In the 2022-2023 school year, Porto City Council developed an educational programme for the pupils of the Falcão School, focusing on the Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) implemented in the school in the framework of the LIFE-myBUILDINGisGREEN project. The NBS included green roofs, a green façade and photovoltaic panels.

The aim of this programme was to promote pupils’ appreciation and ownership of these solutions as part of the local natural heritage in which they live every day and as a response to the challenges of climate change.

 Activity with pre-school pupils © Câmara Municipal do Porto

The 152 pre-school and primary school students were shown the NBS installed in the school. In the case of the primary classes, the functionality and importance of each solution was explained and demonstrated, integrating these explanations with classroom learning.

A children’s story written from scratch, an interpretive visit to the NBS, demonstrative science experiments and the representation of the solutions in a 3D model were the main strategies used, with approaches that induced questioning, critical thinking, deduction and creativity.

The commitment and support of school coordinators, teachers and non-teaching staff facilitated the integration of the programme in the classroom.

The municipality intends to continue this programme in the next school year, optimising and enriching it as a model programme to explore Nature-Based Solutions that could be installed in other public school buildings in the city.

Visit to one of Falcão’s NBS during one of the workshops © Câmara Municipal do Porto

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