Key Stage 2 Programmes

Beaufort Court is an ideal location to bring your class to find out more about renewable energy and what it can do. We have 5 different renewables here and during the site tour your class can get very close to a real wind turbine. In our workshops your pupils have the opportunity work as a team and produce a wind powered pulley, create electrical circuits using solar panels and generate electricity using water power. Just a few examples of the hands on learning on offer, free of charge at Beaufort Court. To book your visit, click here.

General visit - Forces in action
Activity	Learning Opportunities
Theme: Forces in action	Making and repeating experiments Considering patterns in results Representing data in line graphs Using results to draw conclusions
Warm up and introduction Where does electricity come from (The Generation Game) Appliance game	Science
Tour of site: Solar PV panels, wind turbine + energy efficiency features of Beaufort Court	Free question and answer session; Listening for specific info
Practical activity (in classroom or outside as weather allows): Children make a wind pulley and test it	Team working and experiment
Plenery
Total time:	1hr 30mins
Children will go home with: hands-on experience of how sun and wind can make electricity.

General visit - Characteristics of materials
Activity	Learning Opportunities
Theme: Characteristics of materials	Planning investigations Fair tests Deciding whether a fair comparison was made Using results to draw conclusions
Warm up and introduction - electrical appliances - sources of electricity - how electrons move	Science
Tour of site: Solar PV panels, wind turbine + energy efficiency features of Beaufort Court	Free question and answer session; Speaking and Listening
Practical activity (in classroom or outside as weather allows): Compare and contrast a number of materials for conductivity/insulation properties	Team work and fair tests
Quiz/storytime
Total time:	1hr 30mins
Children will go home with: hands-on experience of how sun and wind can make electricity; Optional: a poem or small windmill to take home (see section on optional activities)

General visit - Changing circuits
Activity	Learning Opportunities
Theme: Changing circuits	Using ideas about circuits to construct circuits and investigate how they work Using results to draw conclusions
Warm up and introduction - electrical appliances - sources of electricity - how electrons move	Science
Tour of site: Solar PV panels, wind turbine + energy efficiency features of Beaufort Court	Free question and answer session; Speaking and Listening
Practical activity (in classroom or outside as weather allows): Using model turbines children compare and contrast the efficiency of number of blades, pitch and wind direction.Using hand held solar panels they can make simple circuits. Compare and contrast wires made from different materials.	Team work and fair tests
Quiz/storytime
Total time:	1hr 30mins
Children will go home with: hands-on experience of how sun and wind can make electricity; Optional: a poem or small windmill to take home (see section on optional activities)