Session 2 of Year Four’s ‘Climate Action – Farm in a BOX’ Project.

This afternoon, pupils considered the difference between weather and climate. We looked at how daily weather changes affect our lives and the lives of Farmers through the Farmers year game. The pupils considered how climate change is affecting the Farmer’s annual cycle and how their work load can be dramatically affected by the severe weather in a typically, predictable maritime climate.

The pupils examined photo-cards and considered the challenges of land in various spots across the farm. Out on our school field, the children then were able to locate a similar spot and worked as a team to measure the temperature of the soil and assess the weather conditions in this area. As teams, the children worked well to interpret a farm’s rainfall data, which was presented as a graph. They looked at an average data set and compared it to the measurement taken oven one year. The children were able to deduce that climate changes have resulted in heavier or less rainfall during unexpected months.