Key Subjects: GEOGRAPHY, PE, TEAM BUILDING
Description: Put your team to the test. Students navigate part of out permanent orienteering course. Working in groups they learn the fundamental principles of using a compass and map reading.
Suitable for: KS3 and KS4
Venue(s): River Lee Country Park (Cheshunt or Fishers Green entrances), Tottenham Marshes
Available: all year
COUNTRYSIDE RECREATION
Key Subjects: LEISURE AND TOURISM, TRAVEL AND TOURISM
Description: An introduction to the Regional Park and the challenges it faces in balancing recreational and nature conservation demands. Students consider what motivates people to visit the lee Valley Regional Park and the challenges in collecting visitor data. The second part of the session involves a site visit, focusing on the impact and management of the different user groups of the Regional Park, marketing, or ecological surveying. These sessions provide a good basis for individual projects based on the Lee Valley Regional Park.
Suitable for: Post 16
Venue(s): various
Available: all year
THE ‘GREAT STINK’
Key Subjects: HISTORY, GEOGRAPHY
Description: Students investigate the water cycle and learn how human actions in the Victorian era affected public health. discover how the Essex Filter Beds cleaned Victorain London's drinking water, ending the 'GreatStink' of 1858. Visit the Filter Beds and find out how their conversion into an unusual nature reserve is helping Lee Valley wildlife.
Suitable for: KS3
Venue(s): The WaterWorks Nature Reserve and Golf Centre
Available: all year
FOCUS ON DAIRY FARMING - FARM TOUR
Key Subjects: GEOGRAPHY, CITIZENSHIP
Description: A guided tour of our working dairy farm encourages students to consider the inputs, processes, outputs and conflicts at this excellent example of a primary industry. How does the milk get from the cow to the supermarket shelf? What can the farm do to help protect the environment? (students may be able to watch the cows being milked, please enquire at time of booking) To compliment this tour, a free self-led visit to the farms is recommended to take a closer look at the many different farm animals ,including rare breeds.
Suitable for: KS3 and KS4
Venue(s): Lee Valley Park Farms
Available: February-October
LEISURE AND RECREATION
Key Subjects: GEOGRAPHY, CITIZENSHIP
Description: visit. A Power-Point presentation provides students with an introduction to the Regional Park and some of the conflicts posed by its nature conservation and recreational uses. Students make a site visit and working in groups representing key users, develop a land use plan for a particular site. This programme provides a foundation for school-based activities such as a simulated public enquiry.
Suitable for: KS3 and KS4
Venue(s): various
Available: all year
GUIDED WALK
Key Subjects: VARIOUS
Description: Stretching 26 miles from East India Dock Basin at the Thames to Ware in Hertfordshire, there's bound to be an area of the Regional Park you'd like to explore with your group. To help you explore the history and/or wildlife, guided walks with our staff are available. Please call the Youth and Schools Service to discuss potential themes.
Suitable for: age 11+
Venue(s): various
Available: all year
CONSERVATION PROJECTS
Key Subjects: GEOGRAPHY, CITIZENSHIP
We may be able to arrange practical conservation tasks for interested groups. Please call the Youth & Schools Service for up to date information and availability of projects throughout the year.
Suitable for: all groups
Venue(s): various
Available: all year
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