The park

• Area:

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  69 / sixty - nine / sixty nine / sixty-nine
   hectares

• Habitats: wetland, grassland and woodland

• Wetland: lakes, ponds and a

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  stream
  

• Wildlife includes birds, insects and animals

• Subjects studied in educational visits include

• Science: Children look at

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  data
   about plants, etc.

• Geography: includes learning to use a

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  map
   and compass

• History: changes in land use

• Leisure and tourism: mostly concentrates on the park's

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  visitors
  .

• Music: Children make

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  sounds
   with natural materials, and experiment with rhythm and speed.

Benefits of outdoor educational visits

• They give children a feeling of

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  freedom
   that they may not have elsewhere.

• Children learn new

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  skills
   and gain self-confidence.

Practical issues

• Cost per child: £

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  4.95
  

• Adults, such as

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  leaders
   , free