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Ask the Experts – Springwatch
at Horton Kirby
Environmental Education Centre
Wednesday, 30th April 2008
This is a fantastic opportunity for children and staff to take part in a Kent project, hosted by Swanley
and District Cluster, with a focus on Wildlife at the Horton Kirby Environmental Centre.
This event is aimed at primary children and adults, and welcomes questions from the audience to
make the conference interactive. Our Environmental Centre’s resident expert, Gary Cliffe, will be in
the wildlife area to discuss the signs of spring as well as explain the Centre’s habitat design and how
children can help to design their own school wildlife area. We shall look at life cycles of living things
as well as creature classification.
 
 Sarah Moy, Kent Eco Schools Officer, will be sharing her expertise in how your school can work
towards bronze, silver and Green Flag Eco Schools awards. We welcome schools who already been awarded the Green Flag to present their positive ideas. A drop in questions and answers clinic is provided at 4 pm for teachers and adults involved in Eco Schools.
Follow up activities are to include art work, data collection results, photo and video evidence from children. This material may be published on the Centre’s Microsite which will have live images of the
Centre’s new resident(s).
Flashmeeting Event – Springwatch at Horton Kirby Environmental Education Centre
30th April 2008 with Flashmeeting Links
Time & Expert |
Content – Brief Description |
Audience and Curriculum relevance |
1.30 to 2 pm
Gary Cliffe
Centre Manager |
Presented from wildlife area (Weather permitting)
This Flashmeeting will present the aims of the Centre and how the design of mini habitats has been enhanced for living things.
Plan of the site and how it is divided into areas for different creatures.
Photos of a range of creatures and explain simple classification.
Life cycles of frogs. Signs of spring on the Centre site, including the gardens.
Comparison of school garden and Centre wildlife area.
We encourage questions from children throughout.
Follow up: Drawings and data recordings of what children have found in their own school grounds.
http://flashmeeting.e2bn.net/fm/b1b691-3510 |
KS1
Science
Speaking and listening
Art and ICT |
2 to 2.30 pm Sarah Moy
Eco Schools Officer |
Presented from inside the Centre.
Sarah will discuss her job as Eco Schools Officer and what being an Eco-School means. Encourage schools to comment on what they are doing or have done for their Green Flag award. Questions on the subjects within the Green Flag award.
Follow up: ECO school plan and photos of their schools’ activities.
http://flashmeeting.e2bn.net/fm/e0d9f3-3511 |
KS1, KS2
Speaking and listening |
2.30 to 3 pm Gary Cliffe |
Presented from wildlife area. (Weather permitting)
This Flashmeeting is presented to KS2 children and is similar to the earlier Flashmeeting. Gary will discuss how and why HKEEC’s wildlife area is planned as it is. There will be an emphasis on giving examples and advice about how to develop i.e. start, improve own school’s site.
Follow up: Design of improvements and adaptations of wildlife area – to be displayed at the centre and on the website.
http://flashmeeting.e2bn.net/fm/e0bbba-3512 |
KS2
Science
D & T |
4 to 4.30 pm Sarah Moy and Gary Cliffe |
Presented from inside the Centre.
This Flashmeeting is designed to offer a “drop-in” clinic for teachers and adult staff involved in Eco-Schools and how they can encourage wildlife to their school grounds with examples from Horton Kirby EEC.
http://flashmeeting.e2bn.net/fm/38c48f-3513 |
Staff
Eco Schools |
If you have any questions about this event, please Diana Marsden diana.marsden@klz.org.uk.
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