Future Green Learning

Supporting primary schools to teach climate education with confidence, creativity and lasting impact

Future Green Learning is Nottingham Energy Partnership’s (NEP) climate education and sustainability offer for primary schools. Building on the success of our Lottery-funded Green Meadows project and shaped directly by feedback from schools, the programme supports schools to feel confident and well prepared for the 2027 national curriculum changes around climate education and citizenship.

The offer helps schools deliver meaningful, engaging climate education while building staff confidence and long-term capability, ensuring learning can be sustained beyond the life of any single programme. By connecting classroom learning with real community action, the programme creates lasting environmental and social impact that benefits pupils, staff and the wider community.

What Future Green Learning Offers

We provide flexible, tailored support that can work with individual classes or across your whole school, depending on your needs.

Delivery

1.

Climate Education Workshops

Our engaging 5-week workshop programmes for Years 1–6 are designed to make climate learning fun, practical and accessible for all children, including those with SEND.

Each programme includes:

Cross-curricular learning (science, geography and citizenship)
Hands-on activities, outdoor learning and community connections
A focus on understanding climate change, exploring solutions and taking real-world action
SEND-friendly resources and inclusive teaching approaches

Schools consistently rate our workshops highly, with a 9.6/10 satisfaction score and 100% recommendation rate.

Teachers feedback pupils growing in confidence, engagement and understanding, while developing a stronger sense of how they can make a difference in their community.

Teacher Training

2.

We offer three progressive routes to support staff and embed climate education across your school.

a) On-the-Job Training

Coaching teachers during live delivery of a 5-week programme
Builds confidence in climate education, outdoor learning and inclusive pedagogy
Includes mentoring, online resources and optional physical resource kits

b) Curriculum Review

Works with SLT and subject leads to embed climate education and citizenship across the curriculum
Supports curriculum audits, action planning, CPD and community projects
Helps schools get ahead of the 2027 curriculum changes and develop strong case studies

c) Climate Action Plan Implementation

Practical support to turn whole-school sustainability plans into action
Can include eco-councils, community initiatives, awards, parental engagement and energy efficiency advice
Tailored support delivered over at least one academic year

We help schools design and deliver bespoke projects and partnerships that extend learning beyond the classroom.

This can include:

Developing community-based climate and citizenship projects
Building partnerships with local organisations, councils and other schools
Reducing staff workload while increasing impact and raising school profile
Sharing learning through case studies, networks and events

New Projects and Partnerships

3.

Why Schools Choose Future Green Learning

"Overall, [your support] has enriched our curriculum, enhanced children’s understanding of global issues, and empowered them to think critically and act responsibly. It has become a valued and memorable part of our pupils’ learning experience, contributing to the development of informed, thoughtful and engaged young citizens.”

– Victoria Primary School
“Pupil engagement and enjoyment have been consistently strong throughout the Green Meadows project. Children respond very positively to the practical, hands-on nature of the activities, and the real-world relevance of climate change and social inequality has helped them feel that their learning genuinely matters.”

- Teacher
“The programme aligns closely with our curriculum, providing meaningful real-world experiences that deepen learning. Children genuinely look forward to their Green Meadows sessions each week, and the initiative has become a valued part of school life.”

- Rae Dean, Year 6 Class Teacher, Victoria Primary School
“I enjoyed talking about nature and food waste and food miles”

- Pupil
“Green Meadows has supported and enhanced our human rights, geography and citizenship curriculums, offering pupils a real-life and contextual opportunity to apply what they have learnt to their own locality and community. By doing this, pupils experience first hand the improvements and positive effects their actions can have, empowering them to continue to repeat these actions in the future independently”

- Head Teacher/Deputy Head

Meet the Team

Future Green Learning is delivered by a specialist team at Nottingham Energy Partnership with a strong background in education, sustainability and community engagement. Our team brings expertise in inclusive education and SEND, ensuring that our programmes are accessible and effective for all learners.

Hannah Satchwell, BA Hons

Email: learning@greenmeadows.uk

Hannah has worked in education for over 10 years, teaching primary to post 16, and developing a particular focus on inclusive curriculum design and pedagogy, mentoring teachers in following these practises. She completed the Level 5 Learning and Skills Teacher Apprenticeship Standards Programme, and achieved a Distinction for her NCFE Level 5 Diploma in Education and Training. She also has a NCFE CACHE Level 3 Award in Supporting Individuals with Learning Disabilities.

She draws on skills and knowledge from her experience working in a variety of settings taking an innovative approach to education, such as SEND alternative provisions and community organisations. This has included initiatives to adapt the national curriculum to make arts and culture accessible to children excluded from mainstream education and horticulture projects to support the mental health of young people and adults with learning disabilities. Future Green Learning draws together her continued dedication to empower children and young people to make informed choices about their future through accessible education experiences and her passion for fighting for a fairer and healthier environment through community action.

Hannah is responsible for developing new projects and partnerships, as well as shaping and delivering our training offer.

Alice Woods, BA (Hons), PGCE

Email: alice.woods@greenmeadows.uk

Alice is a qualified teacher, and worked in secondary schools in London for seven years before moving to Nottingham to complete a part-time MA in Classics at the University of Nottingham. For her Masters, she is researching how children can learn about and interact with the world around them, and is keen to develop and apply this through her work with NEP. Alice has a personal interest in sustainable living, including second-hand clothing, plastic-free homeware, sustainable transport, and shopping locally. She is keen to apply her knowledge in a local context and learn about the local environment, and how it’s being sustained and supported. Alice is responsible for adapting and delivering climate education workshop programmes to children.

Patrick Keen, BA (Hons), MSC., PGCPP, FHEA

Email: patrick.keen@nottenergy.com

Patrick’s teaching experience is closely related to his professional career, which focuses on designing, delivering, and evaluating innovation policies and programmes at both organisational and EU levels. In recent years, he has conducted qualitative research on design for sustainable behaviour, applying these insights and skills to inform strategic decision-making in his role as Project Manager.

Get in touch if…

You are a young person or parent wanting to take climate action

You are a teacher/educator or part of a sports/community club in the Meadows

You have an idea or want to find out more/get involved with Climate education!

Get in touch with us by calling 0115 718 2028 or email learning@greenmeadows.uk

Our Knowledge Bank

The Knowledge Bank is a collection of free resources handpicked and created by Meadows residents, for the local community - it has a physical home at the Meadows Library and a digital home online. In short, it’s a 'one stop shop' for climate-related information, here to equip you and your family with resources to broaden your knowledge about climate change and make you more resilient against its effects.

The Knowledge Bank forms part of Green Learning’s mission to empower the community to gain a better understanding of climate change and what they can do to tackle it, creating open, free and accessible resources for all.

To check out some of Green Learning’s online resources and activities click here - with free worksheets to keep you busy at home, such as ‘How to make a Bee Hotel’ and ‘How to make a paper windmill’.