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Spring Watch

Ask the Experts – Springwatch
at Horton Kirby Environmental Education Centre

Thursday, 14th May 2009

Download the Spring Watch Flier | Watch Last years SpringWatch Project

Following on from the success of last years SpringWatch Project, the experts at Horton Kirby Environmental Education Centre are hosting another series of web conferencing sessions, hosted by Swanley and District Local Children Services Partnership, with a focus on Wildlife at the 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 explaining 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.

Eco Flag Sarah Moy, Kent Eco Schools Officer, will also 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 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).

Follow this link to see more http://www.segfl.org.uk/birdbox/webcams/index.php?stream=25

Available FlashMeeting sessions

Follow this link for a timetable of the available FlashMeeting sessions

There will be a maximum of 8 schools per Flashmeeting session, so avoid disappointment and sign up now! First come first served.

Web conferencing using FlashMeeting
Flashmeeting is a free and secure web conferencing application that enables pupils to talk online and later replay conversations.

FlashMeeting requires no specialist equipment just a basic web camera fitted to a laptop or PC that can access the Internet access. A microphone and speakers attached to the computer/laptop is advisable.

See www.kented.org.uk/ngfl/flashmeeting/ for more information about FlashMeeting

How to book a place on one of the sessions

If you schools would like to take on part please contact Diana with the number of the session or sessions your school would like to take part in.

Diana Marsden - Hands on Support ICT Swanley & District LCSP
Email: diana.marsden@klz.org.uk

Flashmeeting Event
Springwatch at Horton Kirby Environmental Education Centre

Time & Expert

Content – Brief Description

Audience and Curriculum relevance

Session 1

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.

KS1

Science

Speaking and listening
Art and ICT

Session 2

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.

KS1, KS2

Speaking and listening

Session 3

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.

KS2

Science

D & T

Session 4

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.

Staff

Eco Schools

If you have any questions about this event, please email Diana Marsden

diana.marsden@klz.org.uk

| Published: 27-1-09 | TOP