Intended End User: Teacher, School Leader
Age Group: Lower Primary; Upper Primary
School Curriculum: Social, Physical & Health Education; Social & Environment Science; Arts
Themes and Topics: Collective Action, School Leadership
Duration: Approximately 2 years
Type of Resource: Case Study, Project
Keywords: Climate adaptation, School Playground, Biodiversity, Play Nature, Shared Use
Languages: English, Dutch
Description
Climate Playground is an Erasmus+ project executed by the Sint-Paulus school and partners in Belgium. The school transformed from a tiled, grey playground with little greenery into a ‘Climate adaptive’ school ground.
The project is a display of an inspiring practice that transforms the environment in which children play. By allowing them to be in contact with nature, this practice stimulates teaching for sustainability and takes learning out of the classroom.
On the website they both showcase what they have done, as well as giving practical tips for how others can implement this.
How to use this resource
This resource is a case study example of how a school playground can be developed to become climate-adaptive and transform the places where children play. Teachers and school leaders should use this resource to inspire their own climate-adaptive playground projects.
The resources
The Klimaat Speel Plaats website showcases what the project partners have done, as well as giving practical tips for how others can implement this:
An introduction is given by the initiator here (00.00 – 21:10):
Learning Outcomes (Teachers)
- Apply a range of suitable tools and frameworks to promote student Sustainability Citizenship.
- Collaboratively synthesise the knowledge, tools and frameworks to create educational materials and lessons plans adapted to their own local context.
- Through workshop activities and communities of practice, build capacity and agency as Sustainability Citizenship educators and leaders.
Learning Outcomes (Leadership)
- Apply a range of suitable tools and frameworks to promote Sustainability Citizenship within their schools and communities.
- Collaboratively synthesise knowledge, tools and frameworks to create a vision for delivering a school environment that supports the development of Sustainability Citizenship in their community.
- Through workshop activities and communities of practice, build capacity as Sustainability Citizenship educators and leaders.
Green Competencies
- Embodying Sustainable Values: Valuing Sustainability; Promoting Nature
- Embracing Complexity in Sustainability: Systems Thinking
- Envisioning Sustainable Futures: Adaptability; Exploratory Thinking
- Acting for Sustainability: Collective Action; Individual Initiative
Creative Commons
The Klimaat Speel Plaats project was funded by the European Commission through Erasmus+. Materials produced with Erasmus+ funding are categorised as ‘Open Educational Resources’ with an open license that allows the public to use, reuse, adapt and share the resource.
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