Eco Venturers

Eco Venturers is a full-day workshop covering current environmental issues. It is suitable for KS1 or KS2 pupils and adapted accordingly. It can run at either Teddington or Hermitage Community Moorings. Enjoyable group activities help them to develop decision-making skills. The particular focus of the day is to recognise what positive steps and choices they can make which will enable them to live more sustainably.

The aim of this workshop is to help children understand:

• the historical reasons for climate change:
• the difference between renewable and non-renewable sources of energy; and
• the impact of human activity on the planet.

They also learn about

• the importance of co-existing with other life forms and the need to protect them,
• how to use water responsibly.

National Curriculum links:

Boats (KS1)

• identify and compare the suitability of a variety of everyday materials, including wood, metal, rock, and cardboard for particular uses (Properties and changes of materials)
• to use a range of materials creatively to design and make products (Art)

Water (KS1 & 2)

• use maps, atlases, globes to locate countries and describe features studied (Geographical skills and fieldwork)
• recognise that environments can change and that this can sometimes pose dangers to living things (Living things and their habitats).

Energy (KS2)

• use maps, atlases, globes to locate countries and describe features studied (Geographical skills and fieldwork)
• use simple compass directions and locational and directional language, to describe the location of features and on a map (Geographical skills and fieldwork)
• recognise that environments can change and this can pose dangers to living things (Living things and their habitats).
• identify common appliances that run on electricity (Electricity).

“It was challenging, engaging, superbly paced and very real – just what children need in the world of screens.”  (Primary school teacher)