Environmental Education Services

Outreach Education

Groundwork Solent provides a range of outreach education sessions covering areas of the Science, Geography and Citizenship curriculum.

These sessions are traditionally delivered in a classroom setting but may be adapted to allow larger groups to take part in assemblies or as collaborative classes.

We are also able to design bespoke sessions using environmental issues to support other areas of the National Curriculum including Maths, English and Drama.

One World information leaflet for website.pdf

Woodmill Education

Groundwork Solent is working in partnership with Woodmill Activity Centre in Southampton to provide Environmental Education and Survival Activities on the Woodmill site.

Early Years

Using 'Forest School' techniques developed by experienced staff Groundwork will work with Children in a series of developmental activities designed to encourage personal awareness and confidence outdoors. From Heuristic play to playing with fire (safely) we will allow your group to gain a range of experiences rarely offered for the footsteps curriculum.

Key Stage 1 and 2

In half day sessions your group will have the opportunity to get the best of what the Woodmill site has to offer. You may choose to experience the minibeasts of the site, searching the ponds, woods and parkland to see what you may find, or take a more artistic approach, using the resources available to create sculptures or stories.

Alternatively you may wish to contact us for a bespoke session.

Key Stage 2 and 3

As well as adaptations of the Science and Artistic sessions (above) Groundwork offers a range of survival courses, providing support for the citizenship curriculum.

Ideal as team building sessions for schools and as well as out of school clubs groups will learn the techniques required to survive in the wild.

Higher and Further Education groups

Groundwork is able to facilitate research projects for GCSE, A level, NVQs and Degree level courses.

For further information please contact:

Jo Fraser on Joanne.Fraser@groundwork.org.uk

One World leaflet Woodmill 2-4.pdf

One World leaflet Woodmill.pdf

Other sites

Groundwork is able to offer many of the above sessions at other sites across South Hampshire. Please contact Tim.Cooper@groundwork.org.uk for more information.

One World leaflet Woodmill 2-4.pdf

One World leaflet Woodmill.pdf

NVQ Level 2 Amenity Horticulture

Working in partnership with Fareham College, Groundwork Solent is able to offer NVQ training in Amenity Horticulture.

Working with secondary age pupils at school year 10, Groundwork delivers training one day per week throughout the school year. By providing vocational training Groundwork allows pupils to learn in a hands on environment and enables them to gain certification equivalent to 5 GCSEs at grade A-C.

Through Fareham College Groundwork is also able to offer Apprenticeships in Amenity Horticulture, allowing students to gain valuable work based training whilst studying with the college to comlpete their apprenticeship.

Hortculture NVQ final.pdf

For further details please contact:Tim.Cooper@groundwork.org.uk for more information

Extended Curriculum

Groundwork is uniquely placed to deliver vocational advancement activities for young people in their own communities.

Groundwork works with young people in a practically based environment in areas local to the schools or to their home environments to encourage participation and engagement across their social situation.

Delivered by experienced staff, the young people will learn practical and personal skills to support their future development.

for more information please contact Joanne.Fraser@groundwork.org.uk

Teacher training

Groundwork is able to offer training for teachers in planning and running outdoor sessions. This may be as a half day or full day option dependent on your requirements.

Half day

Covering the basics of health and safety outdoors and risk assessment your school staff will learn to use your grounds as a dynamic new classroom, however big or small they may be.

Full day

Still including health and safety and risk assessments your group will also have the opportunity to learn some activities to engage young people in learning in the outdoors and gain some of the technical skills to identify and catalogue what they may find.

For further information please contact Tim.Cooper@groundwork.org.uk

For examples of our work please visit the Education page