Home Ed Sessions
An immersive day of outdoor learning for our local home-educating community.
Follow the minibeast trail to explore the summer nature reserve, alive with buzzing, hopping, jumping and flying, then join their learning team to have a go at meadow sweeping and learn more about about the amazing invertebrates living in the long grass.
In the morning there will also be a chance to help open up the moth trap and discover some of the beautiful creatures that come out after dark.
Their quiet reading and sensory tray space will be open in the classroom too.
This event is suitable for children aged 4-11 years with an accompanying adult.
There will be a range of activities from across the curriculum, and a lovely chance to meet other local home educating families in a beautiful outdoor setting.Â
Most activities will be outdoors – please come dressed for the weather.
 Bring a picnic to enjoy at the picnic benches.
Hot drinks and squash provided, small cash donation appreciated.
The day is suitable for children aged 4 to 11 years with an accompanying adult (it’s ok to bring younger siblings along, so long as you can still support your older child with the activities).
they run home-educators days on a bi-monthly basis, keep an eye on the website for more dates or ask to join their mailing list.
Please share this event with your home educating community!
Please note the centre is accessible by public transport with regular buses (including connection to Didcot Parkway railway station) serving Milton Park, a few minutes walk from the centre.Â
NATURE DISCOVERY CENTRE
THE NATURE DISCOVERY CENTRE OFFERS A GREAT DAY OUT FOR ALL THE FAMILY
We all need nature – for clean water, food and fresh air – but nature needs us too.
Their mission is to bring about nature’s recovery by inspiring and empowering local people and partners to help bring nature back.
The Nature Discovery Centre is surrounded by a mosaic of different habitats with fantastic wildlife to see all year around, packed full of interactive wildlife and natural history displays.
There is a network of footpaths ranging from small family-friendly walks to longer paths for the more adventurous.
Surrounded by a mosaic of different habitats, there is fantastic wildlife to see all year round.
During the autumn and winter, large groups of wintering wildfowl congregate on the lake, whilst the reedbeds and surrounding woodland and hedgerows host birds like fieldfare and redwing.
In spring and summer, purpose-built rafts attract breeding common terns.
House martins, swallows and swifts are a common sight over the lake and surroundings.
In summer there are glorious displays of purple loosestrife, yellow-flag iris, reeds and sedges on the floating island, the lake shore and in the reedbeds.
All year around look out for the willow and alder around the edge of the lake, and hawthorn, blackthorn, spindle and bullace in the hedgerows.
 variety of moths and butterflies can be seen, including garden tiger, butterbur, waved black, holly blue, and gatekeeper.
There are dragonflies and damselflies including beautiful and banded demoiselles, emperor and four-spotted chaser.
A range of beetles such as bloody-nosed beetle and rhinoceros beetle have been recorded on site.
Discover autumn colours, fabulous fungi and wintering wildfowl.
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