Spring Clean Week 2026
Spring Clean Week 2026
Join us for our interactive Live Lessons and associated resources, inspiring you and your pupils to take part in our annual Spring Clean Scotland Campaign and join the fight against litter and waste!
This year's Spring Clean Week Live Lessons focus on the impacts of litter, textile waste and what we can do to move away from fast fashion.
All lessons are curricular linked with follow up resources to take learning further.
Timetable and registration
Timings for lessons are as follows:
P4-S2 Lesson in English: 11.00-11.40am Monday 16 March 2026
P4-S2 Lesson in Gaelic: 1.30-2.10pm Monday 16 March 2026
Early Years to P3 in English: 11.00-11.30am Tuesday 17 March 2026
All ages assembly in English with Gaelic interpretation: 11.00-11.30am Monday 23 March 2026
All lessons will be recorded, and the recordings posted each day for you to catch up if you cannot attend live.
Challenge for the week: Collective Litter Pick
This year we invite schools and nurseries from across the country to work together to spring clean our beautiful Scotland. Organise as many litter picks as you can in March, and submit how much litter you collect to contribute to citizen science and enter our prize draw.
Only by working together can we have the biggest impact!
Full details of the competition and prizes will be released here ahead of the Live Lesson dates.
Early Years - P3
Join our story time lesson to learn more about the impact of litter and waste on our environment. Following the lesson, take part in our litter picking challenge (see above) and use our follow on resources to take learning further.
Full resources will be released here closer to the lesson date.
P4 - S2
In this year's Live Lesson we look at the issue of textile waste in Scotland and around the world. We explore some of the reasons that so much textile waste is produced and look at some of the solutions, including how we can value our clothes more and take better care of them.
Following the lesson, take part in our litter picking challenge (see above). Then work through a series of activities designed by the Futures Institute at Dollar Academy to understand more about the environmental impacts of the clothing industry and organise your own clothing reuse event to deal with the problem, with opportunities to learn skills in enterprise, mending and upcycling.
Full resources will be released here closer to the lesson date.
Pre-recorded lesson for high schools
Our pre-recorded lesson for high schools is ideal for schools who can't attend our Live Lessons due to timetabling restrictions, with concepts aimed at older pupils.
During this pre-recorded lesson we look at some of the tricks used by the fashion industry to encourage overconsumption of clothing and what we can do about it.
The link to the pre-recorded lesson will be released here on 16 March.
Assembly
Assembly revisiting what we learned this week, a quiz on litter and waste and we reveal the winners of our Collective Litter Picking Challenge!
Tell us what you thought
If you attend any of our Live Lessons, we would love to hear your feedback.
Live Lessons and Eco-Schools
Don't forget that taking part in any of our Live Lessons and the associated activities can be counted towards an Eco-Schools Scotland Green Flag Award.
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This week of Live Lessons accompanies our annual Spring Clean Campaign. Find out how you can help us keep Scotland looking beautiful by organising a Clean Up in your school or community.
Related Lessons
Lessons on litter and waste timed with our Spring Clean campaign, including poetry from Joseph Coelho, digital spring cleaning, becoming a materials scientist by following the journey of a crisp packet and how to connect with your community.
Leasan Gàidhlig air sgudal a tha aig an aon àm ris an Iomairt Glanadh an Earraich.
Gaelic lesson on litter and waste timed with our Spring Clean campaign.
A series of lessons including a story from author Tracey Corderoy, a discussion of school canteen waste, suggestions on how can we reduce waste with Ostrero and a demonstration of a binbag autopsy!
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