Our Climate Action Plan
Working Together for a Greener Future
At Brightwalton Preschool Nursery, we are committed to helping children grow up with a love of nature and an understanding of how to care for the world around them.
Following guidance from the Department for Education, we have created a Climate Action Plan (CAP) to make sustainability part of our everyday practice.
What This Means for Your Child
We support children to:
What We Are Already Doing
We are proud of the everyday actions happening in our setting:
Supporting Wildlife & Nature
Saving Energy
How Children Learn
Children learn through:
What We Are Working Towards
We are continuing to:
How You Can Get Involved
We’d love your support! You can:
Our Promise
We aim to create a setting where children:
If you have any ideas or would like to get involved, please speak to us - we’d love to hear from you!
Working Together for a Greener Future
At Brightwalton Preschool Nursery, we are committed to helping children grow up with a love of nature and an understanding of how to care for the world around them.
Following guidance from the Department for Education, we have created a Climate Action Plan (CAP) to make sustainability part of our everyday practice.
What This Means for Your Child
We support children to:
- Explore and enjoy the natural world
- Learn how to care for plants, animals, and their environment
- Build habits like saving energy and reducing waste
- Develop curiosity about how the world works
- SDG 13 Climate Action
- SDG 15 Life on Land
What We Are Already Doing
We are proud of the everyday actions happening in our setting:
Supporting Wildlife & Nature
- Installing bird nesting boxes
- Creating butterfly houses for pollinators
- Growing a wildflower garden
- Planting herbs and flowers to attract bees and insects
- Releasing tadpoles into our woodland pond
- Recycling our plastic and paper and compost food waste
- Planting and caring for herbs and flowers
- Collecting marigold seeds from our marigolds to re plant
- Helping children understand how things grow
Saving Energy
- Turning off lights when not needed
- Teaching children simple ways to save energy
- Encouraging children to use resources carefully
How Children Learn
Children learn through:
- Play and exploration
- Gardening and outdoor activities
- Stories, songs, and discussions
- Hands-on experiences with nature
- Going on listening walks, taking magnifying glasses outside for discovery
- Earth Day
- World Water Day
- RSPB Bird Count
- Big Green Week (June)
What We Are Working Towards
We are continuing to:
- Grow more plants, vegetables, and wildlife areas
- Introduce water-saving systems
- Reduce waste even further
- Involve families in sustainability activities
How You Can Get Involved
We’d love your support! You can:
- Talk to your child about nature and the environment
- Walk, scoot, or cycle to the setting where possible
- Reuse and recycle at home
- Join in with our eco activities and events
Our Promise
We aim to create a setting where children:
- Feel connected to nature
- Learn to care for the world around them
- Develop small habits that make a big difference
If you have any ideas or would like to get involved, please speak to us - we’d love to hear from you!