Key Subjects: GEOGRAPHY, PE, TEAM BUILDING
Description: Orienteering is the ultimate activity to help your group bond and gain confidence. Working in groups, students elarn the fundamental principles of navigation. Put your team to the test on one or our three orienteering programmes
Classic orineteering
learn the essential skills using a map and compass as you explore our permanent orienteering course. Test your tactical planning with our score course
Lee Valley Challenge 
Orienteering with a twist. Engage your students with the challenge of a London 2012 Games fact finding mission. Students are encouraged to embrace the Olympic values as they compete in River Lee Country Park, home of the Lee Valley White Water Centre.
GPS Orienteering
Navigate our permanent orienteering course using state of the art touch screen GPS machines. GPS orienteering also offers students the chance to develop new information and communication technology skills.
Suitable for: KS3 and KS4 ,post 16(Lee Valley Challenge available for KS2)
Students below year 9 are advised to compete in groups accompanied by an adult)
Venue(s): River Lee Country Park (Cheshunt or Fishers Green entrances), Tottenham Marshes
Available: all year
Teachers pack:
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COUNTRYSIDE RECREATION AND LONDON 2012
Key subject(s): Leisure & Tourism, Travel & Tourism, Marketing, Geography, Biology
Engage your students using the unique tourism, leisure and countryside recreation attraction of Lee Valley Regional Park. Discover the challenges it faces balancing recreational use and nature conservation plus the fantastic opportunities provided by London 2012. The classroom session is followed by a site visit which can focus on management of different user groups, marketing, or the habitat management plan and the development of Lee Valley White Water Centre (host venue for the London 2012 Canoe Slalom event).
Suitable for: Post 16
Venue(s): Various
Available: All year – some options limited by venue opening restrictions
FOCUS ON DAIRY FARMING
Key subject(s): Geography
Experience the start of your milk’s journey to the supermarket shelf. Take a tour of our working dairy farm to see first hand an excellent example of a primary industry at work, the inputs, processes, outputs and conflicts it faces. Learn how this industry is helping to protect the environment. Self-led visits of our visitor farm are also available to provide a comparison study.
Suitable for: KS3, KS4
Venue(s): Lee Valley Park Farms
Available: February - October
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Key subject(s): Geography
Bring geography to life using Lee Valley White Water Centre, a London 2012 venue. Take a circular tour to introduce the role of different stakeholders, understand the challenges and potential impacts involved in developing the centre. Experience the surrounding habitats and the mitigation measures implemented to protect these internationally important habitats.
Suitable for: KS3, KS4
Venue(s): River Lee Country Park (Lee Valley White Water Centre)
Available: Limited by venue opening restrictions please call for details.
LEISURE AND RECREATION
Key subject(s): Geography
Discover the unique challenges faced by Lee Valley Regional Park in balancing recreation and nature conservation and the fantastic opportunities provided by London 2012. On a site visit challenge your students to create a land use plan from the perspective of a key user group. This programme provides a foundation for school based activities such as a public enquiry.
Suitable for: KS3, KS4
Venue(s): Abbey Farmhouse & Gardens, River Lee Country Park, WaterWorks Nature Reserve
Available: All year
White water guided walks are available to see the host venue for the London 2012 Canoe Slalom event. For further details and to book walks in other areas please contact us.
Engage your students in London 2012 using the power of White Water. Contact us to arrange an assembly (sessions limited).
CONSERVATION PROJECTS
Practical team building sessions helping conserve the Park, please contact us for more details.
Each programme is a half day option (approximately 2 hours) unless otherwise stated. If desired schools may make up a full day programme by choosing two programmes or by drawing upon other local resources as appropriate. Programmes have been designed to suit particular key stages but can be adapted to other age groups on request.
Special project weeks and events are run throughout the year. Please check for details.
For more information on how to book, charges or other enquiries, please contact the Youth and Schools Service at:
Lee Valley Park Youth and Schools Service,
Abbey Farmhouse, Abbey Gardens, Waltham
Abbey, Essex, EN9 1XQ
Tel: 08456 770 607
Fax: 08456 770 608
youthandschools@leevalleypark.org.uk