OASES worked with the Durham Heritage Coast team to deliver an exciting range of activities to engage school children with their local Denes.
JOHN MUIR AWARD
Year 5 pupils from Easington Colliery Primary school went to Hawthorn and Castle Eden Dene to enable them to complete their John Muir Discover award. OASES staff delivered outdoor exploration activities to support the children to discover and explore the two Denes. In partnership with Natural England and OASES the children took part in litter picking and ‘balsam bashing’ to help conserve and improve Castle Eden Dene. Finally, the class created display boards of their experiences for the whole school to be able to see what they had done.
KARMA KIDS
The Nurture Group at Easington Colliery have completed several weeks of Karma Kids activities at Hawthorne Dene. The boys have undertaken various Forest Bathing, Forest School and yoga based activities, all of which have left them very chilled.
WATER HYDROLOGY
Year 6 students from Easington Colliery Primary worked with OASES to explore hydrology of river basins. The group began with various games and experiments in the school grounds and then went to Easington Colliery Local Nature Reserve for fieldwork investigations.
WOODLAND MYTHS & LEGENDS
The Year 3 students at Easington Colliery Primary spent some lovely days with OASES down in Hawthorne Dene investigating the various myths and legends that tell the tale of the various trees in the locality.
MUDDY FACES
We got our hands muddy and had lots of fun with the Year 1 children at Easington Colliery. Digging for treasure, making mud paintings and completing messy investigations were just a few of the activities that we enjoyed together.
ORIENTEERING
The Year 5 children and Easington Colliery learned how to navigate their way around Easington Colliery Nature Reserve before setting up their very own orienteering course within this wonderful site.
