HomeWatch This Space scheme
We have teamed up with the Ulster Wildlife Trust (UWT) to create Watch This Space, a project which encourages children and their families to enjoy their local parks and open spaces.
It includes activities for schools, Saturday Clubs, outreach work and events throughout the year. Officers from UWT are also working with schools in parks across Belfast to encourage pupils to develop their knowledge of their local parks and the nature within them.
Saturday Clubs
We run Saturday Clubs in Falls, Woodvale and Victoria Parks as part of the Watch This Space scheme. They take place in the bowling pavilions of the parks on alternate Saturdays.The clubs are suitable for children aged seven to 12 and parents are also welcome. Younger children can attend but must be accompanied by an adult. Activities include mini-beast hunts, tree planting, seed collection, games and crafts and bird identification.
Each session costs 50p - call the Ulster Wildlife Trust on 028 4483 0282 to book a place.
In autumn 2010, a new Saturday Club will begin in Ormeau Park, Belfast. The club is open to seven to 12-year-olds, and will meet once a month on Saturday mornings.
We are currently taking expressions of interest for the club - to join, call the Ulster Wildlife Trust on 028 4483 0282 or email education@ulsterwildlifetrust.org
Resources for teachers
As part of the Watch This Space scheme, we have produced information which teachers can use in classrooms to show the valuable role that parks play in ensuring a good quality of life for everyone.These resources are available as special packs, which include activities, games and worksheets, and have been divided according to season.
Autumn
- Download oak activity sheet (autumn) (PDF - 94KB)
- Download ash activity sheet (autumn) (PDF - 89KB)
- Download hawthorn activity sheet (autumn) (PDF - 88KB)
- Download holly activity sheet (PDF - 94KB)
- Download horse chestnut activity sheet (autumn) (PDF - 134KB)
- Download sycamore activity sheet (autumn) (PDF - 94KB)
- Download feed the birds activity pack (PDF - 263KB)
- Download leaves identification sheet (PDF - 124KB)
- Download seeds identification sheet (PDF - 172KB)
- Download leaf design art activity (PDF - 117KB)
- Download leaf hunt activity pack (PDF - 126KB)
- Download leaf scramble game (PDF - 394KB)
Winter
- Download ash activity sheet (winter) (PDF - 59KB)
- Download bud terms fact sheet (PDF - 58KB)
- Download hawthorn activity sheet (winter) (PDF - 61KB)
- Download horse chestnut activity sheet (winter) (PDF - 108KB)
- Download winter buds identification sheet (PDF - 108KB)
- Download oak activity sheet (winter) (PDF - 64KB)
- Download surviving winter game (PDF - 61KB)
- Download sycamore activity sheet (winter) (PDF - 124KB)
- Download tree age activity sheet (PDF - 112KB)
- Download tree height activity sheet (PDF - 94KB)
- Download twig quiz (PDF - 73KB)
- Download twiggy names activity (PDF - 72KB)
Spring
- Download bee creative activity sheet (PDF - 82KB)
- Download busy buzzzzy bumble bee game (PDF - 87KB)
- Download fill in the blanks activity sheet (PDF - 135KB)
- Download fill in the flowers art activity (PDF - 57KB)
- Download flower count activity (PDF - 87KB)
- Download flower parts activity sheet (PDF - 225KB)
- Download wildflowers identification sheet (PDF - 145KB)
- Download label the flower activity (blank version) (PDF - 115KB)
- Download label the flower activity (colour version) (PDF - 110KB)
Summer
- Download creepy chalk creatures activity (PDF - 112KB)
- Download find a bug activity pack (PDF - 154KB)
- Download mini-beast identification sheet (PDF - 449KB)
- Download mini-beast fact file (PDF - 210KB)
- Download mini-beast tick sheet (PDF - 145KB)
- Download search for the mini-beast activity (PDF - 115KB)
