Education Team Blog

Last week I had the pleasure of meeting Claire and Pam, two inspiring teachers and Park Discoverers who are spending September visiting all the UK National Parks, running a marathon in each inspiring park landscape and using their experience to create a set of learning resources that will encourage teachers to take physics lessons outdoors. What … Continue reading Inspiring teachers, marathons and physics!

We are extremely pleased to welcome a new Education Officer to the National Park, Jonathan Dean joins us with several years of teaching experience, both in and outside of the classroom. Most recently he has worked as an education officer for the New Forest National Park Authority and is looking forward to exploring the huge variety of outdoor learning … Continue reading New Education Officer with the South Downs National Park Authority

What a busy couple of weeks, despite the chill factor there has been a lot of folks getting outside recently to follow in John Muir’s footsteps… On Saturday I spent the morning with 40 DofE Leaders in Eastbourne. I led a workshop at their group meeting where we discussed the options for using the John … Continue reading John Muir, Schools and Duke of Edinburgh Leaders…

A new information page about Water Voles is now available on the Learning Zone. Find out more about this charismatic critter and how they are making a comeback in the South Downs National Park. Learn about their lifecycle and how to spot them. We are currently processing some camera footage from motion cameras to bring … Continue reading Have you spotted the Water Voles?

This year, for the first time at Lewes Castle, we have added prehistory sessions to our range of workshops for schools.  Lewes Castle shares its site with the Museum of Sussex Archaeology at Barbican House so we are able to use real artefacts to support handling sessions for the Stone Age, Bronze Age and Iron … Continue reading Prehistory sessions now available at Lewes Castle