Outdoor Learning Resources
Children using Wildlife Watch resources © Lianne de Mello
The Trust is here to support you and your pupils and students in engaging with nature. Connecting to nature and learning outdoors increases children's learning ability and help them focus. We have designed our resources for students of all age groups and with plenty of suggestions for how you can integrate activities within your lesson plans.
Wilder Schools Pledge
Citizen's Assembly
Wilder Primary School Committee
Wilder Primary School survey
Wilder Secondary School Committee
Wilder Secondary School survey
Citizen Science
We need your help to create a baseline of the wildlife we have now so we can track our progress. We have a good range of records for our nature reserves and the spaces we manage, but we need you to tell us what wildlife you can see from your windows, what visits your balcony and what’s living in your garden. We have a range of citizen science surveys to complete. Turn them into lessons about science, maths, and English.
Wildlife Watch groups
Take action for wildlife, get creative and go wild with our fun activity sheets and resources. The Wildlife Watch website is a great place to find activity sheets and spotter sheets for children as well as resources such as online games and downloads like ringtones, computer wallpapers, posters & t-shirt transfers.
Children at Wildbeach session © HIWWT
Cheriton Primary School planting wildflowers by the Cheriton Stream © Andrew Goldsworthy
School children with computer learning outdoors © Emma Bradshaw
Borrow kits from the Trust
Marine Loans kits are available for schools and groups to book to support learning about marine habitats and conservation of their local environment.
Marine Loan Box
Marine loan box
Our kits contain all you need to deliver an engaging session at a local coastline or support a topic in class. We have Primary or Secondary Kits for visits to a coast, a Primary Indoor Kit with a teacher resource pack, books, DVDs and plastic mould sea creatures, and a Beach Clean Kit for organised litter picking events.
Kits are loaned at £30 for 3 weeks, subject to terms and conditions.
Milton Locks Discovery Box
Milton Locks Heritage Art Day Paul ©Gonella
Thanks to the Heritage Lottery Fund, between January 2016 and June 2018, the Milton’s Hidden Seashore project worked to bring Milton Locks nature reserve back to the heart of the community. You can still visit with your school. Book a Discovery Box to help you with your visit, free to Portsmouth schools.