Key Stage 2
Widehorizons Environment Centre Paper Making Half Day Texture Scavenge A fun messy programme Art Unit&1B / Science Unit 1Cmaking recycled paper, ideal for groups wanting to learn about waste, recycling & materials. Or for those who would like to challenge their class with an activity Pupils look for a variety of natural objects with different to build on their work textures and sortteam them intoskills. a box. They then give each
one a label, e.g. prickly, rough, smooth, etc. Back in the classroom becomes theFull basis for a literacy game. The Forest this Fun Half or Day objects can then be used for close observation, art, sorting Use our Forest School site to take part in a taster session or display back at school.
during which children will have the opportunity to play and learn at their own pace and enjoy the freedom of our site.
Twig Identificati Colour Palettes Art and Design Unit 2B Land Invertebrate Habitats Half Day During this half day session students will have a go at catching is also a cross-curricular forhabitat all levels linking aThis range of invertebrates from aactivity specific in the Centre art and environmental education. Each person will havesome grounds. They will also have the opportunity to make a collecting card so discover and collect a close observations of they thesecan unusual creatures.
Programme of Activities We have a range of programmes on offer covering all areas of learning within the curriculum which can be differentiated according to the age and needs of your class.
variety of colours from the natural world. Watercolours or chalk pastels can then be used to recreate the colours they have found outside.
Invertebrate Sculptures Half Day
During this half day session students will have the opportunity to closely observe a range of invertebrates that live in the Centre grounds and learn about what adaptations they have. The students levels will then and get creative and can make 3D invertebrate (Different themes sculptures.
Scavenger Hunts
All of our programmes are led by experienced centre staff in our beautiful 9 acre wildlife site.
Widehorizons operates seven centres across the UK, providing high quality adventures for over 30,000 children and young people every year. Widehorizons Environment Centre is located in South-East London. This centre is a unique nine-acre wildlife site designed specifically for educational use. The centre offers a wide range of day visit activities including curriculum-based courses, forest school and class team building days.
Please choose from one of the programmes below; either a full day programme, or 2 half day Foundation & Key Stage 1 programmes. Alternatively, if you would like to book 1 half day programme, you are welcome to use our grounds to lead your class with your own planned activity (pre-planning visit must be arranged) for the remainder of your day.
Foundation & Key Stage 1 Our Senses Full Day
Minibeast Madness Full Day
Walk around the grounds and explore our senses in many different ways in our natural environment.
An exciting hands-on day involving hunting for minibeasts and some very close encounters with lots of creepy crawlies
Rocky Robin Full Day Widehorizons Environment Centre 77 Bexley Road, London, SE9 2PE 020 8850 2615 environment@widehorizons.org.uk Registered Charity Number 1105847
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During the day the children will go looking for Rocky the Robin around the Environment Centre grounds, investigate what Rocky eats by looking for minibeasts and make bird feeders to take home. They will also have the opportunity to follow the Robin Trail around the grounds to discover what Rocky needs to survive and make their own Robins to take back to school.
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Art Attack Full Day An inspiring day spent creating some fantastic pieces of art work using natural objects and materials in 2D and 3D forms, as well as looking at the pieces of some well-known natural artists. Activities can be chosen as ½ of a day’s activities or can complete a full day.
Foundation & Key Stage 1 Little Acorns Full Day The day is based on the book ‘From Little Acorns’. Children will explore different types of seeds and think about what a seed needs to grow. The class will become squirrels for part of the day and go looking for seeds around the Centre Grounds, stopping for games and discovering a variety of plants along the way.
Four Billy Goats Gruff Full Day An adaptation of the traditional tale, children will meet our own Four Billy Goats, George, Oliver, Arthur and Teddy! The traditional tale will be re-enacted outside using our Trip-Trap Bridge and a scary Troll (one of your accompanying adults!). Children will then make their own trolls using a variety of natural objects to take back to school.
Key Stage 2 Paper Making Half Day Bear Huntprogramme making recycled paper, ideal for A fun & messy
Route Orienteering Team Challenges Half Day
Early Learning groups wanting Goals to learn about waste, recycling & materials. Or for those who would like to challenge their class with an activity to build on on the theirpopular team work skills. book ‘We’re Going on a Based children’s
Intermediate (Key Stage 2)
Children take part in a variety of games & challenges throughout the grounds, encouraging team work, Children will read and follow directions to find a route communication, leadership and decision making skills.
around the centre grounds, whilst being introduced to the basic orienteering conventions.
Bear Hunt’, we will all go on a bear hunt to explore the site and discover where the bear might be. The class can Beginners Orienteering then go back to school and create their own collaborative book based on the trip. Half Day (KS1 only)
Pond Invertebrate Half Day Advanced (Key Stage 2)
An exciting half day exploring the grounds with the purpose of finding different markers, while developing map-reading skills and knowledge of the outdoors. This session also encourages team work skills.
What is lurking beneath the water in the Centre ponds? During this half day session students will have a go at pond dipping to catch a range of invertebrates living in the pond. They will also have the opportunity to make some close observations of these weird and wonderful creatures.
Forest Fun Half or Full Day
Orienteering Half Day
Use our Forest School site to take part in a taster session during which children will have the opportunity to play and learn at their own pace and enjoy the freedom of our site.
A fantastic half day programme for those of you wanting a real adventure! Small teams are set the challenge of finding their way around the centre grounds using maps & compasses. Children will learn in the classroom the key skills required This challenge is fantastic for developing teamwork skills and to orienteer, in teams they will use these skills to plan and geographical mapping skills follow a route, without an adult.
Forest Fun Half or Full Day Use our Forest School site to take part in a taster session during which children will have the opportunity to play and learn at their own pace and enjoy the freedom of our site.
Animal Homes Half Day Paper Making Using our beautiful grounds as a basis for this session, children (Autumn and Spring Terms) will be led around the site discovering animalUnit habitats. Art and Design Unit 1B/ Science Unitdifferent 2D/ Science 3C
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Animal Homes Half Day Using our beautiful grounds as a basis for this session, children will be led around the site discovering different animal habitats.
have the chance to turn newspaper into recycled paper going the This day is inspired by the very well by known storythrough ‘We’re Going different stages of paper making and incorporating natural on a Bear Hunt’. The overall aim is for the class to take part in materials collected on site. their very own bear hunt encountering many obstacles along the way. Will they find the bear?
Have a look below for some of our curriculum linked key stage 2 activities; Art Attack Full Day Spend the day being creative with a variety of different art activities. This is a very flexible day that can be created to suit the group’s needs. Activities could include using clay, water colours, charcoal, soils and natural materials.
Seasonal Change Full Day
Dirt Detectives Full Day
As we walk around the grounds, take part in a variety of activities
Someone has stolen the lunch and left a trail of muddy footprints behind! Can we use the mystery mud to discover who the thief is? The day includes testing the mystery mud and comparing it to other soil samples.
based on the season we are in. The types of activities will be exploring what the plants and animals are doing at the time of year. Some examples of activities are: Spring – nest building, pond dipping, summer – colour palettes, autumn – seasonal crowns, winter – hedgehog homes and hibernation.
Love Your World Full Day Using the book ‘Love Your World’ as a starting point for discovering recycled materials and then using recyclable and natural materials in a creative way.
Plant Lifecycles Full Day An exciting day spent learning about all of the stages of the plant lifecycle from pollination, fertilisation through to reproduction and germination. The children will spend their time exploring the Centre grounds for a variety of plants (dependant on the season) and be set challenges along the way.
Love Your World Full Day Pond Minibeasts/ Land Minibeasts Half Day
An opportunity to explore the idea of recycling and then use recycled and natural materials to get creative.
Exploring specific habitats, children will have fun capturing minibeasts that are resident there. Bringing them back in to class for a closer investigation, they can then use equipment to create close-up observational drawings before releasing back in to the wild.
Habitats Full Day
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Explore the many habitats of the Centres grounds. Using a mixture of exploration, close observation and games the children will discover what living things can be found here.