Southgate School - Wildlife Area

Mission Statement:
To regenerate our existing wildlife area to benefit the Whole School Community. This will provide an opportunity for pupils, parents and outside agencies to work alongside each other developing learning and skills. It will also offer a contribution from our school towards Sustainable Conservation.

The Wildlife Area at Southgate School :-

Helps communities explore the environment and share skills
+ Science Status: Sharing good practice with others
Benefits all cultural groups
+ Science Status: A commitment to further improve achievement in all key stages
Promotes the importance of conservation
+ Science Status: New outdoor teaching resources
Benefits people from all economic backgrounds

The regeneration of the Wildlife Area will also bring the following Teaching Opportunities to Southgate School:

Subject

Key Stage

Teaching Opportunities Offered

Art	KS3/4	Still life and Landscape drawing.
Art	KS5	Sculptures could then be placed in the area promoting whole school ethos. Art has expressed an interest in using the pond area for a Y12 Sculpture project.
D&T	KS3/4	Bird and Bat boxes could be made to encourage wildlife. Information signs need to be made to educate people on how the Ecosystem works.
English	KS3/4	Poetry and Creative Writing.
Geography	KS3	Y7 Wetland Assessment is based upon redesigning and managing this area. This will be an on going assessment.
	KS4	The Ecosystem element of Climate, the Environment and People module and Water can use the pond as an example.
	KS5	An example of an Ecosystem as part of the Global Challenge unit.
Maths	KS3/4	Drawing an area to scale. Dimensions of a pond. Volumes of water difference between Summer / Winter. Probability, Geometry, Graph skills.
Science	KS3	Water quality testing in the pond. Water species diversity can be tested. Investigation of life at different layers of the pond. Plant species diversity can be examined using quadrats.
	KS4	Food web adaptations for Ecology.
	KS5	Pyramids of numbers – Y13 Ecological Survey as part of the central concepts unit.