Education for Social Responsibility (ESR)

This three-lesson ESR scheme of work helps your class identify different ways we can be kind to one another and the effects that this kindness has ...

Use this three-lesson ESR (Education of Social Responsibility) scheme of work to introduce your class to the topic of climate change. Begin by expl...

This 'Where Does This Come From?' scheme of work for Year 1 and 2 begins by encouraging your class to think about whether they are using resources ...

This ‘Why is Nature Special?’ scheme of work for Year 1/2 begins by encouraging your children to think about nature – what it means to them, and ho...

This ‘Where is Water?’ scheme of work for Year 1/2 begins by encouraging your class to think about where water comes from. They will then explore t...

This three-lesson ESR scheme of work introduces the concept of ethical trading and appreciating the things we have and the people who work hard pro...

This three-lesson scheme of work for KS1 will encourage your class to think about the plants and animals in your local area and how they are all co...

Use this three-lesson Year 3/4 ESR scheme of work to explore each word in the phrase: reduce, reuse, recycle.   #TheCompleteSeries3lessons Teach yo...

This three-lesson ESR scheme of work continues the theme of ethical trading by teaching children about fair trade and its importance to farmers and...

Challenge your children to define what happiness is and identify the things in their lives that make them happy with this ‘What is Happiness?’ sche...

Drawing inspiration from The Lorax by Dr. Seuss, these ecosystems lessons explore the causes and effects of deforestation, starting by thinking abo...

Empower children to use their voices in the fight against climate change in this ‘Know Better, Do Better’ ESR scheme of work for Year 3/4. Children...

Teach and learn about the importance of saving the finite resource of water in this three-lesson scheme of work for Year 3 and 4. Discover the virt...

This ESR scheme of work for Year 3 and Year 4 begins by exploring what biodiversity is and why it is important, through the example of the coral re...

What is climate change, and how is human activity causing it? These lessons begin to delve into this complex topic, including straightforward infor...

What are some of the ethical and environmental problems associated with the bottled water industry? What are the alternatives to using bottled wate...

This three-lesson ESR scheme of work continues children’s learning about ethical trade by considering the human and environmental impacts of the fa...

This three-lesson ESR scheme of work helps your class identify different ways the ocean and other ecosystems provide services for us.   #TheComplet...

Challenge your class to examine the concept of wealth, and how money and possessions should not be the only indicators of a successful, fulfilled l...

Explore the balance that biodiversity gives an ecosystem and how higher and lower levels of biodiversity can affect the plants and animals that liv...

Teach your class about the environmental and societal benefits that a circular economy can have for humans in this three-lesson scheme.   #TheCompl...

Download a complete ESR (Education for Social Responsibility) curriculum for KS1 and KS2. Following seven key strands to help children understand ...