Walks and Talks
Our guided walks are well established and have been awarded the Learning Outside the Classroom Quality Badge. Children will compare the nearest river with the canal, find out how a lock works, learn about the local history and spot the surprisingly wide variety of water birds. During most of our walks, children have spotter booklets to guide their exploration and we answer a wide range of questions! Walks last 1.5-2 hours and all begin with a water safety discussion.
We also deliver classroom workshops which focus on the importance of the River Lea and the canals as a transport route, and therefore the development of London. Flowing from Hertfordshire through Tottenham, Hackney and joining the Thames at Limehouse, as well as the Regents Canal stretching through central London, these features easily tie into local studies, transport and river topics. Workshops last about 1 hour and use handling items, photos and interactions to introduce the waterways and their history.