0416 012015 Primary Activities 2016 INTERACTIVE WORKSHOPS s last 45min-1hr and cost 40 per group, max. 30 children per group. We can cover a wide range of topics: please see below for details. s take place indoors unless otherwise stated. Interactive Topic CSI: Wildwood Who Killed Mr Bunny? Nocturnal Animals Owl Hibernation and Winter Survival Woodland Minibeasts Super Sleuths Adaptation: Bird Beaks Variety of Life Our award-winning forensic science workshop. Use all your investigative skills to solve the woodland murder mystery. KS2 only Find out why some animals are nocturnal, how they live, find their way around, hunt and communicate at night. Discover how an owl develops from an egg into a sleek adult bird. Find out about all the adaptations that make this such a superb nocturnal predator. Meet some of the animals in Britain that hibernate and find out how those that don t manage to survive the winter. Hunt for minibeasts in the woodland leaf litter and see how they have adapted to their habitat. Sort prey and predators and make a food web. Outdoors. Test your detection skills and knowledge of mammal adaptation in our team competition. Handle and examine a range of skulls, antlers, and horns. Discover how brilliantly adapted bird beaks are to their owners life style and diet. Try out a range of different beaks to pick up different foods to understand adaptation in practice. Messy! N.B. Please notify any food allergies. Meet at first hand some of the fascinating creatures that make up the animal kingdom with fur, feathers, scales and Curriculum Links SCI: KS2 working scientifically. Y3,Y4. and. SCI: Y1,Y2,Y3 animals. Y2,Y5 living things and.. Y1 seasonal changes. Y2,Y4 living things and. Y2,Y4 living things and SCI: KS1 working scientifically. Y1. Y1,Y2 everyday materials.y2 Living things and their habitats. Y3,Y4 SCI: KS1,LKS2 working scientifically. Y2 living things and. Y3. Y6 evolution and inheritance. Y4,Y5,Y6 living things
Green Plants Habitats Animal Homes Animal Sounds Animal Senses Evolution and Inheritance Skeletons Teeth Food, Digestion and Poo! Let s Talk Wolf! Bees Animal Superheroes skin. What a plant needs to grow, how seeds move around, what makes a seed successful. Use role play to learn about the life cycles of plants. Find out about a range of habitats and the animals that live there using role play and handling artefacts. Investigate the technology used by minibeasts, birds and mammals to build their refuges, see a range of animal homes and find out why they build them. An exploration of sound using sounds made in nature. Why and how animals make sounds. Why we have senses, the five human senses and how animal senses are different from ours. Learn through games how you inherited your human characteristics and find out which are dominant or recessive. Find out about evolution and how a long, slow process changed animals over time and shaped who we are today. Get hands-on with real bones and skulls to build an animal; discover how bones fit together and how joints work. Identifying teeth, which teeth do which jobs and how animals use them for their different diets. Hands-on activity with lots of animal teeth. How do our bodies turn the food we eat into useful ingredients and what happens to the waste? An adventure from our teeth, through our tummies to the end with lots of hands-on experiments and an animal poo quiz to finish! Discover how wolves talk to each other with our puppet wolf, Wilf! Look at how wolves use their faces, tails and bodies to express how they feel, how we use body language too and how our behaviour affects others. All about bees; their life cycle, how they communicate and their role in pollination. Find out why so many superheroes are named after animals. Children will and. SCI:Y1,Y2,Y3 plants. Y2,Y5 living things and and. Y2 animals, including SCI:Y1,Y3 animals. Y1,Y2 everyday materials Y5 living things and SCI: Y4 Sound.. Y4 sound SCI: Y6 evolution & inheritance SCI: Y3 animals SCI: Y4 animals SCI: Y3, Y4 animals and. Y2. Y3 plants. Y5 living things and their habitats
Life Cycles Bear Food Chains BESPOKE TOPIC WORKSHOPS discover some of the amazing things creatures can do and learn about life as a bat and a spider including their diet and hunting tactics. Explore plant and animal life cycles, including seed dispersal, using role play and artefacts. Depending on your requirements choose from: a fun games, role play and story based workshop to find out about life as a bear. Or an informative workshop about bear conservation and the story of our two rescue bears. Through role play and investigation of artefacts children will discover the essential elements of a food chain and how to recognise a prey or predator. Tell us what you d like us to do and we ll design it for you! Examples: evening tours for nocturnal animals, how animals use tunnels, how zoo keepers use numeracy every day, species specific topics (e.g. wolves in folklore, hedgehogs, badgers) etc etc. Just ask! SCI: Y2, Y3 plants. Y2. Y5 living things and their habitats SCI: Y1, Y3 animals. Y1 seasonal changes. Y2, Y4 living things and. and. Y4 You tell us! CRAFT WORKSHOPS s last 45minutes-1hour and cost 40 per group, shorter 25min Art & Craft sessions are available at 20 per group. Maximum of 30 children per group. In shorter sessions the crafts will be slightly simpler ideal for younger children or if you only want to make a quick craft. Craft Topic Saxons/Vikings Crafts Native Americans Crafts Ice Age Crafts Make a life-size Odin s raven to sit on your wrist to take home, a Viking longship or a Saxon warrior s helmet from our How Native Americans used the images of animals in their everyday lives and their meanings from totem poles, rainsticks and painted war horses, to buffalo hides and thunder birds. Make your own from our Discover the huge animals that lived here during the coldest times and make mammoths and sabre-toothed cats to take home from our Curriculum Links HIST:KS2 anglosaxon art and culture, Viking raids and invasion. ART: ART: KS1 make products HIST: KS1 events beyond living memory KS2 local history study. ART:
Dinosaurs Crafts Art & Craft Discover dinos the fun way! Why did an apatosaurus have a long neck and a long tail, what noise did a hadrosaur make and how do we know if a T-rex was walking or running from its fossilized tracks? Make your own from our Choose one animal to focus on e.g. Owls, Frogs, Butterflies or a broader topic e.g. Minibeasts, Reptiles, Animal Homes. Make your own masks, models or puppets from our HIST: KS1 events beyond living memory KS2 local history study. ART: ART: KS1 make products GUIDED TOURS 1hour 40, 2hours 80, max 30 children per group. 1hr tour usually covers the central loop of the park (approx 6 species); 2hr tour is a longer walk (approx 10 species), not suitable for KS1. s are Led by a member of our education team and can cover a variety of topics: see below. s can also be adapted to suit your requirements. Outdoors only. Guided Topic Curriculum Links General Information Animal Adaptation Animal Homes/Habitats Conservation Care and Respect for Animals A little on habitats, diet, adaptation, life cycles, conservation and fun facts. Ideal for a fun day out or if you do not wish to focus on one topic. A closer look at predator and prey species, as well as climbers, swimmers and burrowers and their individual physical and behavioural adaptations. Animal homes both naturally occurring in our ancient woodland setting and within our enclosures, including badger sett, squirrel drey, otter holt, wolf den and ant nest. Why some animals are endangered and how we can help them. Find out how we look after our animals throughout the year; what they eat, where they sleep, how we keep them healthy and make their lives more interesting. Find out what our ancestors (Saxons, Celts or Vikings) believed about the animals around them and how they used them. SCI:KS1&KS2 animals, living things and SCI:Y1 animals, including. Y2&Y4, living things and Y6, evolution and inheritance SCI:Y1 animals in their habitats, Y2 living things and,, Y4 living things and SCI:Y2 living things and, Y4 living things and SCI:Y2, Y3, Y4, Y6, Saxon/Viking Myths and Legends EN: Y3,4,5,6 increase familiarity with a wide range of books HIS: KS2 Anglo-Saxon art and culture Native American Myths Find out how Native Americans EN: Y3,4,5,6 increase
and Legends Recycling and sustainable Energy Use respected their wild animals the same ones that used to live here (wolves, bison, beaver etc) and hear their stories that explain why animals look and behave as they do. How wildlife parks solve their specific recycling/sustainability issues, including animal and visitor waste. familiarity with a wide range of books GEO: KS2 human geography MEET AN ANIMAL 15 minute session, 15 per group, max 15 children per group. Meet an animal of your choice (subject to births, seasonal behaviour etc), learn fun facts and ask questions. Please note: on health and safety grounds it is not possible for groups to touch or feed the animals. Outdoors only. Meet an Animal Species Meet an owl Meet a deer Meet a wolf Meet a hedgehog Other species are available, please ask! Get close to one of our hand-reared owls as they are brought out of their enclosure to meet you. Learn how an owl finds its dinner in the dark, why they have no table manners and how to speak like an owl. Meet our herd of fallow or red deer and learn how they keep themselves safe in the wild, where they live and what they eat. Learn the story of our hand-reared wolves and find out what makes wolves such great hunters and what people in different times and cultures think of wolves. Have a special encounter with one of our hedgehogs and find out how they got their name, where they live and what they eat. Please contact our education team to discuss your requirements Phone: 01227 712 111 Email: education@wildwoodtrust.org