This pack provides an introduction to studying your local area, around the classroom and nearby canals and rivers. It supports the history curriculum - changes within living memory and the geography curriculum - field sketches, maps and diagrams.The pack consists of activity sheets for individual and group work and whiteboard pictures for classroom discussion. The teacher guidance notes provide curriculum links and background information.

This pack covers how and why canals were built and how they developed as important transport routes. It includes diferent cargos carried by boat, different types of boat and canal sstructures such as locks, tunnels and aqueducts. It consists of activity sheets for individual and group work and whiteboard pictures for class discussion.

Find out about some of the animals that live on or near our canals and river and about the different habitats and environments. Identification and classification activities, white board images and activity sheets.

A suite of PSHE linked learning resources - suitable for KS2. Through a series of games, activities, role play, poetry and assembly ideas, pupils will learn to spot the hazards of being near water, how to react in an emergency and our SAFE message (Stay Away From the Edge).

Find out about different beam, arch, cantilever and suspension bridges using real examples on our canals and rivers. Carry out simple activities to build and test different bridge designs. Full teacher’s notes and background information.

All you ever needed to know about wildlife on canals and rivers. This pack covers biodiversity, adaptations, life cycles and food chains. The activity sheets can be use for fieldwork or in the classroom and cover hedges, pollination, minibeast hunting, seed dispersal, adaptation, classification and food chains.

Activity sheets and white board images for individual, group and class work. Covers the journey of a river from source to mouth, the water cycle, the difference between a canal and a river, transport, settlements. Background information is provided in the teacher guidance notes.

This Topic Pack explores the relevance canals and rivers play in today’s society. It encourages children to investigate how waterways enrich our lives and how they can contribute to their long term sustainability.

250 years ago, a great network of canals was planned for Britain. But who designed, built and paid for them? Which ones were built and which weren’t? All the answers are here plus all you need to know about canal features and canal boats.

This pack is a great place to find fascinating facts about rivers. Discover the features of a river. Find out why they are important, what they are used for, who looks after them and what happens when rivers flood.

This fact file will help children discover how canals are different to rivers, how and why canals were built, who built canals and when, canal inventions and who looks after canals today.