Clean Air Living Matters: Exploring Reading with Schools
Reading Borough Council, in collaboration with Design Nature, Stantec and the University of Reading, are excited to offer schools across Reading the opportunity to participate in the CALM – Exploring Reading Air Quality programme.
Your guide to air quality education.
Aims of the wider programme
The programme will be running until the end of June 2025 with the main objectives to:
- Increase knowledge around air quality, its causes, impacts and solutions, with pupils and staff in schools
- Increase awareness of air quality in the wider community and surrounding schools
- Encourage behavioural change in activities that impact on poor air quality, surrounding schools, by enabling pupils, parents and the wider community to take action
- Ideal for after or pre-school activities and Eco Clubs
- Link with other Reading Borough Council initiatives and school engagement, such as transport and travel and wider climate strategy
Check out our CALM animation video
Join David, an 11-year-old school pupil and Air Quality Explorer, as he embarks on a journey to learn all about air quality in his hometown of Reading, Berkshire. With help from his friends – Marta the Scientist, Ross the Air Quality Officer, and Emma the Air Quality Consultant – David discovers what makes our air cleaner and how we can all make a difference.
Your guide to air quality education
Reading Borough Council, in collaboration with Design Nature, Stantec and the University of Reading, are excited to offer schools across Reading the opportunity to participate in the CALM – Exploring Reading Air Quality programme.
Latest news
Smoke Control Area
Meet Ross, Air Quality Programme Manager at Reading Borough Council. Find out about the Clean Air Living Matters (CALM) programme for schools and across communities in Reading, including a bus retrofit programme, School Streets and smoke control areas.
Poster competition winner
Congratulations to Brianna, our winner of the CALM Air Quality poster competition.
CALM Air Quality explorers in action: school case studies
Take a look at our case studies and find out more about the excellent CALM Air Quality sessions already delivered.
Civitas Academy case study (opens in new window)
Clean Air Day Case Study (opens in new window)
Downloadable teachers’ resources
Download an overview to find out how your school could run an interactive assembly or classroom presentation delivered by Air Quality Explorers.
Fun downloads for Air Quality Explorers
Fun and interactive downloads to help Air Quality Explorers get curious and find out more about, air quality (AQ), air pollution and the air that we breathe.
Air quality sensors – user instructions
As a signed up CALM Air Quality Explorer School you get access to a range of indoor and outdoor air quality sensors. Find out more about the sensors, how to set up and use them:
Air Gradient ONE set-up instructions (opens in new window)
Air Gradient Open Air (opens in new window)
ATMO Tube Pro instructions (opens in new window)
Find out more about air quality and details of the air quality of Reading.
If you need more information on CALM please email Ross Jarvis, Principle Air Quality Project Officer – ross.jarvis@reading.gov.uk.
Last updated on 07/02/2025
Clean Air Living Matters: Exploring Reading with Schools