This is a sensory exploration with a difference! Learn some interesting facts about the Avon Tyrrell grounds. Discover how the environment changes with the seasons and how the wonderful environment has many secrets to show you.
You will be guided through the grounds at Avon Tyrrell and given as many opportunities as possible to connect and interact with the natural environment. Use your sight, smell, touch, taste and hearing to investigate different aspects of the environment. When you get outside and experience the atmosphere this is when you discover an often unseen world.
So whether you are making smelly cocktails, leaf crowns, natural postcards or leaf rubbing, tasting plants or having close encounters with trees, we guarantee you will discover something new.
Duration: 90 minutes (although can be shortened to fit 60 minute slot)
Ratios: 1:10
Groups running at one time: 2
Recommendations:
- Suitable outdoor clothing
- Closed toe shoes must be worn for all activities.
Accessible: can easily be adapted to meet all needs (it is much easier if we know before hand so we can adapt routes to best meet needs)
Additional Info:
- Links very well to other environmental sessions especially Bushcraft and Animal Tracks.
- Activities vary seasonally.
Fun: A fully accessible session which can be enjoyed by all.
Skill: This informative session looks at improving knowledge and understanding through a journey of discovery.
Support & Cohesion: By taking part in a shared experience, outdoor learning can improve group and leader familiarisation as individuals work closely together to gain shared knowledge.
Incorporated as part of a programme of outdoor learning field studies activities can improve group and leader familiarisation as individuals work closely together, often leading to raised levels of attainment and the promotion of personal characteristics such as self-belief, perseverance and confidence.
As well as being adapted to suit your group and their specific learning objectives a Discovery Walk session can support key areas of the curriculum.
Click here to see an overview of the primary areas covered and outdoor learning curriculum links
Art and Design: 1, 2 & 3
Design and Technology:
Design 1 & 2
Make 2
Evaluate 1
Cooking and Nutrition 2
Geography:
Human and Physical Geography 2a
Science:
Plants 1
Animals including humans 1 & 4
Physical Education: 1 & 2
As well as being adapted to suit your group and their specific learning objectives a Discovery Walk session can support key areas of the curriculum.
Click here to see an overview of the primary areas covered and outdoor learning curriculum links
Art and Design: 1
Design and Technology:
Make 2
Science:
Plants 1
Sound 1 & 2
Physical Education: 3
As well as being adapted to suit your group and their specific learning objectives a Discovery Walk session can support key areas of the curriculum.
Click here to see an overview of the primary areas covered and outdoor learning curriculum links
Art and Design: 1
Science:
Plants 1
Sound 1 & 2
Physical Education: 3
To ensure your students have a valuable experience at Avon Tyrrell and really benefit from Outdoor Learning, we have some great value packages
