Learning sessions
Bring your curriculum to life 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 outdoor environments at our wetland centres and are suitable for a range of ages and abilities.
Our learning team have extensive experience of working with SEND groups and we are able to adapt sessions to meet the needs of these groups.

Start by selecting your age group
Available learning sessions for Early Years

Minibeast Safari
Key question: Which minibeasts live in a pond and on land?
Session length: 1 or 2 hours

Pond Detectives
Key question: What lives in a Pond?
Session length: 30 mins or 1 hour

Birds, beaks and feeding techniques
Key question: How do birds find and eat different foods?
Session length: 30 mins

Santa Session ‐ Birds, beaks and feeding techniques
Key question: How are birds adapted to find and eat different foods?
Session length: 1 hour

Wetland Wonders
Key question: How can we use our senses to explore wetland wildlife?
Session length: 30 mins or 1 hour
Curriculum links
View the full range of curriculum links for the available sessions.
Available learning sessions for Key Stage 1

Amazing Migration
Key question: How and why do birds migrate?
Session length: 1 hour

Birds, beaks and feeding techniques
Key question: How do birds find and eat different foods?
Session length: 30 mins

Brilliant Bird Adaptions
Key question: What are the differences between birds?
Session length: 1 hour

Minibeast Safari
Key question: Which minibeasts live in a pond and on land?
Session length: 1 or 2 hours

Plastic Planet
Key question: Which everyday objects are made from plastic and why is this a problem?
Session length: 1 hour

Pond Detectives
Key question: What lives in a pond?
Session length: 30 mins or 1 hour

Santa Session - Birds, beaks and feeding techniques
Key question: How are birds adapted to find and eat different foods?
Session length: 1 hour

Wetland Wonders
Key question: How can we use our senses to explore wetland wildlife?
Session length: 30 mins or 1 hour
Curriculum links
View the full range of curriculum links for the available sessions.
Available learning sessions for Key Stage 2

Amazing Migration
Key question: How and why do birds migrate?
Session length: 1 hour

Brilliant Bird Adaptions
Key question: How are different birds adapted to their habitat?
Session length: 1 hour

Climate Change Champions
Key question: How are wetlands affected by climate change and how do they help lessen the impact?
Session length: 1 hour

Minibeast Safari
Key question: How are invertebrates adapted to life in water and on land?
Session length: 1 or 2 hours

Plastic Planet
Key question: How does plastic pollution affect wetlands and what can we do about it?
Session length: 1 hour

Pond detectives
Key question: Various available (see session description)
Session length: 30 mins or 1 hour
Curriculum links
View the full range of curriculum links for the available sessions.
Available learning sessions for Key Stage 3

Climate Change Champions
Key question: How are wetlands affected by climate change and how do they help lessen the impact?
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

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

Wetland conservation in action
Key question: How do we protect wetlands and their wildlife?
Session length: 1 hour
Curriculum links
View the full range of curriculum links for the available sessions.
Available learning sessions for Key Stage 4

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

Wetland conservation in action
Key question: How do we protect wetlands and their wildlife?
Session length: 1 hour
Available learning sessions for Further / Higher education

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

Wetland conservation in action
Key question: How do we protect wetlands and their wildlife?
Session length: 1 hour
Available learning sessions for SEN
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