PRIMARY school pupils in Bradford have been taking lessons in being energy heroes.

Children from 19 schools across the district have been learning about energy efficiency, in the context of climate change as part of the Energy Heroes programme.

Hundreds of students have taken part in the programme which uses maths to explore the issues of energy, climate change and protecting the world’s resources. The teaching and learning resource for primary schools is designed to improve numeracy and science skills.

Bradford Council’s Education Partnerships Team linked up with Energy Heroes to deliver the project, funded by Northern Power Grid.

Using numeracy skills to study data, pupils are tasked with working out the cost of energy, at school and at home, and look at how they could use less energy and cut carbon emissions.