Children find out which shape is best for a wheel, explore different surfaces and make waterwheels. "Excellent!" (Year 1 teacher) Typical day: 10.00am – 10.45am – welcome / tour / health and safety 10.45am - 11.30am - Why is a wheel round? Test wheel shapes to find the most effective for a moving vehicle. 11.15am...
Children explore adaptation, focusing on camouflage, and how adaptation helps animals to survive and reproduce. Typical day: 10.00am – 10.45am – welcome / tour / health and safety 10.45am - 11.15am - Camouflage caterpillars game in 2 different habitats. Write conclusion linking camouflage to adaptation. 11.15 - 12noon - Minibeast hunt. Record which minibeasts...
Children use their 5 senses in a range of outdoor activities. "The senses activities were perfect to fit the EYFS curriculum." (Reception teacher) Typical day: 10.00am – 10.45am – welcome / tour / health and safety 10.45am - 11.00am - Identify the parts of the body that we use for each sense. 11.00am - 11.15am -...
Children look at parts of a plant, and identify plants including trees. Learning objectives: identify and name a variety of common wild plants, including deciduous trees (Y1, science, plants) identify and describe the basic structure of common flowering plants, including trees (Y1, science, plants) identify and name a variety of plants (Y2, science, Living...
Children look for minibeasts in different habitats. LKS2 children are introduced to classification; UKS2 children create classification keys for themselves. Typical LKS2 day: 10.00am – 10.45am – welcome / tour / health and safety 10.45am - 11.00am - how might we group these minibeasts? Children to get pictures of different bugs and come...
A mapping activity leading to 'treasure', cook s'mores over the fire, build dens! This workshop does not directly link to National Curriculum objectives but will contribute towards Enrichment Benchmark 2: A broad and well-rounded enrichment offer. Typical day: 10.00am – 10.45am – welcome / tour / health and safety 10.45am – 11.45am – mapping...
Find out what soil is made of. Carry out an investigation into rocks. Learning objectives: compare and group together different kinds of rocks on the basis of their appearance and simple physical properties (Y3, science, rocks) recognise that soils are made from rocks and organic matter (Y3, science, rocks) 10.00am – 10.45am – welcome...
This workshop should take place in the autumn, when there are seeds on the plants. Children use environmental art to represent the different parts of a plant, identify different seeds, collect data about different plants and carry out a spinner investigation to model seed dispersal. 10.00am – 10.45am – welcome /...
Burlington Juniors have visited Howsham Mill a number of times over the past few years to make waterwheels, learn about rivers and have an introduction to using maps. Teachers said, "We absolutely love everything about the visits and were so happy to return for a second year. We will certainly...
Come and join us for a full day of putting maths into a real life context! Most groups do a measuring activity, a data collection activity and a shape activity. We can adapt this for any age group. Typical plan: 10.00am - 10.45am - welcome / tour / health and safety 10.45 -...
