Morecambe Bay Curriculum

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A community-curated, place-based approach to learning about sustainability - encouraging and empowering children and young people to become the change-makers and innovators our planet needs.

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Energy Saving Engineering at Lancaster and Morecambe College

About Morecambe Bay Curriculum

Together, we are exploring how we can weave sustainability and our place into everyday lives around Morecambe Bay.

Launched in 2019 by founding partners Lancaster and Morecambe College and Lancaster University, the Morecambe Bay Curriculum project was inspired by the Eden Project Morecambe. The curriculum aims to ensure that the different stages of the education system, from early years to postgraduate, provide the green skills, knowledge, and behaviours required by businesses and our communities to respond to climate emergencies. The Morecambe Bay Curriculum is supported and delivered by teachers, early years practitioners, researchers, health professionals and community leaders who recognise that a collective approach is critical to tackling the climate emergency and creating opportunities for young people.

The heart of the Morecambe Bay Curriculum is the community, who together curate the content and bring it to life at a grassroots level. Children and young people explore the Bay's themes of land, water, air, economy and community using the ecosystems surrounding the Bay as a classroom. The Curriculum's community partners are focused on wellbeing, careers and community pride to encourage and empower young people to see the tangible positive change their actions make to the environment.

Join the Morecambe Bay Curriculum

Educators across Morecambe Bay are all welcome to join the Morecambe Bay Curriculum community. You’ll receive newsletters, access to our MBC Moodle, resources, networking invitations, CPD opportunities and more!

Get involved

We care about where we live, we care about the people who live here, and we care about the future of our planet.

Our community

Our working groups meet once a month to discuss project plans and share learning.

  • The Early Years, Primary and Special School Working Group (Lancashire)
  • Secondary Schools Working Group (Lancashire)
  • Further Education & Employers Working Group
  • Cumbria Schools Working Group
  • Higher Education Working Group

All of our working groups are guided by the Morecambe Bay Curriculum Steering Group, made up of leaders from across the education, environmental, health, business and charity sectors.

If you would like to join our community, please see our Get involved page.

Our founding partners

Lancaster and Morecambe College and Lancaster University are the founding partners of the Morecambe Bay Curriculum, responsible for its overall governance and ensuring the project has the resources necessary to serve our community.

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Lancaster and Morecambe College

A key provider of technical, professional and creative education.

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Lancaster University

A leading global research-intensive university.

What educators love about the Morecambe Bay Curriculum

Find out more about the Morecambe Bay Curriculum, and ways in which our community has come together to support young people across the Bay to love where they live and develop green skills.

Partner organisations

Our key partner organisations span the range from early years through to higher education, along with community and business partners.

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Events

5th Jul

Morecambe Bay Curriculum Conference

Friday 5 July 2024, 9:30am to 4:00pm

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News and case studies

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Eden Bear recommends Heysham

Eden Bear Recommends visiting The Bay Cottage play area in Heysham and walking along Heysham Coast to St Patrick’s Chapel and the Rock Cut Graves
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Go Wild for Wildflowers with the Eden Project

The Eden Project has teamed up with the National Wildflower Centre to offer schools inspiration and information to turn your school grounds into a vibrant haven for wildlife and nature-connected learning. 
Dr Alison Wilkinson

Tribute to Dr Alison Wilkinson

Alison made a huge contribution to the creation and development of the Morecambe Bay Curriculum (MBC) as part of our Steering Group and as Chair of the Cumbria Schools Working Group.
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Eden Bear recommends Leighton Moss

Where has Eden Bear gone this month? Find out about an area of our Bay and what you can do there!

Leighton Moss boasts the largest reed bed in north-west England and is home to a wide range of spectacular wildlife including otters, bearded tits, marsh harriers, egrets and red deer. See for yourself! 
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Get your school growing! Exciting opportunity to support our local schools with WTWA!

Where the Wildings Are! is part of the FoodFutures network. It works with staff and pupils to redesign school grounds; swapping tarmac and mown grass for trees, sensory wildlife gardens and organic food growing. This month, they have an amazing opportunity for individuals to support. Why not be a part of changing, rewilding and diversifying our area?

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Eden Project Morecambe

The Morecambe Bay Curriculum is recognised and supported by the Eden Project Morecambe.

Eden Project Morecambe
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