Primary School Lesson Plans
Day 1 Amazing Active Travel
Introduce active travel and explain its benefits in this creative writing activity.
Day 2 Amazing Active Journeys For Everyone
Introduce different types of cycles and cycle users with this set of Cycling For Everyone creative activities.
- Day 2 intro video- Users of the All Ability cycling hub tell us what cycling and the All Ability hub means to them.
- Lesson plan Level 1- Cycling For Everyone- Adapted bike templates
- Worksheet Level 1- Cycling For Everyone- Adapted bike templates
- Lesson plan Level 2- Cycling For Everyone- Poster activity
- Worksheet Level 2- Cycling For Everyone- Poster activity
Day 3 Amazing Air
Discover what causes air pollution around your school with these amazing air investigation lessons. Three levels of challenge provided. Investigation can include fieldwork or be done using videos provided.
- Day 3 intro video- learn about the impact of transport on air quality
- Lesson plan Level 1- mode of transport tally
- Worksheet Level 1-mode of transport tally
- Lesson plan Level 2- test a prediction about the air quality in two different locations
- Worksheet Level 2- test a prediction about the air quality in two different locations
- Lesson plan Level 3- test an air quality prediction and calculate emission levels
- Worksheet Level 3- test an air quality prediction and calculate emission levels
- Rural traffic footage- use if you are not doing fieldwork exercise
- Urban traffic footage- use if you are not doing fieldwork exercise
Day 4 Your Amazing Imagination (Earth Day)
Encourage students to take ownership of their futures and imagine a world they would be proud to live in. Lesson features video by author Rob Hopkins, the founder of the Transition movemement who takes a walk through 2030.
Day 5 Amazingly Mindful Travel
This walking bingo mindfullness exercise encourages children to be more aware of and appreciate their surroundings
Day 6 Amazingly Creative
Use today’s session to generate ideas for your school’s submission into the UK-wide re-naming competition.
Day 7 Amazing Global Journeys
Help develop empathy and global awareness by thinking about school journeys made by children around the world. Encourage imagination, creativity and develop drawing and/or video making skills by asking students to create an imaginary journey inspired by what they’ve learnt.
Day 8 Your Amazing journey
Encourage students to think about their usual journey to school and how they experience it with this drawing activity.
Day 9 Amazing Interventions
Use Street Trumps in this role play activity to introduce students to the interventions that can make active travel safer and more enjoyable.
Day 10 Amazing Possibilities
Reflect on what you have learned and enjoyed most and celebrate your Big Pedal achievements. Revisit students’ re-naming competition entries.