Woodgreen is here for pets and their people. From specialist care at our centre to expert advice for owners, we help thousands of pets every year. Our education resources guide young people through both the needs of pets and safety around dogs, empowering the next generation with the skills and knowledge to be the best pet owners they can be.
Woodgreen is here for pets and their people. From specialist care at our centre to expert advice for owners, we help thousands of pets every year. Our education resources guide young people through both the needs of pets and safety around dogs, empowering the next generation with the skills and knowledge to be the best pet owners they can be.
A fun, interactive workshop taking children on a journey discovering everything they need to know about staying safe around dogs. Your class will become dog safety experts as they learn what dogs like and don’t like, how to stay safe at home and out and about and learn when even the friendliest of dogs need time alone. An essential guide to dog safety, delivered by an experienced educator alongside Woody and Wiggles, two animated dogs.
This is a pre recorded presentation complete with a detailed session plan, making it clear when you need to pause the presentation for the children to take part in an activity. Don’t expect to be sitting down for long!
Learning objectives:
To recognise how to stay safe around dogs
To understand that in some situations it is best to leave a dog alone
SMSC links:
Pupils have a sense of enjoyment and fascination in learning about others and the world around them
Pupils understand the consequences of their behaviour and actions on the welfare of their pet
A fun, interactive lesson taking children on a journey discovering everything they need to know about staying safe around dogs. Find out what dogs like and don’t like, how to stay safe at home and out and about and learn when even the friendliest of dogs need time alone. An essential guide to dog safety, delivered by an experienced educator alongside Woody and Wiggles, two animated dogs.
This is a pre recorded presentation complete with a detailed session plan, making it clear when you need to pause the presentation for the children to take part in an activity. Don’t expect to be sitting down for long!
Learning objective:
Pupils can recognise how to stay safe around dogs.
SMSC links:
Pupis have a sense of enjoyment and fascination in learning about others and the world around them.
Pupils understand the consequences of their behaviours and actions.
A fun, printable booklet all about dogs. Explore daily sniffs, bin the bowl, how to banish bugs and the importance of giving dogs safe spaces. Suitable for ages 5 - 11.
Welcome to Woodgreen’s six week pet club! Pet club consists of six taught sessions so is ideal for a weekly lunchtime or after school club. The club is suitable for KS2 children, ideally years five and six but can be delivered right across the key stage. We recommend a group size of up to 20 depending on age and ability, although smaller groups will benefit from more hands on opportunities.
The club is fun, fast paced, packed full of simple activities and supported each week by a pre-recorded presentation filled with images and videos to support key messages. You do not need to be a pet expert to run a pet club – in fact you don’t need to know anything about pets, everything you need to know is provided!
Each of the first five weeks of pet club are based around the five welfare needs, the things all animals need to be healthy and happy. We have broken these down into easy to remember bite size chunks and made them relevant for most common pets. The six weeks of pet club are:
Home
Diet
Companionship
Vet care
Normal behaviour
Ambassador week
At the start and end of the club we ask children to complete a short quiz so that you can measure their change in knowledge and empathy towards animals. Results will be collated by Woodgreen and shared with you to celebrate the journey the children have taken.
In the final ambassador week of pet club, children will explore how they would like to share their learning with the school community.
Through running a pet club, you will be making a positive difference to people and pets in your local community, while having a lot of fun throughout the journey. When you are ready to start your club, pop us an email and we can send out your pet pledge booklets and stickers so you are all ready to go. Have fun!
A fun, printable activity booklet all about pets! Find out how to bin the bowl, who needs a friend and what Nibbles the rabbits needs. Perfect for ages 5 - 11.
