Horton Kirby Environmental Education Centre
Mission Statement
“To provide visiting pupils with outdoor experiences that are rewarding, stimulating and educationally sound”
The Centre is visited by over 4,000 pupils every year and lies eight kilometres south of Dartford in north west Kent.
Its main aim is to support teachers of all key stages in delivering the National Curriculum, particularly science, geography and history, through providing pupils with practical experience of the natural and built environment around Horton Kirby and the nearby Darent Valley.
In addition it is a focus for the Continual Professional Development of teachers through a regular programme of INSET, mainly centering on geography, science, environmental maths, history and art. Community orientated courses are also delivered at the Centre.
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Volunteers are frequently required to carry out conservation work, to help maintain this delicate habitat and to assist with the recycling centre.
Centre hire:
Centre facilities are available for hire, especially but not entirely, during school holidays. The Centre is also an ideal venue for schools to carry out self led or Centre led staff development sessions.
For more details on class visits and how to book, please visit out Newlsetter page using the navigation menu.
The latest issue of the Horton Kirby Education Trust newsletter:
Head of Centre:
Gary Cliffe, Tel/Fax: +44 01322 863302
Address:
29 School Lane,
Horton Kirby,
Dartford, Kent.
England. DA4 9DQ
Email:hkeec@kent.gov.uk