KS2
Our KS2 resources help pupils develop their understanding of animal needs, welfare and the responsibilities we have towards animals. Pupils explore how their choices and actions can make a positive difference for animals.
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Explore ready-to-use lesson plans designed to bring animal welfare to life in your classroom.
Content Example 1
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Activities that encourage pupils to consider their responsibilities towards animals, wildlife, and the environment, and explore how they can take positive action to make a difference.
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Design your own wildlife café by selecting native plants that help pollinating insects find food across the seasons.
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Carry out a wildlife safety check in your local area, spot potential hazards, and take action to help keep animals safe.
Content Example 2
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Activities that help pupils develop empathy, understand the needs of animals, and explore how their choices and actions can contribute to animal welfare.
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Create a safe shelter for wildlife by choosing and building a simple log pile, toad hideaway, dead hedge, or stone stack.
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Get hands-on with scooping and pouring to serve the healthiest seasonal food and water to local wildlife.
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Explore how to interact safely and kindly with pets, respect their choices, and understand what their behaviour is telling us.
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Activities that encourage pupils to observe animals, investigate their behaviour, and use simple scientific approaches to understand the world around them.
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Observe an animal and create a small collection of images that capture different behaviours or emotions.
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Observe a farm animal and record their behaviour using an ethogram, a scientific tool used to study how animals spend their time.
Content Example 2
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Assemblies
Ready-made presentations and assembly resources to easily prompt school-wide conversations about kindness to animals.
Other resources
Extra learning tools to complement your classroom discussions and activities.
