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The Holly Lodge Centre

Activities for schools

Pond dipping The following activities are designed at the levels of Key Stages 1 and 2 to support the children's work for the National Curriculum.

  • Animal homes / habitats
  • Minibeast Safari
  • Discovering life in water and pond-dipping
  • Spring and autumn walks
  • Trees and a tree identification trail*
  • Bird life (for people with special needs)
  • The countryside code (care of the environment)
  • Richmond Park Explorer (self-guided)
  • Maths trail*
  • Message from Mars*

Victorian costume Life in the Park in Victorian times - the Sawyer family and their servants

  • Domestic life and household chores
  • Mrs Sawyer's Victorian Dame School
  • Toys past and present**
  • Preparing for a Victorian Christmas**
  • Victorian games picnics*
  • Pills, powders and potions***



* these activities require the help of our volunteers so please provide at least one months notice

** at certain times of the year only

*** these activities are linked to the Chemist Shop project and will be available from January 2008

All these activities provide many opportunities for improving literacy, vocabulary and numeracy.