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School Grounds - Eco-Schools Objectives and Learning Outcomes
Objectives
- Enrich teaching and learning opportunities across the curriculum for the whole school community.
- Encourage a sense of place.
- Encourage habitat creation, which enhances the biodiversity of school grounds.
- Encourage schools to make community links.
- Encourage schools to value their grounds as a place for pupils to play, learn and make important personal connections with the natural world.
Learning Outcomes
Through work on the School Grounds topic, pupils should be enabled to:
- explore and express feelings for the natural world.
- appreciate the importance of biodiversity in their locality and beyond.
- take part in decision-making.
- take responsible action within their local community.
- think critically.
- work co-operatively with others.
- care for self, others and the environment.