the world” Huckle J (1990) Environmental Education: Teaching for a sustainable future” in Dufour, D (Ed) The New Social Curriculum, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press

“No problem, environmental or otherwise, should be taught about at any level in education without concomitant emphasis on positive strategies for its resolution”Hicks, D (1998) ‘Stories of Hope: A Response to the ‘Psychology of Despair’’ in Environmental Education Research Vol 4 No 2 pp165-176

BBCGuardian 1Guardian 2

Which number person were you?The fastest growing countries?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4B2xOvKFFz4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sc4HxPxNrZ0

Image: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/oct/31/seven-billionth-baby-born-philippinesA baby girl named Danica Camacho has been chosen symbolically as the world's seven billionth baby. Photograph: Erik De Castro/AFP/Getty Images

If the World were a village video

Can we relate this to children’s lives?

http://nrich.maths.org/7725&part=note

Use post it notes to show this in the classroom

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kd2U4mN10gQ

POPVILLEhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kd2U4mN10gQ

http://www.toby-ng.com/graphic-design/the-world-of-100/

Role play in groups – everyone starts with ten points. Pick two cards. Choose type of house and place to live near. Choose three ways you will care for the world. Pick a way you will travel. Be ready for the natural and man-made disasters that may befall you!

http://www.amazon.co.uk/PADGETT-Giant-City-Play-Mat/dp/B003N7ERP6/ref=tag_stp_s2_edpp_url

Remember to start with ten points

Role play in groups – everyone starts with ten points. > Choose type of house. > Choose a place to live near. > Choose three ways you will care for the world from the selection. > Pick a way you will travel – bicycle, bus, car (small or 4x4), train.

Be ready for the changes that may befall you!

1 point: If you

recycle.

1 point: You know

where your clothes are

made.

1 point: If you have a meat free

day.

Lose a point

unless you use a

bicycle.

1 point: If you live in a house built with natural materials

Flood Alert: Lose two points

if you have water

nearby!

Snow alert: You can’t get to work

unless you drive a 4

wheel drive.

1 point if you grow your own

food.

Cold snap!2 points gained if

your house has only one

floor.

2 points from

harvesting fruit and

vegetables!

Lose a point if you have

taken a flight in the past year.

1 point: Save

money by re-using plastic

2 points: Your flowers

win a change town

award!

1 point if you go for a healthy country

walk nearby.

Lose a point if

you have not

donated old

clothes.

1 point if you use

both sides of your paper.

1 point away unless your house is brick as it needs less heating!

You use renewable

energy from wood to

light a fire 2 points for

you!

Lose a point unless you

have recycled batteries correctly.

Lose a point

unless you walk on

Wednesdays!

2 points away as you are hungry

because of bad weather if you grow

food.

Your wooden

house does not need air con so gain

a point.

Your bicycle gets stolen so you are

late for school – lose

a point.

Your bicycle

gets returned by the police – get one back!

2 points away if you

have a colourful

house as it needs a repaint.

Your gutters are full of

leaves so it leaks in if you live

near trees! Lose a point.

Your 4x4 needs more petrol – lose two points!

Gain a point if

you choose less

packaging.

2 points away if you

live in a castle as you get a

huge repair bill!

Lose a point if you live

near a road as you get woken by the noise.

Your bus and train fare gets

more expensive – lose a point.

Your house is detached

– lose a point as

your heating bill

is more expensive!