Muddy Education

Learning the Natural Way...

Key Stage 2 Activities

Day visits for school children aged 7 - 11 years

Day Visits

The National Curriculum brought to life...

Exploring the trickier scientific concepts that arise in key stage 2 in a practical way can be invaluable in developing children's understanding. Food chains, populations, identification and classification and evolution and adaptation are just some of the ecological principles that can be covered with a visit to our Countryside Education Centre.

Day visits include:

Nature Detectives

Homes and Habitats

We Need Soil

Food Chains and Falcons (in conjunction with Icarus Falconry)

Treasure Woodland (maths and mapping)

Woodland Ecology

Team Building

For a full list of activities please contact the centre.

Regular Visits

Developing understanding...

Even for older children regular visits throughout the year will enable children to revisit concepts and develop their understanding further. Visits during the winter and summer are especially useful for exploring life cycles, animal/plant adaptations and other ecological principles, enabling children to compare and contrast between seasons.

What to bring...

Our activities are outdoors, even in wet/cold weather so please bring clothes that will enable you and your child to take part. Waterproofs are a great option (for yourself as well) in wet weather, and even for drier Tree Tots sessions as we have water play available most weeks.

There is no shop in the village so please make sure that you have all food etc that you will need for your visit. For some of our larger events there is sometimes a refreshments stall available ~ this will be specified on the event details. There is drinking water available in the education centre, if you wish to refill water bottles.

We recommend long trousers and long sleeves, even on warm days, as it reduces the risk of stings and bites, particularly tick bites. It is usually shadier in the woods too, so an extra layer can be more useful than you might think.

Safety...

All of our activities are risk assessed and we have all necessary policies and procedures in place (these are available on request).

Safety guidance will be given at the start of each session as necessary and it is the responsibility of parents/carers to supervise children in their care and ensure that safety procedures are being followed. If staff feel that children are not safe at any time, this will be addressed with the child(ren) and parents/carers will be made aware.

There is a working farm in close proximity to the woodland areas and it is essential that visitors remain within designated areas for their own safety. There are also private grounds nearby, to which there is strictly no admittance.

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