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Flow Zone

SES Water School Trips

Why book 'Flow Zone' with SES Water for School Trips and Educational Visits?

This trip is open to all schools, for Key Stage 2 pupils and above.

Water is a vital resource. It's essential we understand water sources and treatment. And the pressures that we are all facing in a time of increasing demand.

Flow Zone is FREE to visit. It's a whole day sensory experience linked directly to various areas of the National Curriculum.

You will visit the immense reservoir. Understand the scale of water production. Understand how small changes can make a big difference to the amount of water we each use. Your visit can have a lasting impact.

British Science Week 2025

Water is a vital, limited resource that cycles through the Earth in various forms. We cannot create new water, and with climate change and population growth increasing demand, our water resources are under growing pressure. Our education program inspires positive change by showing how small lifestyle adjustments can make a big impact. Through initiatives like the Flow Zone Education Centre and school talks, we teach simple habits such as taking shorter showers and turning off taps while brushing your teeth. These actions conserve water, help combat climate change, and protect future water supplies. Visitors also learn about the connection between water use and energy. Treating, delivering, and heating water requires significant energy, so reducing water usage also reduces climate impact. At the Flow Zone, visitors experience a free, interactive journey. They walk along the dam wall to view the reservoir, learn how water from the River Eden is treated for safe drinking, and explore hands-on activities in the "Blue Zone" to reinforce their learning.

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What activities are available during group visits?

You'll start off with an introduction involving light and sound, with three main activities.

1. You will visit the reservoir and dam. After climbing up the dam, you will see the scale of the reservoir from your own private vantage point. You will then be taken over a bridge to visit the valve tower. Before being escorted under the reservoir and its millions of litres of water through the maintenance tunnels.

2. A full lifecycle tour of the water treatment works. From reservoir to drinking water. You will see how all the processes combine to produce safe high quality drinking water.

3. You will explore our state of the art interactive Blue Zone. This is where there are a variety of educational interactive activities to understand waster usage and how to use less.

Which Curriculum Subjects do you cater for?

English

Persuasive writing Creative writing

Saving water is a perfect subject for pupils to write persuasive texts. Recounts, poetry, explanatory texts, posters and creative writing can all be inspired by the visit.

Physics

Seasonal change

We explain how the seasons affect how much water is available during the year and why the demand for water increases in the summer.

Chemistry

States of Matter Properties and changes of materials

The water cycle is a perfect example of the changing state of matter in the natural environment and we focus on the importance of the water cycle as a source of our drinking water. See filtration processes on an industrial scale.

Human Geography

Natural resources

Water is a natural resource on which all life depends. We consider the problems of supply and demand and the impact human activity can have on the environment.

Physical Geography

Water cycles Rivers Environment

We explore how the water cycle, rivers and even the rocks below our feet are important to the supply of drinking water and how water abstraction can damage the environment.

Environmental Geography

Sustainable living Climate change Conservation

We explore the links between water, energy use and climate change and consider how we can learn to live more sustainably by reducing the amount of water we each use.

Sustainability topics: Conservation.

What size groups do you cater for?

Up to 60 pupils a day

Do you offer on-site classroom facilities?

We are self-contained with our own toilets and cloakroom. When the weather is dry lunch can be eaten on picnic tables outside.

Is there first aid on site?

All tutors have basic first aid training, however, we do ask schools to bring their own designated first aider. All tutors have enhanced DBS checks.

Do you offer access for visitors with disabilities?

We have an accessible toilet . Due to the industrial nature of the site and the dam itself there are some areas that are not suitable for wheelchair users. However, tailored adaptations to the programme can be agreed in advance to make the visit as inclusive as possible.

Do you cater for visitors with Special Educational Needs (SEN)?

Our programme is suitable for all KS2 pupils.

Anything else?

At the end of the visit all pupils receive a shower timer and activity card to take home. We also have a supporting educational website with a wide range of follow up information and activities.
If you are not able to visit us we can come to you and deliver a talk about how we treat water which includes a practical demonstration and considers why water is precious and how we can use less.

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Who are SES Water?

Flow Zone is the purpose built education centre run by SES Water at its reservoir and water treatment works just outside Edenbridge. SES Water is a water only company suppling drinking water to more than 750,000 people and it's passionate about all things water and educating the next generation on the importance of this very precious resource.