1. Internationalising Learning

2. Starting Out…
What we took away from the first session on internationalising learning:
Creating an internationalised approach to learning takes everyone!
It also takes time – in order for it to be both meaningful and lasting, it requires a process of gradual change.
And finally, it needs clear vision – we had to know what we wanted, why we wanted it and how we were going to achieve it.

3. So what did we want?

4. Going for Green…

5. Our Plan…
To develop a whole school approach towards gaining the Eco Green Flag award
To ensure that all of the ideas and learning for this were relevant, fun and, above all, sustainable.
Our Approach:
To talk to all staff to find out what we already had in place to support our application.
To discuss as a staff how we could embed eco issues further into the curriculum in an exciting, successful and lasting way.
To set goals: look at the Green Flag criteria and see what more we needed to do to achieve it.

6. So What? What’s in it for the children?
As a staff, we decided to focus on the following areas with the children:
Enjoyment and enrichment – developing a sense of joy and wonder in exploring our school and local eco-system. What do we stand to lose?
Sustainability and taking responsibility
Looking closer: learning more about our local eco-system and why it might need protecting
Developing a community approach to achieving this (Both school-wide and local).
Going Global: how some of these issues might relate to the wider world.

7. Enjoyment and Enrichment

8. Enjoyment and Enrichment Investigating and Exploring in Year R

9. Enjoyment and Enrichment Creating Art from Nature in Year R

10. Enjoyment and Enrichment Year R Explore Forest Schools

11. Enjoyment and Enrichment Building Dens Year 1

12. Enjoyment and Enrichment Developing a Team approach in Year 2

13. Learning Sustainability

14. Learning Sustainability Planting and Growing in Year R

15. Learning Sustainability Creating our class gardens

16. Taking Responsibility: the Whole School Approach

17. Looking Closer… what do we need to protect?

18. Looking Closer: learning about what we need to protect…

19. Looking Closer: learning about what we need to protect…

20. Looking Closer: developing cross-curricular coverage

21. Developing a Whole School Approach

22. Developing a whole-school approach Creating Minibeast habitats

23. Developing a whole-school approach Raising money for the local animal sanctuary

24. Developing a whole school approach Working with the RSPB to set up bird boxes

25. Opening up the challenge to our local community

26. Going Global!

27. Going Global: It’s a big world out there! Year 1 visit Bristol Zoo

28. Going Global: It’s a big world out there
Going Global: It’s a big world out there! Year 2 visit Bristol Zoo: Brrrr it’s cold… but getting hotter!

29. Going Global: A world of our own…

30. Going Global: Sending a Clear Message

31. The end… or just the beginning?
Our overall experience from this is that a carefully planned, inclusive approach can, and will, result in a more deeply embedded change for the better.
By developing a culture of collaboration among staff future projects now seem far more possible.
Most importantly, staff, parents and children have a deep sense of ownership and achievement in our super green Eco School!