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Curriculum area · Impact Team

🌍 Sustainability & SDGs.

The UN Sustainable Development Goals brought into the everyday curriculum. The SDG Impact Team owns the S.A.V.E. programme, Charity Week, and the school’s commitments to a more sustainable campus.

Vocabulary & reading spine

Words we teach, books we read

GradeTier 2 vocabularyTier 3 vocabularySuggested reading
Nurserykind · sharerecycle · plant
  • The Earth Book — Todd ParrBig ideas, gentle language.
LKGhelp · carecompost · water
  • Eddie’s Garden — Sarah GarlandGarden cycle, simple text.
UKGwaste · saverubbish · energy
  • Michael Recycle — Ellie BethelHero narrative for recycling.
Grade 1need · wantdrought · pollution
  • A Drop of Water — Walter WickPhoto-driven science of water.
Grade 2community · donatepoverty · inequality
  • Last Stop on Market Street — Matt de la PeñaCommunity, kindness.
Grade 3conserve · protectclimate · habitat
  • The Lorax — Dr SeussAllegory of ecology and greed.
Grade 4advocate · sustainableecosystem · biodiversity
  • Greta and the Giants — Zoë TuckerClimate action, child voice.
Grade 5evaluate · systemicrenewable · carbon footprint
  • No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference — Greta ThunbergSpeeches, agency.