Education

Warwickshire Country Parks offer a programme of hands-on outdoor activities that encourage children to discover the natural world.

Come and explore our variety of habitats including meadows, woodland and ponds. We welcome school visits to our parks from any local authority area and have purpose-built education centres at Kingsbury Water Park and Ryton Pools Country Park; we also offer activities at Hartshill Hayes Country Park.

Browse some of our activities below, and download our school pack for our complete programme with full details and curriculum links.

Download our School Information Pack (PDF, 3.3MB)

We hope a visit to country parks will help children:

Connect with nature and experience the natural world
Learn from mistakes, bounce back, and try again
Try new things with a ‘can do’ attitude.
Believe that the harder they work, the better they will get at the things that they do
To never give up
To love learning
Develop concentration skills
Keep on trying when challenges occur
Think their way through problems
Ask questions and think about our world
Make links and notice patterns in their experiences

Activities

Minibeast hunting

Half day/Pre-school, reception, KS1 and KS2

Come and meet the woodland and meadow invertebrates that make their homes in our park. Use our equipment to catch them and observe how they move and what they look like. Discover what they eat and get eaten by and consider how they are adapted to survive in their environment.

Natural shelters and dens

Half day/KS1 and KS2

Have you got what it takes to survive in the woods? Take on the challenge of den building using natural materials. Will it be big enough for your team?

Pond dipping

Half day/KS1 and KS2

Come pond dipping to find the amazing range of invertebrates that live in our aquatic habitat. Discover how they move, what they eat, who they depend on and consider how they are adapted to survive in their environment.

Beginners Bushcraft

Half day/KS2

Bushcraft is a set of skills and knowledge that can be used to survive outdoors. Come and try some simple bushcraft challenges: build a shelter, light a fire and toast marshmallows over a campfire.

Stone Age

Full day/KS2

Step back in time to the stone age. Learn about the finds from Bubbenhall Quarry that have helped us to discover what was important to our ancestors; who lived here, what tools they used and which animals they hunted.

Wild woods

Half day/Pre-school, reception and KS1

Enjoy playing creatively in the woods and take part in activities based on forest school principles.