Key Stage 3, 4 and above
Many of the Trust’s nature reserves present a rich variety of landscape features and habitats suitable for varied educational use at KS3, 4 and above.
- Fieldwork
- Case Study investigation
- Teamwork
- Problem solving
- Personal development
Our Education Centres have easy access to extensive and good quality habitats.
Wherever possible we cater for special needs.
We can also meet you on a local nature reserve or greenspace.
Fieldwork
- Compare and contrast data captured in different extensive habitats
- Formulate and test hypotheses
- Transects
- Landscape interpretation
- Biological recording methods
Case Studies
- Land use and local history – Bronze age, clay and mineral extraction, 2nd World War, farming
- Water resources – river water abstraction, reservoirs, recreation, wildlife
- Land management for conservation – grazing, hay, coppice, hedges
At your own site, we can help you develop your school or college grounds for biodiversity – pond and meadow creation, tree planting and management. This brings together a wide range of communication and practical learning experiences that develop teamwork and individual skills.
Contacts
Please contact the Education site of your choice to make a booking or our main office for more information
- Blashford Lakes Centre contact Jim Day: Tel 01425 472760
- Swanwick Lakes Centre contact Dawn Preston: Tel 01489 570240
- Testwood Lakes Centre contact Helen Robinson: Tel 02380 667929
- Isle of Wight sites contact Kathy Grogan: Tel 01983 529199
- North Hampshire sites contact Adrian Goodhand: Tel 01256 381190
- Winnall Moors Nature Reserve contact Rachel Remnant: Tel 07786 777498
- Main Office contact Di Smith Dianas@hwt.org.uk Tel 01489 774430
