Green Learning in Schools

Supporting primary schools to teach climate education with confidence, creativity and lasting impact.

New offer from Nottingham Energy Partnership

Future Green Learning is Nottingham Energy Partnership’s (NEP) climate education and sustainability offer for primary schools. Building on the success of our Lottery-funded Green Meadows project and shaped directly by feedback from schools, the programme supports schools to feel confident and well prepared for the 2027 national curriculum changes around climate education and citizenship.

The offer helps schools deliver meaningful, engaging climate education while building staff confidence and long-term capability, ensuring learning can be sustained beyond the life of any single programme. By connecting classroom learning with real community action, the programme creates lasting environmental and social impact that benefits pupils, staff and the wider community.

What’s the Offer?

Delivery

Climate Education Workshops

Our engaging 5-week workshop programmes for Years 1–6 are designed to make climate learning fun, practical and accessible for all children, including those with SEND.

Each programme includes:

  • Cross-curricular learning (science, geography and citizenship)

  • Hands-on activities, outdoor learning and community connections

  • A focus on understanding climate change, exploring solutions and taking real-world action

  • SEND-friendly resources and inclusive teaching approaches

Schools consistently rate our workshops highly, with a 9.6/10 satisfaction score and 100% recommendation rate.

Teachers feedback pupils growing in confidence, engagement and understanding, while developing a stronger sense of how they can make a difference in their community.

Teacher Training

We offer three progressive routes to support staff and embed climate education across your school.

a) On-the-Job Training

  • Coaching teachers during live delivery of a 5-week programme

  • Builds confidence in climate education, outdoor learning and inclusive pedagogy

  • Includes mentoring, online resources and optional physical resource kits

 

b) Curriculum Review

  • Works with SLT and subject leads to embed climate education and citizenship across the curriculum

  • Supports curriculum audits, action planning, CPD and community projects

  • Helps schools get ahead of the 2027 curriculum changes and develop strong case studies

 

c) Climate Action Plan Implementation

  • Practical support to turn whole-school sustainability plans into action

  • Can include eco-councils, community initiatives, awards, parental engagement and energy efficiency advice

  • Tailored support delivered over at least one academic year

New Projects & Partnerships

We help schools design and deliver bespoke projects and partnerships that extend learning beyond the classroom.

This can include:

  • Developing community-based climate and citizenship projects

  • Building partnerships with local organisations, councils and other schools

  • Reducing staff workload while increasing impact and raising school profile

  • Sharing learning through case studies, networks and events

What Schools Say

  • Overall, [your support] has enriched our curriculum, enhanced children’s understanding of global issues, and empowered them to think critically and act responsibly. It has become a valued and memorable part of our pupils’ learning experience, contributing to the development of informed, thoughtful and engaged young citizens.”

    – Victoria Primary School

  • “Pupil engagement has been consistently high. Children have enjoyed the hands-on workshops, assemblies, trips and community action, and many have shown increased curiosity, confidence and motivation as a result.”

    Teacher

  • “The programme aligns closely with our curriculum, providing meaningful real-world experiences that deepen learning. Children genuinely look forward to their Green Meadows sessions each week, and the initiative has become a valued part of school life.”

    - Rae Dean, Year 6 Class Teacher, Victoria Primary School

  • “Green Meadows has supported and enhanced our human rights, geography and citizenship curriculums, offering pupils a real-life and contextual opportunity to apply what they have learnt to their own locality and community. By doing this, pupils experience first hand the improvements and positive effects their actions can have, empowering them to continue to repeat these actions in the future independently.”

    - Head Teacher/Deputy Head

Get in touch if…

  • You are a young person or parent wanting to take climate action

  • You are a teacher/educator or part of a sports/community club in the Meadows

  • You have an idea or want to find out more/get involved with Climate education

Call 0115 985 9057 or email patrick.keen@nottenergy.com