Using the range of habitats in the Gower we can investigate a range of numeracy reasoning skills integrated into a number of activities.

Field days will be designed around your class’s specific LNF and curriculum requirements. Foundation phase days will follow books as a basis for inspiration in speaking, listening, collaboration and discussion skills. For e.g. Tiddler for looking at retelling a story.

This project has a forest skills and geography focus and teaches children about aspects of the local and regional landscape and the use of this land and other geographical features for leisure.

Swansea marina has a wealth of history from its use in the 1700s as a seaside resort then it’s transformation into the busiest docks in the 1800s. The field trip will follow a route around the old docks in search of the original buildings and relics of the past industrial life of the area.

This activity covers all the aspects required in the teaching or hydrology at GCSE level. From source to mouth the river is visited along its course so that variations in width, depth, speed and bed load can be observed. The river is also prone to flash flooding and so has a number of flood defensive techniques along its course.

A detailed investigation into how a rural village has changed over the last 100 years. Students will investigate changes in building materials, design of houses, location of houses, services and residents occupations. The day will also build on map reading skills, using keys and using baseline maps to look at changes over time.

Dawn Thomas of Nature Days is available to undertake one off or regular Forest school and outdoor learning sessions at your school over the Autumn and Winter months.

Gower is a perfect location to undertake the practical aspects of fieldwork enquiry of any Geography syllabus.

Fieldwork methodology:
Use of Transects. – 2020

Geographical flows – 2021

Conceptual frameworks.
Sphere of Influence – 2020

Mitigating Risk – 2021

Undertaking field trips to Nature Reserves, the park, beach or local woods are essential when undertaking outdoor learning in schools. To ensure the field trip is effective and to maximise learning a certain degree of planning and skill is involved.

The new National Curriculum has a great emphasis on outdoor learning and using the outdoor environment, but how do you translate that into classroom learning? Nature days can provide INSET training to help integrate the outdoors into your school’s schemes of work.