Monthly school swap shops, including book swaps on World Book Day

Library trips and Harrow Warehouse trip by walking and public transport

Using and buying recycled text books

Poetry competition with My Pinner all linked to topic of 'My World' (April 2024)

Year 6 Change Speeches all linked to sustainability, including speech writing unit (Summer term)

School council persuasive video and article about traffic around our school - Pinner Wood School: School Council Parking Campaign 2023 (Sept 2023)

Follow up parking patrol letter writing by School Council

Earth Friends blogs on Sustainability and Parking Patrol

Outdoor learning linked to story telling (Super worm, journeys, fables, Native American stories, scary stories)

Targeted texts in the English curriculum specifically linked to outdoor learning and sustainability including Out and About poetry book

Reducing amounts of paper used in lesson through whiteboard, photo evidence and practical resources

Natural materials for counting in EYFS

Lesson focus on tally charts and graphs linked to Walk to School week (Summer term)

Daily Mile (PW Trailblazers) linked to counting steps

Active Maths staff meeting completed (Jan 2024)

Education Nature Trust activities embedded into outdoor learning linked to area, size, measuring

Use of online apps for whiteboard work

Links to curriculum learning across the school - materials, sustainable travel, growing for biodiversity, wildlife habitats in the garden

STEAM week

Sustainability Week

Great Big School Clean event celebrated

Global Recycling Day and textile collection

Earth Friends River Pinn Trip - river animal classification (Feb 2024)

Outdoor learning curriculum - habitats, identifying plants, forest school, minibeasts, sensory

Year 3 Science lesson - how plants grow, how water moves through a plant, growing (Feb 2024)

Sustainability Star of the Week plant prize

Planning, running and opening a school Eco Refill shop linked to reducing plastic waste and pollution (from November 24)

TFL Stars award - linked to transport learning

Big Walk and Wheel

Sustainability Week

Global Goals linked throughout Geography long term plan e.g. how and why weather is changing, exploring contrasting locations, energy needs, where food comes from

Fieldwork activities linked to curriculum

Earth friends club

Public transport and walking trips

Forest School and Outdoor learning lessons

Education Nature Trust activities

Outdoor learning planting activities and pumpkins

Just One Tree Day - all year groups planted and tree and linked lesson on caring for tree

Links to a number of schemes and initiatives e.g.. The Woodland Trust, Pupil Profit, TFL Stars

Woodland Trust Platinum Award

Use of assessment pictures on Seesaw and google classroom to reduce printing

Topic links - Industrial Revolution looking at energy and climate crisis, travel and transport, hunter gatherers and food availability

STEAM week

Walking Bus

Scooters through OPAL play for all year groups

Bikeability, scooter and balance bike training offered across the school

Grant application completed for bike and scooter storage

Walking trips - litter picking, park walks, library

Minibus trips rather than large coaches

School council work on parking and pollution around the school created using a video and presentation filmed with pupils and staff

Survey monkey to send out all questionnaires and surveys, not paper copies

Transferring data and use excel linked to Walk to School week (May 24)

Sustainability Week - junk modelling musical instruments

Outdoor Music Garden - funding from Pinner Rotary, musical instruments from recycled materials

Reuse, share, borrow and fix musical instruments, work with Harrow Music services to upcycle instruments

School Eco Code shared as a song in assembly and music practice

Adapting planning, Year 3 reusing and recycling old t shirts to make cushions (Spring 24)

Reusing materials and donations rather than buying new materials

Sustainability Week - constructing eco friendly bird feeders, log pile houses, bug houses

Reusing objects and materials for OPAL play

Wrap warehouse links for materials, sharing art and design projects

Outdoor learning cooking module and shelter building/construction

Sustainable Christmas

Reusing and recycling, upcycling materials and donations to use at Christmas time

Forest school and outdoor learning - sensory exploring, art work linked to Andy Goldsworthy

Art trips - walking/public transport

Sharing borrowed and second hand resources for Values time

Jigsaw PSHE curriculum linked to healthy eating, water, global citizenship

Walking and public transport trips where possible, Year N - Year 6 walking to local church

Recycling and charity shops for dual language books (Oct 2023)

British Council set up page to link with other schools oversees

Year 6 Change Speeches linked to a Sustainability topic and recited and shared with whole school community and professionals

Poetry competition with My Pinner all linked to topic of 'My World' and all children shared poems in assembly

Oracy strategies embedded within all foundation lessons including questions, debate, discussions