Five projects in the Weald Forest Ridge Landscape Partnership Scheme have delivered resources, events, in-school sessions and out of the classroom activities to enhance educational opportunities in the Scheme area.
- A suite of curriculum-linked education resources have been developed for schools seeking to use Ashdown Forest as a learning environment.
- Hands-on bushcraft sessions, coupled with accredited training for teachers, were delivered to schools in the Horsham and Crawley area by the Gatwick Greenspace Partnership.
- The Open Your Eyes project delivered a range of workshops in schools, using art, music and drama .
- ESAMP (the·East Sussex·Archaeology and Museums Partnership)·delivered classroom-based, interactive sessions on specific, curriculum-linked, historical periods.
- The Root and Branch Theatre Company staged 10 performances of their "Dragon Tails (or Tales of Dragons and Woodland Wyrms!) in local schools - exploring the folklore of the St Leonard's dragon myth and wider dragon mythology.
Whilst this work was subsidised within the Weald Forest Ridge LPS, some of the activities are still available, at non-subsidised rates, from the organisations, who can be contacted directly.
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