Earth Day 2021
The National Literacy Trust, Siemens and Walker Books are working in partnership to gift more than 3,000 copies of Martin Dorey's Kids Fight Climate Change (Walker Books) to 214 primary schools to raise awareness of the environment and engage children on the topic of climate change.
Here you can find activities and resources to support your pupils’ learning about the environment this Earth Day and beyond. Plus, a brilliant live event with author Martin Dorey.
Live author event
Catch up on our special live Earth Day assembly (30 mins) with author Martin Dorey, author of Kids Fight Plastic and Kids Fight Climate Change (Walker Books).
Earth Day classroom resources
We have designed classroom resources to help your pupils learn about climate change this Earth Day and beyond:
- A whole-school assembly on climate change
- A reading lesson designed to be delivered alongside the book: Kids Fight Climate Change by Martin Dorey
- Classroom-based resource on the #2MinuteSuperhero challenge - best delivered after one or both of the above
Watch our live assembly with Martin Dorey above for the perfect introduction to the topic for your pupils.
Don't forget to share your pupils' two minute missions on Twitter using the hashtag #2MinuteSuperhero and tagging @Literacy_Trust, @SiemensUKNews and @WalkerBooksUK.
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Assembly: climate change
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Lesson: reading 'Kids Fight Climate Change' by Martin Dorey
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Lesson: take the #2MinuteSuperhero challenge
Teacher notes on Kids Fight Climate Change
Download these free teacher notes from Walker Books and the CLPE on Martin Dorey’s Kids Fight Climate Change.
Written for Key Stage 2 lessons, these notes will help provide you with ideas to develop comprehension and cross-curricular activities around the text.
Siemens Education
Siemens is dedicated to helping enrich and enhance teaching and learning and to nurturing STEM talent for the future.
These freely downloadable resources can help build on the topics covered on Earth Day; why not take the video tour of the education portal to see what’s on offer to you and your KS2 students?
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In the classroom
Here you will find curriculum lesson plans, interactive resources, insights into STEM careers and information about challenges and events.Learn more -
Student Zone
Discover great ways to engage pupils with engineering including quizzes, games, magazines and more.Learn more -
For parents
Support parents to find out more about what opportunities are available and what STEM could mean for their child.Learn more
Environmental resources from earthday.org
Browse these resources from earthday.org to help guide your lessons and activities on Earth Day and beyond.
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Climate education week toolkit
Explore 5 days of activities on ecosystem services, the carbon cycle, food sustainability, ecosystem restoration and civic engagement.Learn more -
Advocacy packets
Do your pupils want to ignite change in your school or community? These resource will help get you started.Learn more -
What is COP26?
Use this information to spark discussion and perhaps even plan a mock Cop event for your pupils.Learn more
More resources
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Greta Thunberg and the climate emergency
Build on this current hot topic to engage children with reading, oracy and provide purposeful writing activities.Learn more -
Children's books on the environment
From animals and the ocean to recycling and conservation, we’ve brought together our favourite titles about looking after the planet.Learn more -
Career-related learning in your school
A video on how to introduce career-related learning to your school and embed it into the curriculum.Learn more -
Aspirations, careers and challenging stereotypes
Resources to introduce careers education to your classLearn more -
Happy News Project
This Happy News project focuses on wellbeing and develops teamwork, speaking and listening skills and journalistic writing and reading skills.Learn more -
Fake news and critical literacy resources
Resources, posters and tips to teach children about fake news helping them navigate our digital world.Learn more
