Green Day is an event for primary and secondary schools led by CABE to support teachers in making their schools run more sustainably. The Green Day teachers’ activity kit is crammed full of inspiring, curriculum-linked lesson ideas to help you plan how to involve your students in meaningful learning about climate change, buildings and spaces.
Green Day poster © CABE
The Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment (CABE) are also offering 17 free, half-day training sessions around England to help give you the confidence and knowledge to make real changes in how your school runs. And if you can’t make it out of school then there’s online training information available instead.
Green Day is designed to be as flexible as possible. Green Day 2010 will be launched on Friday 4 June (the day before World Environment Day), but you can choose a convenient date to hold yours anytime before 2 July.
Your school’s event could last just one day or it could be spread over many. Our activities are aimed at key stages 1, 2 and 3 students but they are adaptable for all ages. Whatever you choose to do it is hoped that Green Day will be the start of longer term sustainable work in your school. to find out more, register to take part or to book into a training session.
And you don’t just need to take our word for it.
Commenting on her school’s Green Day in June 2009, Pippa Davies, Assistant Head of Guiseley School in Leeds said, ‘Staff feedback commented on how motivated and self-disciplined the pupils were. Green Day also helped staff from different subject areas to combine their expertise. Pupil evaluations raved about the day.' You can read more stories from Green Day 2009 from both students and teachers here on Engaging Places.
Interested?
Take a look at some more resources to help you plan your own Green Day events
- Energetic lessons – cross curricular project plan for Key Stage 1 and 2, using CABE’s Green Day resources.
- Mental materials – cross curricular project plan for Key Stage 1 and 2, using CABE’s Green Day resources.
- Solar powered teaching – image resource and accompanying teaching activities.
- School buildings from around the world – image and activity resource using schools as inspiration.
- Building materials – image resource showcasing a range of different building materials in context.
