Climate Schools Programme English taster session

Date published: 05 September 2025
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Analyse the language of climate change 

Introduce your students to the Climate Schools Programme with our English taster session. This activity explores climate change and judging information.

The lesson is designed to:

  • Learn to investigate sources of information
  • Learn techniques used to persuade opinions about climate change

This resource includes: 

  • Climate Schools Programme slide deck 

After this lesson you can also teach: 

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Climate Schools Programme English lessons

A collection of 3 English lesson plans to get students thinking about the language of climate change. This resource requires registration to download.

Climate Schools Programme clubs and assemblies

A collection of extra curricular activities and lesson plans to create a climate action club, run assemblies and tutor time sessions. This resource requires registration to download.

Climate Schools Programme English intro lesson

Develop analysis skills to identify persuasive writing techniques and highlight bias in climate change reporting. 

Climate Schools Programme English lesson 1B

Promote research and argument building skills, develop debating skills and focus on careers.

Climate Schools Programme English lesson 1A

In these lessons the subject of climate change is a lens to explore communication, persuasive language and debate.

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