In Reception we have been continuing our learning about air pollution this week. We spoke about how a lot of air pollution is invisible. We discussed whether there was any pollution in our environment – and the children decided that there probably wasn’t.
We decided to do an experiment to see if our environment had any air pollution in it. We took a leaf from the trees nearest to the road and used a cotton bod to see if there was any pollution on the leaf. We were very surprised to see that there was after all! The children are aware that they have a right to breathe clean air, and that ‘dirty’ air can make them feel poorly, give them coughs and cause asthma.
Article 24: Children have the right to the best health care possible, clean water to drink, healthy food and a clean and safe environment to live in. All adults and children should have information about how to stay safe and healthy.