Education for Key Stage 2

Habitat sampling in an aquatic habitat at Deptford Creek, and either the Creekside pond or a terrestrial habitat

Suitable for Year 3-6 students. This session does involve wading in Deptford Creek. Similar to Rivers at Low Tide, but with a more emphasis on habitats and ecology and less on history.

Includes opportunities to:

• Working scientifically – Sample invertebrates using a range of scientific equipment, record results and use classification keys.
• Living things and their habitats – Identify and name a variety of living things and group them into broad groups
• Living things and their habitats – Classify living things according to common observable characteristics
• Human geography – Observe how the land use of the area around Deptford Creek has changed
• Local History – Observe aspects of national history reflected in the locality
• Physical education – Take part in an outdoor and adventurous activity

"I got to hold a leech.  It felt weird but I'm glad I done it."

A guided walk on land following Deptford Creek to its mouth where it meets the Thames

Suitable for Y3 to Y6 students. This session does not involved wading in Deptford Creek. Sometimes our availability for wading sessions runs low - this is the next best thing! Especially suitable for Lower KS2 students who might visit again for Rivers at Low Tide in Upper KS2.

Includes opportunities to:

• Geographical skills and fieldwork – Use maps, compass directions and grid references to build on knowledge of the local area
• Geographical skills and fieldwork – Create comparative field sketches by observing and recording the human and physical features in and around Deptford Creek at different locations
• Geographical skills and fieldwork – Observe the human and physical features in and around Deptford Creek
• Physical geography – Understand key aspects of rivers and the water cycle
• Human geography – Observe how the land use of the area around Deptford Creek has changed
• Living things and their habitats – Identify and name a variety of living things that use Deptford Creek as a habitat 
• Local History – Observe aspects of national history reflected in the locality

"I loved the hands on bits. It was different to what we normally do."

Survive being shipwrecked in Deptford Creek: build a shelter, light a fire and forage for wild food

Suitable for Year 3-6 students. This session does not involve wading in Deptford Creek.

Includes opportunities to:

• Design and technology, Design – Develop a design for a shelter that is fit for purpose and communicate ideas through discussion
• Design and technology, Make – Select from and use a range of construction materials according to their functional properties to make a shelter
• Design and technology, Technical knowledge – Apply understanding of how to strengthen and reinforce their shelter
• Cooking and nutrition – Understand seasonality and how to find a variety of foods growing wild
• Geographical skills and fieldwork – use maps and globes to locate countries and describe water bodies
• Physical education – Take part in an outdoor and adventurous activity
• PSHE – Make safe and informed decisions about risk

"I enjoyed the teamwork when we made shelters"

Travel back in time and experience how our ancestors lived

Suitable for Year 3-6 students. This session does not involve wading in Deptford Creek.

Includes opportunities to:

• Britain from the Stone Age to the Iron Age – An introduction to the lives of Neolithic hunter-gatherers
• Design and technology, Design – Develop a design for a shelter that is fit for purpose and communicate ideas through discussion
• Design and technology, Make – Select from and use a range of construction materials according to their functional properties to make a shelter
• Art and design – Experiment with different materials and increase awareness of different kinds of art
• Physical education – Take part in an outdoor and adventurous activity
• PSHE – Make safe and informed decisions about risk

“For once my class didn't constantly ask when lunch was or if they could go to the toilet because they didn't want to miss out. Thank you!”

Compare an aquatic habitat and a terrestrial habitat by studying the Creekside pond and the surrounding areas

Suitable for Y3-Y6 students. This session does not involve wading in Deptford Creek. 

Includes opportunities to:

• Working scientifically – Sample invertebrates using a range of scientific equipment, record results and use classification keys.
• Living things and their habitats – Identify and name a variety of living things and group them into broad groups
• Living things and their habitats – Classify living things according to common observable characteristics
• Evolution and inheritance – discover how animals and plants are adapted to suit their environment
• Physical education – Take part in an outdoor and adventurous activity