About this event
Climate Ready Classrooms represents the culmination of over two years’ work between Scotland’s National Centre for Languages, the Confucius Institute for Scotland’s Schools, Tianjin Municipal Education Commission, Keep Scotland Beautiful and twelve partnered schools across Scotland and China.
This showcase, delivered online via Zoom, will introduce an innovative approach to climate education, share fantastic results made possible by linking classrooms across the globe, and touch upon our journey toward delivering this pilot Climate Ready Classroom project.
What exactly is a Climate Ready Classroom?
This project delivers a multi-disciplinary approach to climate education, combing language learning, science, IT, and cross-cultural communication to tackle one of the most pressing issues of our time: climate change.
Throughout the month of September 2021, young people in Scotland and China studied six lessons, introducing several climate related topics, which tied in with Keep Scotland Beautiful’s flagship programme, the Eco Schools Award.
Through a series of weekly live link-ups between Scotland and China, these international classrooms met together digitally to demonstrate, discuss and expand upon their learning.
Event Details
Date & Time: Wednesday, 10 November 2021, 9:00 am – 11:00 am
Platform: Zoom webinar
Plenary session (English & Chinese - consecutive translation)
9:00 – 9:10 Welcome remark & housekeeping – Lisa Hanna
9:10 – 9:35 Keynote speech by SCILT – Fhiona Mackay
Keynote speech by Tianjin Municipal Education Commission – Junyan Wang
9:35 – 9:45 Project Highlights Mini Documentary
9:45 – 10:00 Experiences in China – The Tianjin Perspective
By Ting Yu, Class teacher, Tianjin Experimental Primary School
Jing Wu, Deputy HT , Yue Yang Dao Primary School
Panel discussion (English only)
Panel 1 –Teaching Concepts and Lesson Plan Development
10:00 – 10:05 Short Video
10:05 – 10:20 Q&A
Panel 2 – Implementation and Operations
10:20 – 10:25 Short Video
10:25 – 10:40 Q&A
Panel 3 – Project Evaluation and Impact / Future Development
10:40 – 10:45 Short Video
10:45 – 11:00 Q&A
11:00 Event close
Panel members:
Bruce Robertson, OBE, Trustee of Keep Scotland Beautiful, Visiting Professor at University of Strathclyde
Karen Liddle, Professional Development Officer, Confucius Institute for Scotland's Schools
Rhianna Tweedie , Principal Teacher , Culross Primary School , Fife
Tim Haines, Principal Teacher, Fossoway Primary School, Perth & Kinross
Tricia Courtney, King's Park Primary School, Glasgow
Wendy Green, General Manager, Confucius Institute for Scotland's Schools
Yanyan Zhao, Chinese Director, Confucius Institute for Scotland's Schools