Courses marked take approximately 2 hours  those marked take all day (four hours for a day trip)

HISTORY
See also: History & Art

KEY STAGE 1

Looking at building materials

KEY STAGE 2

Victorian Thornham

Visit to Thornham Magna church (Norman with Victorian additions)

Visit to Thornham Parva church (Saxon)

Archaeology at Thornham

GEOGRAPHY
see also geology in cross curricular

KEY STAGE 1

Day package

  Point to point

  Keys and symbols

  Animal trail

  Grid references

  NSEW  hide and seek

KEY STAGE 2

For a day package
choose from approximately 4 activities depending on choice

  Point to point

  Keys and symbols

  Grid references

  Treasure island

  Compass work

  Trails - various, some with compasses

Village trail

Draw your own map

Land use trail

Farm trail

River Dove visit

SCIENCE
See also art & science

KEY STAGE 1

Pond dipping

Minibeasts

Tracks and trails

Senses or

Seasons or

Habitats

Trees or

KEY STAGE 2

Fresh water study (pond dip & survey)

River Dove study

Minibeasts

Soil

Tracks and trails

Food chains

Senses or

Habitats

Woodland management

Measuring trees

Tree trail

Life cycle of the oak tree

Hedgerow study

SCIENCE IN THE THORNHAM WALLED GARDEN

KEY STAGE 1

Day package

 Growth game

 Bees and pollen game

 Weather

 Miniature gardens

 Animals, signs and senses

 Scavenger hunt

KEY STAGE 2

Day package

 History of the walled garden

 Keys and symbols

 Weather

 Soil

 Plant and tree growth

 Guide books

ART
see also cross curricular and history & art
Environmental art available for all key stages or

NUMERACY

KEY STAGE 1

Day package

 Counting trail

 Estimating

 Number bonds

 Number point to point

KEY STAGE 2

Day package

 Data collection and display

 Shape and symmetry

 Measuring trees

 Area measurement

TEAM BUILDING

KEY STAGE 2

Day package

 Blindfold trail

 Shelter building

 Maps and compasses

 Conservation

KEY STAGE 3

Day package

 Choose from:

 Blindfold trail

 Shelter building

 Maps and compasses

 Conservation

 Solar energy challenge

CROSS CURRICULAR COURSES:

ART AND LITERACY

KEY STAGE 1

Day package

 Poetry trail

 "Bear hunt"

 Using senses

 Mud painting

KEY STAGE 2

Day package

 Poetry trail

 Colour

 Tree words

 Adjective trail

 Soil painting

ART AND SCIENCE

Life of Stone

KEY STAGES 1 AND 2

Day package

 Pebble puppets

 Future fossils

 Stone detectives

 Stones by numbers

GEOLOGY     NEW FOR 2004 Also see our new geology website

SCIENCE, GEOGRAPHY AND ART

A more scientific approach to stones than Life of Stone

presented in an innovative and hands-on format

KEY STAGES 1 AND 2

Day package

  What is a rock?

  Types of rocks - sorting activity

  What lies beneath our feet?  Three d model activity

  Where do we fit in?   Evolutionary time clock activity

  Minerals - the WOW factor game

  Rock cycle

  Cave painting - do your own, having ground your own paint

  Uses of stones - including "stone age" clothes

  Follow the Thornham Rock Trail

CITIZENSHIP AND PHSE

Waste Not Want Not

KEY STAGES 1 AND 2

Day package

 Recycling   (waste minimisation)

 Paper making

 Shopping game  (food miles)

 Compost and the wormeries

 Shadow puppets

 Alternative energy sources

Course adapted to suit key stages

KEY STAGES 3 AND 4

Waste Not Want Not

Day package

 Recycling and rubbish modules

 Choose from :

 The Estate and land use

 Conservation

 Fabrics

 Food miles

 Alternative energy sources

 Cars and their future

HISTORY AND ART

KEY STAGE 2

Thornham Parva Retable NEW FOR 2004

Day package

 Follow the pilgrims' trail to the Saxon church of Thornham Parva

 Discover the 14th century altar piece known as the Thornham Parva Retable

 Local Saints

 Dominican monks

 Retable painting

The Retable has recently undergone 7 years of restoration in Cambridge.