Learning sessions
Bring your curriculum to life and improve learner wellbeing through our hands-on learning sessions.
Designed to promote learning through exploration and discovery, our curriculum-linked learning sessions make the most of the fantastic wildlife and outdoor environments at our centres and are suitable for a range of ages and abilities.
Our wellbeing sessions use mindfulness, storytelling and sensory approaches to improve children’s wellbeing whilst inspiring a love of nature.
Start by selecting your age group
Learning sessions for Early Years
Wetlands for Wellbeing - Homes for Nature
Key question: How can we help nature and how can nature help us?
Session length: 1 hour
Wetlands for Wellbeing – Nature Explorers
Key question: How does nature make us feel?
Session length: 1 hour
Wetlands for Wellbeing - Nature Painting
Key question: Can we create art from nature?
Session length: 1 hour
Birds, beaks and feeding techniques
Key question: How do birds find and eat different foods?
Session length: 30 mins
Minibeast Safari
Key question: Which minibeasts live in this habitat?
Session length: 30 mins
Nests, eggs and baby birds
Key question: What do eggs and young birds need to survive?
Session length: 30 mins
Plant Detectives
Key question: Which plants live in wetlands?
Session length: 30 mins
Pond Explorers
Key question: What lives in a pond?
Session length: 30 mins
Wetland habitats and their wildlife
Key question: What is a wetland habitat?
Session length: 30 mins
Wetlands for Wellbeing - Spells for Nature
Key question: How does nature make us feel?
Session length: 1 hour
Curriculum links
View the full range of curriculum links for the available sessions.
Learning sessions for Key Stage 1
Birds, beaks and feeding techniques
Key question: What do birds eat and how?
Session length: 30 mins
Brilliant Bird Adaptions
Key question: How are wetland birds adapted to their habitat?
Session length: 1 hour
Minibeast Safari
Key question: Which minibeasts live in this habitat?
Session length: 1 hour
Nests, eggs and baby birds
Key question: What do eggs and young birds need?
Session length: 30 mins
Plant Detectives
Key question: How are wetland plants adapted to their habitat?
Session length: 1 hour
Plastic Planet
Key question: Which everyday objects are made from plastic and why is this a problem?
Session length: 1 hour
Pond Explorers
Key question: What lives in a pond?
Session length: 1 hour
Wetland habitats and their wildlife
Key question: How can we look after wildlife and get close to it?
Session length: 1 hour
Wetlands for Wellbeing - Homes for Nature
Key question: How can we help nature and how can nature help us?
Session length: 1 hour
Wetlands for Wellbeing - Nature Art
Key question: Can we create art from nature?
Session length: 1 hour
Wetlands for Wellbeing - Nature Spotters
Key question: How does nature make us feel?
Session length: 1 hour
Wetlands for Wellbeing - Spells for Nature
Key question: How does nature make us feel?
Session length: 1 hour
Curriculum links
View the full range of curriculum links for the available sessions.
Learning sessions for Key Stage 2
Bird ID challenge
Key question: Which birds live in a wetland?
Session length: 1 hour
Bird Researchers
Key question: How and why do we monitor birds?
Session length: 1 hour
Brilliant Bird Adaptions
Key question: How are wetland birds adapted to their habitat?
Session length: 1 hour
Climate Change Champions
Key question: How can we help reduce climate change?
Session length: 1 hour
Minibeast Safari
Key question: Various available (see session description)
Session length: 1 hour
Plant Detectives
Key question: How are wetland plants adapted to their habitat?
Session length: 1 hour
Plastic Planet
Key question: How does plastic pollution affect wetlands and what can we do about it?
Session length: 1 hour
Pond Explorers
Key question: Various available (see session description)
Session length: 1 hour
The water cycle, wetlands and me
Key question: What role do we play in the water cycle?
Session length: 1 hour
Wetlands for Wellbeing - Homes for Nature
Key question: How can we help nature and how can nature help us?
Session length: 1 hour
Wetlands for Wellbeing - Nature Art
Key question: Can we create art from nature?
Session length: 1 hour
Wetlands for Wellbeing - Nature Spotters
Key question: How does nature make us feel?
Session length: 1 hour
Wetlands for Wellbeing - Wild Hideaways
Key question: How does nature make us feel?
Session length: 1 hour
Curriculum links
View the full range of curriculum links for the available sessions.
Learning sessions for Key Stage 3
Bird Adaptions
Key question: How are wetland birds adapted to their habitat?
Session length: 1 hour
Bird ID Challenge
Key question: Which birds live in a wetland?
Session length: 1 hour
Bird Researchers
Key question: How and why do we monitor birds?
Session length: 1 hour
Climate Change Champions
Key question: How can we help reduce climate change?
Session length: 1 hour
Environmental change in freshwater ecosystems
Key question: What effects do humans have on freshwater habitats and how can these be measured?
Session length: 1 hour
Plastic Planet
Key question: How does plastic pollution affect organisms and the environment and what can we do to help?
Session length: 1 hour
The water cycle, wetlands and me
Key question: How do human and physical processes interact to influence the water cycle?
Session length: 1 hour
Curriculum links
View the full range of curriculum links for the available sessions.
Learning sessions for Key Stage 4
Learning sessions for Further / Higher education
Learning sessions for SEND
Bird ID challenge
Key question: Which birds live at the wetlands?
Session length: 1 hour
Pond Explorers
Key question: Which animals live in our ponds?
Session length: 1 hour
Get in touch
Speak to one of our learning team today at WWT London to book your visit or find out further details.