A landscape-focused support package is offered to schools who sign up to being High Weald Heroes. The package aims to assist your school with the delivery of the 5 High Weald Heroes actions and has been designed so that your school can pick and mix to meet its needs. We recognise that each school is unique and are happy to discuss any ideas that you have that would help you to deliver the High Weald Heroes actions.
The current support package includes:
Introductory assemblies and training
- A whole school assembly - introducing the High Weald and the High Weald Hero actions
- An attractive wooden High Weald Heroes plaque to acknowledge that the school has joined the partnership
- Staff training/support on using the High Weald landscape as a cross-curricular resource -
High Weald Hero Topic Web available!
Educational materials
- A class set of laminated maps (A3) of your school and its surrounding area. Map set includes an aerial photograph , modern Ordnance Survey Map and the hand drawn Surveyor's map, (C.1800)
View sample aerial photograph View Historic features map View sample Ordnance Survey 50k map View sample Ordnance Survey draft map- 1 map of the Romans in the High Weald
View sample Roman roads map
- 1 map of the Droving Routes in the High Weald
View sample Drove routes map
- My High Weald - a DVD of 6 characters from the past telling their stories View videos
Themed assemblies, classroom workshops and interactive plays
- Sustainable Energy - renewable energy sources in the High Weald
- Map workshops - using your High Weald Hero map set with the children.
- High Weald habitats - meadows, ponds and ancient woodland
- Romans and Tudors - how did they use the High Weald?
Outdoor learning
- Assistance with developing a Welly Walk - a circular landscape walk, from the school gate, with extensive opportunities for outdoor learning
- Provision of site exploration packs for countryside sites and farms local to your school
- Activity Cards - ideas for the outdoor classroom
Networking opportunities
- Newsletters/updates
- Information of organisations and people who could support your school in developing projects to deliver the High Weald Hero Actions Educational Providers
High Weald Hero Flier (1.2 MB)
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