Discovering Epping Forest

1. Discovering Epping Forest ‘One of the best days of my life.’

2. Discovering Epping Forest • Academic year 2010 -11 • 6 visits to Epping Forest • 25 school groups • Nearly 750 pupils!

3. Discovering Epping Forest Schools Lambourne Primary School Longshaw Primary School Ranelagh Primary School St Edward’s RC Primary School St Mary’s Catholic Primary School Sybourn Primary School Thomas Willingale School Uphall Primary School Upshire Primary School Carpenters Primary School Central Park Primary School Chapel End Junior School Chingford C of E Primary School Chingford Hall Community Primary School Christchurch Primary School Coppice Primary School Edinburgh Primary School Kensington Primary School

4. Discovering Epping Forest Schools Elmhurst Primary School High Beech C of E Primary School Oakdale Junior School Roding Primary School Sandringham Primary School Wellington Primary School

5. Evaluating Discovering Epping Forest

6. Evaluating Discovering Epping Forest www.discoveringeppingforest.org.uk/report.htm

7. Evaluating Discovering Epping Forest Feedback from Champions and students Project development Programme (module) development

12. Feedback from pupils Brilliant, fantastic, excellent, superb, wonderful! A great educational day which makes learning fun I enjoyed it and it was really fun and I can’t wait until our next trip to Epping Forest Very good and fun and enjoyable and I will do this again.

13. Feedback from pupils Today was fun and entertaining. I have learnt a lot and would like to come back. It was wonderful. I’ve learned so much today It was really good and I had so much fun learning and doing different types of activities. I really enjoyed the day! I loved my day out at Epping Forest because it was very exciting

14. Feedback from pupils My day was extremely fun and enjoyable. We had lots of interactive things to do and the tutors were great. It was fantastic because you could use different equipment and do exciting things which you have never done before.

15. Feedback from pupils It was interesting learning about how different people in different periods of time used the Forest Exciting because using the loppers was very fun It was great fun looking at the pond creatures Very interesting. It helped me to understand the rules of the Forest and I will definitely tell my family about it.

16. Feedback from you The children enjoyed themselves and were still talking about it on the way home. I thought the learning experiences were excellent. A range of learning styles were catered for.

17. Feedback from you • Great hands on experiences which a number of children in the class would not get otherwise An excellent day for the children with interesting, relevant and well paced activities

18. Feedback from you Lots of excellent, well organised practical work which has fired the children’s enthusiasm and interest A perfect mixture of fun and learning

19. Over to you! Presentations of children’s work and the impact of Discovering Epping Forest

20. Group discussions Discovering Epping Forest in your school

21. Working together to promote discovery learning in Epping Forest Thanks to • City of London Epping Forest Centenary Trust Epping Forest Field Centre • Queen Elizabeth’s Hunting Lodge • Suntrap Forest Education Centre