Nursery World - Nursery Management: Sustainability

This year hundreds of thousands of children around the world have gone on ‘strike’ over the future of the planet as the issue becomes increasingly critical. Should young children be getting involved? By Amy Fallon

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In February, a nursery in Liverpool adopted a rhino. ‘Lankeu’ is a soft toy that is used to teach the 106 children in the class about the effects of climate change. Children in the Honey Pot Day nursery take turns taking the endangered animal home, taking photos and recording a diary of how they are playing with it over the weekend.

‘We decided it was important for us to be able to educate our children about the impacts that we’re having on the environment and what it’s doing,’ says Ashley Williams-Day, Honey Pot quality and training manager. ‘We needed to do more than just have a recycling bin. (The children) have been able to develop an understanding of the effects of a number of issues including climate change,’ says Ms Williams-Day.

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