Optional sustainability lesson: How sustainable is our school?
Investigating the usage and waste of resources in the school community; understanding the hierarchy of waste; creating a sustainability plan of action.
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Learning objective
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National curriculum
Cross-curricular links
Before the lesson
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Lesson plan
1. Recap and recall
Display the Presentation: What is the word? Use the spinner to reveal a word. Ask the children to tell their partner what the word means or alternatively put the word in a sentence.
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Adaptive teaching
Assessing progress and understanding
Vocabulary definitions
In this unit
Assessment – Geography Y4: Why are rainforests important to us?Lesson 1: Where in the world are tropical rainforests?Lesson 2: What is the Amazon rainforest like?Lesson 3: Who lives in the rainforest?Lesson 4: How are rainforests changing?Lesson 5: How is our local woodland used?: Data collectionLesson 6: How is our local woodland used?: Findings
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Maintained by: Kapow Primary teamLast update: 8 May 2026
