Curriculum links
England
Science
- Earth and atmosphere; limited resources; recycling and sustainability
Geography
- Human and physical processes; how human activity shapes and depends on natural systems.
PSHE
- Rights and responsibilities; consumer choices and their impact on communities, sustainability, and the environment.
English and Maths
- Pupils will also be able to develop their literacy and numeracy skills, depending on the optional creative or extension ideas you choose to use. These include developing their speaking and listening skills in discussion and role-play, factual and creative writing to create plays, letters, poems and reports; and to handle data from surveys.
Wales
Science
- Interdependence of organisms
- How humans affect the global environment.
- Sustainable Earth
- Sustainable materials; sustainable industry.
Geography
- People as consumers; sustainability and sustainable changes; being tomorrow’s citizens; making a difference locally, nationally and globally.
Personal and Social Education
- Sustainable development and global citizenship.
English/Literacy and Maths/Numeracy
- Pupils will also be able to develop their literacy and numeracy skills, depending on the optional creative or extension ideas you choose to use. These include developing their speaking and listening skills in discussion and role-play, factual and creative writing to create plays, letters, poems and reports; and to handle data from surveys.
Scotland
Science
- Topical science (SCN 3-04a/3-05b – sustainability and global citizenship).
Geography
- Environmental consequences and management strategies (SOC 3-08a).
Health and wellbeing
- Rights and responsibilities; contributing positively to community (HWB 0-09a–4-09a; HWB 0-13a–4-13a)
English and Maths
- Communication and data handling through creative, factual writing and surveys.
Northern Ireland
KS3
Science
- Earth and Universe: the environment and human influences.
- Pupils as contributors to society and to the environment.
Geography
- The need for social, economic and environmental change to be sustainable. Pupils as contributors to society and to the environment.
LLW: Local and global citizenship
- Human rights and social responsibility
- Democracy and active participation.
English/Literacy and Maths/Numeracy
- Pupils will also be able to develop their literacy and numeracy skills, depending on the optional creative or extension ideas you choose to use. These include developing their speaking and listening skills in discussion and role-play, factual and creative writing to create plays, letters, poems and reports; and to handle data from surveys.
International Curriculum Links
International Baccalaureate (MYP/DP):
- MYP Sciences/Individuals & Societies – waste management, global sustainability.
- MYP Design – planned obsolescence, sustainable product cycles.
- DP ESS – waste, toxins, recycling systems.
Cambridge International (CAIE):
- Lower Secondary Science – human impacts and recycling.
- IGCSE Environmental Management (0680) – solid waste and pollution.
- IGCSE Geography (0460) – waste management strategies.
- Global Perspectives – evaluating global environmental issues.
