What's included in the My Carbon Footprint Whole School Assembly PowerPoint resource and why is it useful?

My Carbon Footprint Whole School Assembly PowerPoint is a slideshow that helps children understand what a carbon footprint is and how they can make theirs smaller. The content includes 16 slides with teacher notes, covering what a carbon footprint is, where carbon dioxide comes from, the greenhouse effect, simple ways to reduce your carbon footprint and a lightbulb test, plus a follow-up activity for each year group. It links to science and geography learning about sustainability.

What Is a Carbon Footprint?

A riddle hook and photographs showing where our carbon footprint comes from, from travelling and what we eat to shopping and using technology.

Making a Difference

A blanket demonstration of the greenhouse effect, simple ways to improve your carbon footprint and a lightbulb test, with the question "How do you think you could reduce your carbon footprint tomorrow?"

Follow-Up Activities

An activity for each year group from EYFS to Year 6, including a footprint tracker, a green day diary, a school energy audit, a carbon footprint table, a family speech and a carbon footprint quiz.

How do our whole school assemblies work?

Our whole school assemblies are PowerPoint slideshows that follow a similar structure: an introduction, questions to get children thinking, the key points of the topic and reflection time. They're paced to suit a primary school assembly and work best on a whiteboard, projected out to the hall. You can use them:

• as a whole school assembly, from EYFS up to KS2
• as a class assembly
• as a teaching PowerPoint when you want to cover an event or topic in your own classroom

The majority of our assemblies include teacher notes and guidance to support delivery, and because they're pacey, you can adapt them to however long your assembly lasts.

Adapting the Assembly for Your School

Every assembly is editable, so you can add, remove or change slides to suit the needs of your school. We cover religious events, seasonal topics, values such as kindness, friendship and tolerance, science, history, PSHE, music, significant people and sporting events, so you can choose the assemblies that fit your school year.

Supporting Learning at Home

Families can carry the conversation on at home by asking children about their assembly: what they heard, how it made them feel and what they think about it.

You can explore more of our whole school assembly resources here.