Resources
For both primary and secondary schools
Primary Schools
The ParkLife Toolkit for Primary Schools empowers Key Stage 2 students to become researchers into their own local parks and campaigners for environmental and social change. During the programme, students take on the role of park designers, thinking about different users before presenting their park transformation proposals to their local council.
The objectives of the Parklife project are to:
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Equip young people with the tools to research their local parks to identify opportunities to improve the wellbeing and environmental awareness of park users in their community.
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Demonstrate a link between the study of plants in their science curriculum and the importance of plants and biodiversity in their community and for the planet.
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Create an opportunity for students to engage with decision-makers who can influence environmental change.
Please email parklife@gold.ac.uk for access to our free resources.
Secondary Schools
The ParkLife Toolkit for Secondary Schools resources and plans are based on an exciting project – Parklife - developed by Goldsmiths University of London and Deptford Green School in Lewisham, South-East London. The school is located next to a park and while the project was running the young people were deeply affected by the tragic and violent death of a student in that park.
The education pack for years 7 to 9 is designed to be as student-led as possible but, depending on the cohort, there is also a degree of adult participation and guidance. It is based on the toolkit developed by the students of Deptford Green School. The pack is broken into 9 - 11 sessions for a lunchtime or afterschool club, with resources supplied for each session.
Please email parklife@gold.ac.uk for access to our free resources.
Community Groups
The ParkLife Toolkit for Community Groups provides community groups with all their need to run the ParkLife Project in their local communities. It shows how local communities can engage with their local green spaces by making creative outputs, such as poems, films, art and drama based on their local parks. It also guides Community Groups on how to use these outputs to develop their research into their local green spaces and advocate for change for the better.
Please email parklife@gold.ac.uk for access to our free resources.
