Year 6 Neuro-Inclusive Environment, Climate & Sustainability Curriculum: Term 1

Year 6, Term 1 of the Heal Earth Curriculum launches students into the high-level role of Strategic Designers. This term shifts the pedagogical focus from diagnosing planetary health to actively dreaming and planning the restorative worlds of 2050. Learners discover that the future is not a fixed destination that happens to them, but a Preferable Path that they have the power to steer through creative innovation, strategic foresight, and personal leadership.

Students explore the Cone of Plausibility to map global trends and use Solarpunk aesthetics to visualize cities where nature and high technology live in harmony. They master the advanced skill of Backcasting, reverse-engineering thirty-year goals into immediate, actionable milestones. From pitching Strange Energy inventions in a Shark Tank style simulation to drafting a formal Future Builder Manifesto, students develop the ethical framework and technological literacy needed to become the architects of a regenerative tomorrow.

Curriculum Structure

• Modular Strands: Eco Communication, Climate & Community Systems, NeuroNature

• Pedagogical Frame: Prepare → Learn → Practice → Reflect

• Duration: 12 weeks (Futures Thinking & Innovation Module)

• SDG Links: SDG 4 (Quality Education), SDG 7 (Affordable & Clean Energy), SDG 9 (Industry, Innovation & Infrastructure), SDG 11 (Sustainable Cities & Communities)