Calling young writers
At YPTE, we would like to start giving young people the chance to have their voices heard about environmental issues. So from now on, we'll be pub...
Information on all kinds of plants, how they grow and what they need to survive.
Cold Areas: The Arctic
This set of lesson plans explores the Arctic - one of the coldest regions on our planet. The accompanying Powerpoint presentation brings the Arcti...
Evolution and inheritance: Year 6
This set of lesson plans covers the topic of Evolution and inheritance for the Year 6 Science Curriculum. It helps to simplify this challenging to...
Home Learning Activity: Making a wildflower meadow
Find out about how to create your own wildflower meadow, which will in time become a haven for all kinds of insects and other wildlife and loom bea...
Home Learning Pack: Gardening for Nature
Find out about how you can make your garden a friendlier place for wildlife with this fantastic Home Learning Pack. As ever, it's full of great id...
Home Learning Pack: Plants
Supporting parents and carers during the Covid-19 lockdown Our home learning packs have been compiled by the Young People’s Trust for the Enviro...
Hot Areas: The Sahara
This suite of lesson plans explores the Sahara - the largest hot desert on Earth. It also looks at the spread of the Sahara into the Sahel and the...
Lesson plans to help Key Stage 1 teachers
The lesson plans link to Science in the National Curriculum at Key Stage 1. Included are lessons on how seeds and bulbs grow, what plants need to...
List of Talks
The school talks service is available in person for schools within a 30-mile radius of our office in Yeovil OR on Zoom, Teams etc. for schools anyw...
Living things and their habitats: Year 4
This suite of lesson plans includes a wide range of suggested activities and printable resources. It is backed by a Powerpoint presentation, which...
Living things and their habitats: Year 5 (Plant reproduction)
This set of lesson plans contains a wide range of activities, printable resources and definitions of key terms. It is accompanied by a Powerpoint ...
Living things and their habitats: Year 6 (Classification)
This suite of five lessons covers the topic of Classification for the Year 6 Science Curriculum and includes lots of learning activities, resources...
Making a hanging bottle garden
In this great 'How-To' guide, Georgina shows how to make a hanging garden using plastic bottles. Created in collaboration with Explorium, Lights O...
One in six UK species in danger of extinction
Climate change and intensive farming methods were cited in the report as the main causes of nature loss. Only a fifth of farm land was found to be...
Plants for Key Stage 2
YPTE is pleased to announce that our new suite of lesson plans on Plants is now available to download from our site. You can get it by clicking he...
Plants: Year 1 & Year 2 (Key Stage 1)
A suite of five lesson plans with activities on Plants for Key Stage 1 children, accompanied by a PowerPoint presentation, which contains many fant...
Plants: Year 3
A suite of four lessons on Plants, each with suggestions for classroom activities. Accompanied by a presentation filled with excellent photographs...
Science Cross-Curricular Pack
At YPTE, we believe that young people need accurate information about how human actions can impact our planet. By inspiring pupils to care for the ...
Sussex: The Weald
Thanks to support from the Ernest Kleinwort Charitable Trust, we have produced this set of classroom reference guides to the regions of Sussex, for...
Sussex: The Coastal Plain
Thanks to support from the Ernest Kleinwort Charitable Trust, we have produced this set of classroom reference guides to the regions of Sussex, for...
Sussex: The South Downs
Thanks to support from the Ernest Kleinwort Charitable Trust, we have produced this set of classroom reference guides to the regions of Sussex, for...