What makes this a great venue for School group Fun or Educational Visits?

Wild Workshops is a venture started by a science subject leader with a passion for nature. Sessions bring local garden animals (and lots of equipment) into the classroom for a truly hands-on practical experience. These vibrant sessions boost pupils’ learning and encourage investigation with some spectacular audio-visual aids. Have you ever seen a 3 foot woodlouse or heard a mouse’s ultrasonic ‘squeak’?

What are the Curriculum Topics or Benefit to the students from a visit?

These sessions can be used to enhance any ‘natural world’
class topic such as: Similarities and differences among living
things, Plants and animals in the local environment, Variation,
Moving and growing, Habitats and Life cycles. A real must for
Science week!

What are the activities?

Wild Workshops help children to understand the wildlife that
lives all around them. Allowing the children to work in small
groups with live animals, empowers them and they become
motivated to develop their own investigative skills. Can a
mouse learn the correct route through a maze? Why do some
creatures look for light and some shy away?

What is the age range of the activities?

Sessions can be differentiated from Nursery to Y8.

What materials to you provide or suggest groups bring to support the visit?

All equipment is provided.

What are the minimum and maximum group sizes and the free Teacher Ratio?

A maximum group size of 35 per session is recommended so that smaller groups get the most out of the practical hands-on elements.

Do you have or how do you arrange risk assessment?

A risk assessment policy is available for perusal on the day (or can be forwarded to you at your convenience.

Additional information.

Key information:
* Suitable Nursery to Year 8
* Qualified primary teacher/presenter
* CRB Check and Insurance Cover
* Range of Native British animals
* Supports Science/Nature elements of curriculum
* Consultation and bespoke package design