Habitats & Minibeasts (RL01)
Investigate the pond, wetland, woodland or spoil heap. Search for wildlife in the varied habitats of the site: Why do creatures live where they do? What is a habitat?
Included in activity - Groups will keep a record of minibeast finds for each habitat visited. |
Underwater Wonderland (RL06)
What lives beneath the surface of the water? How do they move? What shape are they? What colour are they? Use pond nets and observation trays to find out. |
Outdoor Adventure (RL12)
An exciting adventure session. Take part in an orienteering course and meet the challenge of our problem solving tasks.
Included in the activity - Collect letters and un-jumble them to reveal the name of a creature which lives in the forest. |
Shelter Building (PL08)
A hands on session, investigating different structures. Have a go at our ‘strength in structure’ challenge and build your own shelter in the woods.
Included in the activity - Learn about different types of structures and the art of willow weaving, discussing its use past and present. |
Mud Monsters (RL5)
Create creatures out of Woodland materials, old clothes needed! Which animals feed on each other? Link them in a food chain/web.
Included in activity - A group walk through various habitats at Conkers Waterside. Children are encouraged to think about predator and prey relationships. |
Robin’s Winter Warmer (RL17)
Join in our story, Robin’s Winter Warmer, about Robin and his friends. Make a woodland mask then go for a walk in the woods with the ranger. Learn about the forest and how the creatures survive the winter. |
Woodland Web ((RL14)
Join the ranger in making a giant food web. Play the role of a producer, herbivore or carnivore. What happens when your food is taken away? Make a simple food chain book to take back to school.
Included in activity - Children are introduced to the terms consumer and energy source and experience how all plants and animals within the woodland effect and rely on each other. |
Puppets & Storytime (RL13)
Investigate the world of puppets. Make an individual stick puppet to use in an interactive woodland storytime with the ranger.
Included in activity - The chance to consider the different textures and natural materials found on a short woodland walk. |
Teddy Bear’s Grand Adventure (RL11)
Join a ranger for a walk in the woods following Jeremy the teddy bear. Learn about the forest and join in our story ‘Jeremy’s Grand Adventure’.
Included in activity - As children walk through the woods they have to find pictures of Jeremy and the same trees that Jeremy did in the story. Children will be encouraged to think why some materials are chosen for specific uses based on their simple properties.
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Mother Nature Designer (RL09)
Take a sensory walk through the woodland. Use your senses to investigate shapes and textures in nature. Collect natural materials to produce individual collages.
Included in activity - Throughout the walk the group will make several stops to hunt for living creatures or evidence of these creatures. They will look in places such as a habitat pile or underneath small rocks and stones. |
Secret Life of Seeds (RL07)
Search for seeds and investigate how they are spread. Use clues from the wind dispersed seeds to make kites.
Included in activity - A mime game is played to illustrate how plants produce flowers and then seeds to grow a new plant. |
Marvellous Maths (RL15)
Have fun searching for and solving mathematical problems and crack the Marvellous Maths Code before the final challenge.
Included in activity - Problems include algebra, data handling, arithmetic, space and measurement, fractions, shapes, angles and probabilities. |
Cans Compost & Paper (RL3)
How much rubbish do we create in a week? Can we recycle and reduce waste? Make your own recycled paper.
Included in activity - Children will be asked to consider what they have brought with them for lunch and to identify which items of packaging can be recycled. |
Regeneration & Sustainable Development (RL16)
Investigate the site to find out all about Conkers’ mining heritage and how it was transformed into its current state through regeneration. Also look at how we are promoting sustainable development.
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