“Climate change and environment, it was just so obvious to us. It wasn’t something that we plucked out of thin air, it was just a natural synergy with the work of the headteachers and trust at the time.”Trust-wide climate strategyThe trust started to develop a climate change strategy in 2018. The strategy includes a 2030 climate change strategy which pledges to encourage “new and groundbreaking educational initiatives addressing climate change” and “use our experience, influence and relationships within the education sector as an active force of good”. The study, published last week, found that art and philosophy-based interventions can help reduce children’s anxieties around climate change. Left to right Aahil Hussai Samad Ahmed Zarrien Gul Iqbal Ayla Saqibmake up Byron Primary Schools eco teamThe school has weaved climate change education throughout its curriculum.