We recognise that teachers want to have access to relevant materials to strengthen and enhance their teaching across all key stages. This website is a comprehensive and authoritative tool allowing teachers to select the most appropriate resource for their needs. Climate change in particular is of interest to young people because;
- Young people are interested in issues that are real and topical;
- It is a local to global challenge and affects us all;
- It integrates many subjects and provides cross-curricular learning opportunities;
- It provides opportunities for community engagement;
- It links to many whole school initiatives such as Healthy Schools, Sustainable Schools, Every Child Matters and the International Schools Award;
- Young people have a right to be aware of and involved in such an urgent challenge to our lives;
- It integrates ideas of global learning with notions of global citizenship;
- We are all need to share ideas and learn from each other in order to live more sustainably;
- Work and life are changing to adapt to a post-fossil fuel and a zero carbon future.
