Learning sessions
Bring your curriculum to life through our hands-on learning sessions.
Designed to promote learning through explorations 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
Brilliant Bird Adaptions
Key question: What are the differences between birds and me?
Session length: 30 mins
Daisy Duck and the perfect nest
Key question: Which nest is best?
Session length: 30 mins
Minibeast Safari
Key question: Which minibeasts live in this habitat?
Session length: 30 mins
Pond Explorers
Key question: What lives in a pond?
Session length: 30 min
Curriculum links
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Available learning sessions for Key Stage 1
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 and me?
Session length: 30 mins
Daisy Duck and the perfect nest
Key question: Which nest is best?
Session length: 30 mins
Elves and other winter creatures
Key question: What have elves got to do with wildlife and habitats?
Session length: 30 mins
Investigating Mammals
Key question: Which mammals live in a wetland?
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
Plastic Planet
Key question: Which everyday objects are made from plastic and why is this a problem?
Session length: 30 mins
Pond Explorers
Key question: What lives in a pond?
Session length: 30 mins
The Migration Challenge
Key question: Why do whooper swans come to Martin Mere?
Session length: 30 mins
The water cycle, wetlands and me
Key question: What role do we play in the water cycle?
Session length: 30 mins
Wellies and Wellbeing
Key question: How does this environment make us feel?
Session length: 1 hour
Curriculum links
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Available learning sessions for Key Stage 2
Birds, beaks and feeding techniques
Key question: How are birds adapted to find and eat different foods?
Session length: 1 hour
Climate Change Champions
Key question: What is climate change and how can wetlands help?
Session length: 1 hour
Investigating Mammals
Key question: What are mammals & how are they adapted to their habitat?
Session length: 1 hour
Minibeast Safari
Key question: How are invertebrates adapted to their habitat?
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
Seeds and soil: an autumn exploration
Key question: Seeds or soil - which came first?
Session length: 1 hour
The Migration Challenge
Key question: What challenges do migratory birds face and what can we do to help them?
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
Wellies and Wellbeing
Key question: How does this environment make us feel?
Session length: 1 hour
Wetland Settlers Living History Days
Key question: Why do people live in wetlands?
Session length: 4 hours
Curriculum links
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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
Pond Explorers
Key question: How are organisms interdependent within a pond ecosystem?
Session length: 1 hour
The Migration Challenge
Key question: What challenges do migratory birds face and what can we do to help them?
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
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Available learning sessions for Key Stage 4
Available learning sessions for Further / Higher education
Available learning sessions for SEN
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Curriculum links
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Get in touch
Speak to one of our learning team today at WWT Martin Mere to book your visit or find out further details.