Upper KS2
Workshops
Structured sessions held in our designated learning spaces (which range from an indoor classroom to a woodland glade) with links to the National Curriculum.
| 1 hour session |
| Max 30 children |
| £48 per session |
Adaptation: Bird Beaks
Explore the amazing range of shapes and sizes shown by birds’ beaks, from scoops and sieves to spears and nutcrackers. Gather different foods using artificial ‘beaks’ to discover how they must fit the bird’s diet and what clues they can give about their owners lifestyle. A messy and fun way to learn about how animals are adapted to their environment!
N.B. Please notify us in advance of any food allergies.
Indoors
‘CSI: Wildwood – Who Killed Mr Bunny?’
Our award-winning forensic science workshop! Use your investigative skills to solve a woodland murder mystery, based on real-life predator-prey relationships. Working in small teams, students will examine physical evidence, draw their own conclusions and report back on their findings until the culprit is identified!
Please note: this session takes place in woodland so be aware of uneven flooring and poor weather conditions.
Outdoors
Food, Digestion and Poo
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, that reveals the basic functions of the human digestive system through messy hands-on experiments. Finish off with an animal poo quiz featuring genuine animal poo!
Indoors
Evolution and Inheritance
Learn through dressing up which human characteristics you inherited and find out whether your genes are dominant or recessive. Discover the ways that adaptations develop and how over time they can lead to the evolution of a completely separate species.
Indoors
Green Plants
Explore through role play what a plant needs to grow, then get hands-on with some live plants to name their different parts and determine their functions. Play the pollination game, handle a variety of real seeds and discover the diverse ways that they are spread.
Indoors
Lifecycles
Certain organisms undergo extreme changes through their lives – their adult and juvenile forms may even be accidentally identified as separate species! Experience through roleplay what a seed needs to grow. Discuss whether tadpoles are more like frogs or fishes. Follow the transformation of a butterfly by dressing-up, then try sorting insect life-cycle models into their correct order.
Indoors
Nature Detectives
A zoologist is much like a detective, but instead of using clues to solve crimes, it’s a case of studying tracks and signs to learn more about wildlife. From footprints and feathers to nests and gnaw-marks, examine a selection of natural artefacts and investigate which animals made them – and for what purpose.
Indoors
Owl Pellets
Dissect your own owl pellets in this hands-on workshop to uncover the remnant bones of their prey. Use identification keys to discover which species the owls have been eating and learn how this can provide important information about the ecosystem.
Indoors
Plastics and Recycling
Learn about the different materials we use in our modern lives and how long they take to degrade. Find out why plastic is of special concern from an environmental perspective, and how plastics recycling works. Practice recycling sorting and explore what you can do to reduce waste.
Indoors
Predators
Enter the dangerous world of predatory animals to find out if they’re really as bad as we believe. Meet some unexpected British predators and investigate the benefits and drawbacks of being a carnivore. Explore the remarkable senses used by hunting animals and discover why predators are vital to their environments.
Indoors
Rainforests
Rainforests may seem a world away from Wildwood, but there are more similarities than you might think. Compare tropical rainforests with our local woodlands, examine which Wildwood animals have unexpected jungle cousins and discover how everyone can help to save these vibrant and diverse ecosystems.
Indoors
Super Sleuths
Test your detective skills and knowledge of mammal adaptation in this team competition. Handle skulls, antlers, horns and skins in order to answer questions and discover how these features help animals to survive in their environment.
Indoors
Looking to learn about history? Check out our Living History and Blean Bison Project pages to step into the past with hands-on workshops and tours.
We offer bespoke experiences at no additional charge.
For further information, contact our Education department on education@wildwoodtrust.org or 01227 937451.
Animal Focus Talks
Short talks on specific animals, delivered at that animal’s enclosure.
Visit an animal of your choice (subject to births and seasonal behaviour), find out more about them and have your questions answered by a member of our education team.
Typically, animal artefacts will be available for handling, such as fur or replica skulls.
| 15 minute session |
| Max 15 children |
| £22 per session |
On health and safety grounds, visitors are not permitted to touch or feed the animals.
For further information, contact our Education department on education@wildwoodtrust.org or 01227 937451.
Tours
| 1 hour session |
| Max 30 children |
| £48 per session |
General
Discover more about the animals at Wildwood with fantastic facts about their lifestyles, habitats, diet and conservation. Ideal for a fun day out or if you don’t want to focus on a single topic. Students will observe at least six of our animals and have their questions answered by a member of our education team.
Outdoors
Adaptations
Visit a variety of our animals to take a closer look at predator and prey species, as well as climbers, swimmers and burrowers. Find out more about their individual physical and behavioural adaptations. Students will observe at least six of our animals and have their questions answered by a member of our education team.
Outdoors
Conservation
Visit a variety of our animals to learn how changes in their wild environment have impacted their species and what can be done to help them. Students will observe at least six of our animals and have their questions answered by a member of our education team.
Outdoors
Food Chains
Discover what our animals eat both in captivity and in the wild. Compare a carnivore, a herbivore and an omnivore and learn how to recognise prey animals from predators. Students will observe at least six of our animals and have their questions answered by a member of our education team.
Outdoors
Habitats
Learn about animal homes naturally occurring in our ancient woodland setting and within our enclosures, including badger setts, otter holts, wolf dens and ant nests. Discover how each animal is suited to life in their particular habitat. Students will observe at least six of our animals and have their questions answered by a member of our education team.
Outdoors
For further information, contact our Education department on education@wildwoodtrust.org or 01227 937451.