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Quizzes & Activities

Days out with the kids

This page is all about what you know and what you don’t! Test your knowledge with our quiz about Teasel the Red Squirrel, play our Sheepy games, try your hand at Stone Skimming, Ringtones for your phone and finally Activity sheets for you to download.

Let’s start here and test you about us, how many do you think you can get right?

  1. What was the first Ullswater ‘Steamer’ called?
  2. What are the left and right called on a boat?
  3. What are the front and back of the boat called?
  4. How long is Ullswater lake?
  5. How high is Helvellyn, England’s third highest mountain?
  6. What is the name of our mascot?
  7. What type of mammal is he?
  8. Where does he live?
  9. How many boats have we got?
  10. What are their names?

How well did you do? ..../10

Games to play courtesy of Cumbria Tourism

Check out our flash games, each with a special flavour of Cumbria - The Lake District.

Sheepy Things

Go-Skimming Download

The brand new "GoSkimming" iPhone application is now available for you to try your hand at skimming stones in the stunning Lake District even if you're not actually in Cumbria.

Stone Skimming

Ringtones Download

A clutch of singing sheep from the Lake District are now "flock" stars after their indiscriminate bleatings were dubbed to an energetic remix of the William Blake classic, Jerusalem.

sheep singing
Activity Sheets

kit_art_Teasel Maskoldsammystyle.pdf
Make a Pinecone Bird Feeder.pdf
Red Squirrel Nesting Box Info SOS.pdf
Red Squirrel Questionnaire KS 1.pdf
Wordsearch.pdf