The current support package includes:
Introductory assemblies and training
- A whole school assembly - introducing the High Weald and the High Weald Hero actions
- Staff training/support on using the High Weald landscape as a cross-curricular resource - pdf High Weald Hero Topic Web (316 KB) 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 pdf sample aerial photograph (373 KB)
- view pdf historic features map (1.20 MB)
- view pdf Ordnance survey 50k map (1.20 MB)
- view pdf Ordnance survey draft map (2.71 MB)
- 1 map of the Romans in the High Weald
pdf View sample Roman roads map (1.99 MB)
- 1 map of the Droving Routes in the High Weald
pdf View sample Drove routes map (1.98 MB)
- 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 - thinking about what lives where and how different habitats have been used through time
- History workshops - looking at how the High Weald has been used historically and linking to your own history topics! E.g. Tudors, Victorians, WWII
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
pdf View a sample Welly Walk (1.80 MB)
pdf View a sample activity card (157 KB)
Networking opportunities
- Newsletters/updates
- Information of organisations and people who could support your school in developing projects to deliver the High Weald Hero Actions