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Key Stage 1 Activities
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KEY
STAGE 1 ACTIVITIES
Please
telephone to confirm availability and then complete
this downloadable booking form and health and safety
note.
Download
booking form and health & safety
notice.
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Spend
a day out and about in Gatton Park, discover some
of its natural habitats and meet some of the animals
and plants that live there.
The emphasis of the day is on experiencing the environments
in the woodland and the pond and collecting and
recording the animals that are found in these habitats.
In addition to sampling the animals in their environment
the children can also have a chance to study them
in the classroom and draw and closely observe one
animal.
The pupils will also join in games and activities
during the day which will help to put across the
ideas of interdependency in the woodland and the
adaptations which animals have to their environments.
Either focus on one habitat for the whole day, or
compare and contrast two habitats, or alternatively
combine a minibeast hunt with other activities that
encourage the children to use all of their senses
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Growing
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As
a half day or a full day activity your class can
look at the plants of the beautiful gardens of Gatton
Park, find out how they grow and what they require
for life. Activities will depend on the age of your
group but could include:
• Parts of a plant – using mirrors to
look at trees in a different way
• Seed tig – a run-around game to illustrate
what seeds need to grow
• Using plants to create artwork
• A scavenger hunt to look at the differences
between plants.
• Squirrels and seeds – how plants and
animals need each other |
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As part of the day each
child will plant a seed to take home or back to
school. Why not
combine Growing with a minibeast hunt to discover
the plants and the animals at Gatton Park?
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Barnaby Frog’s teamwork challenge
Can
your team complete the challenges that will help
Barnaby change from a tadpole into a frog?
Each child receives a passport and for every completed
activity they draw the change which will happen
to Barnaby.
The challenges encourage the children to work in
pairs, small groups or larger groups to complete
challenges that use co-ordination between the group
members.
Can you safely lead your partner along a blindfold
trail? Can your team help Barnaby to hop across
the pond, using only the lily pads?
All of the children receive a certificate to congratulate
them for helping Barnaby to become a frog |
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A programme celebrating apples and discovering
the seeds of autumn. Using this theme the children
learn what trees and other plants need to grow,
consider the parts of a plant and their purposes
and use language to describe what they discover.
• Apple taste tests
• walk around the orchard
• planting apple pips
• describing apples
• art with apples
• traditional apple games.
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Look at the different types
of seeds and how they find a place to grow. What do
seeds need to grow?
Games and activities will introduce these basic scientific
ideas.
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Teddy Bear’s
Picnic
A highly successful programme developed
at Bishops wood centre that has now been running at
Gatton for two years.
A one day visit to Gatton's woodlands provides an exciting
sequence of activities which help children to learn
the needs of their teddy bears and all other living
things.
The secret of SWAF (shelter, water, air and food) builds
an understanding of the needs of life and an energetic
game of musical trees show the importance of trees and
woodland in contributing to these needs. The children
follow a trail of paw prints to discover how the teddies
have been helped in their survival by plants and animals
and then find the lost teddy bears ready for the picnic,
complete with checked tablecloths.
The programme also includes stories and games and an
earthwalk - encouraging the children to use all of their
senses in the woods.
At the end of the day the children receive a certificate
and a badge to congratulate them on becoming Teddy Bear
Guardians.
The programme is supported by a teacher's pack with
activities and certificates and a colouring book for
the children which reinforces the ideas of the programme.
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Sensory Walks
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Use all of your senses to
experience Gatton Park.
This is an ideal programme to
combine with another half day activity, such as
a minibeast hunt. The children will have the chance
to take part in a walk with a series of activities
that use props and innovative ideas to encourage
the children to see the environment in a different
way, for example:
- Collecting nature's
colours on an artist's palette
- Using a secrets box
to collect different "touches" and
then sharing them with a friend.
- Creating their own
Smelly cocktail of unusual smells from pieces
of plant, soil and stones
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These
activities will be combined with art and games
that focus on the season, for example:
- Have a go at building
your own birds' nest
- Make a bird feeder
from a cone
- Collect autumn leaves
to create a mobile
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Enjoy a full or half day of activities
to use mathematical skills in an outdoor setting. This
activity is ideal for Year2, as a reminder of lots of
different maths techniques.
Enjoy the exciting Magical Maths
Trail Kidnap Rescue!
Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to
rescue the woodland animals that have been kidnapped.
Small teams work with an adult to follow the clues and
rescue their animal through our Magical Maths Maze,
designed by artist Ivan Hicks.
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Enjoy a full or half day of activities
to use art skills in an outdoor setting.
Take a walk through the beautiful
grounds and open countryside of Gatton Park to get your
artistic imagination flowing and use a variety of materials
to create artworks.
Using our Japanese Garden as inspiration,
children use found items to design and create their
own miniature Japanese Gardens. They can also create
their own 'Monet' using chalks and pastels.
Alternatively we can create a day
based around an artist you are studying with your class.
Arrange a free pre-visit with the Education Officer
to discuss the options.
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Art in the Park with a Sensory Walk, so that your class
can be inspired by experiencing Gatton Park through all
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