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The Sustainability Centre South Downs
The Sustainability Centre South Downs
Petersfield Hampshire GU32 1HR
We have a range of expert tutors, indoor and outdoor spaces for learning, a large woodland managed to increase biodiversity, neighbouring farms, live-in yurts, a woodland classroom, food gardens, compost toilets, an organic café, ponds, the local River Meon and an abundance of wildlife!
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We follow the permaculture guiding principles in everything we do focusing on Earth Care, People Care and Fair Share. For citizenship we expand on these ideas to work on students personal development and resilience, as well as their team building skills. Join us for a day of challenges, that will require good communication, tolerance for others and mutual respect to achieve results. Whether that's using planks and crates to cross the 'lava river', ski plank races or drainpipe challenge to shelter building, earthbag arch and water pistol tracking game.
Our main English related activity that we offer is storytelling, where students will hear a range of exciting and engaging myths and legends, fairy tales and folk stories about the South Downs, nature and mythical creatures. We can also include interactive songs around a campfire, the session takes place in our atmospheric woodland hall nestled in the trees with a breath-taking view. However, lots of our other activities support vocabulary development as students immerse themselves in nature and describe what they can see, hear, touch and smell and learn new language related to those topics. Many of our activities promote working together which allows the students practice their communication skills. They also have the opportunity to articulate themselves through debate issues, such as discussing the pros and cons different renewable and non-renewable energy sources. These inspirational experiences will certainly get the imagination flowing for writing activities back at school!
Get your students moving, with a fun and educational purpose. Our orienteering activity combines their map reading skills, with our 55 acre site to explore! Alternatively, join us for our team building activities including 'Lava River' and 'Ski Planks'!
Art is interwoven through many of our activities, we provide multiple opportunities for students to get creative in nature and allow their artistic side to flair! Whether that's sculpting with clay to design their own tree protector or craft their favourite minibeast, or learn how artist's charcoal is made and create a nature inspired drawing using the medium. They could be exploring all the different colours and textures in nature and crafting them into a natural mandala sculpture, or collecting chalk and learning how to naturally colour it using leaves to use flint to carve their artwork onto and take away with them.
Help students develop their communication and teamwork skills, join us for our team building or forest skills days! Learn more about where their food comes from on our local food and farming visit, exploring our partner farm on a tractor trailer ride!
PSHE Personal Social Health Education Resilience Self-esteem Safe Safety Teamwork Cooperation Healthy Eating Mental Health Critical Thinking Confidence Communication Healthy Diversity Inclusion Wellbeing Positive Lifestyle Lifestyles Emotions Respect Prejudice Difference Differences
We have specialised tutors trained in working with students with Special Educational Needs.
The Sustainability Centre is an environmental education centre with a difference. We focus on teaching about all aspects of sustainability on our 55 acre woodland site, where we work and live, demonstrating sustainable living.
It may be that your school qualifies for a discounted day rate. Thanks to our charitys Fair Share Fund, schools with 30% or more pupils eligible for Free School Meals (FSM) can qualify for a discount on our unforgettable day visits. Fill in the form below to enquire.
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