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SponsoredCome face to face with nature on a school trip to Chester Zoo
Chester Zoo isn’t just a day out, it’s an opportunity to bring classroom learning to life in an immersive, hands-on environment with over 30,000 animals, world-class conservation efforts, and captivating exhibits.
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News & IdeasPupils meet animals and enjoy breakfast at Hatton Adventure World
The children, aged 5 - 6, were served a locally-sourced breakfast and handled guinea pigs, lizards and snakes.
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SponsoredMonkey World: a better understanding and conservation in action
There is more to learning outside the classroom than just monkey-ing around! With over 250 primates, three play areas and 65 acres to explore, Monkey World is the perfect place for your next school visit.
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News & IdeasHeading under the waves on a trip to remember at SEA LIFE
Laura Hollywood, teacher at St Stephen’s CE Primary School, talks us through her pupils’ prize trip to London’s SEA LIFE centre.
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News & IdeasRoyal visit for Festival of Learning charity event
Farms for City Children brought farming to life in central London for children from several schools.
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SponsoredHow SEA LIFE centres bring climate change impact to life
Primary pupils will become the ultimate conservation champions as part of an exciting challenge available across all SEA LIFE centres.
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SponsoredChester Zoo: inspiring students and embedding learning
A focus on Chester Zoo, a major wildlife charity, and all that it has to offer school groups.
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News & IdeasLondon Zoo exhibit houses some of the world’s weirdest creatures
Pupils will be able to get up-close to a range of different species in London Zoo’s new exhibit the Secret Life of Reptiles and Amphibians.
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Features6 unusual places that offer school sleepovers
Spend the night with your class in these amazing spaces to give pupils an experience they will never forget.
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News & IdeasPupils learn benefits of a healthy breakfast at Hatton Adventure World
Children from Ferncumbe Church of England School in Hatton were collected by tractor and open-top trailer and transported to the attraction near Warwick where they learnt about the benefits of eating a healthy breakfast.
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Case StudiesA school’s experience of a Farms for City Children residential
Katie Campbell, year lead and class teacher at Kelvin Grove Primary School, London, describes the impact a residential with Farms for City Children had on pupils.
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InterviewFarms for City Children’s CEO on helping more pupils
Farms for City Children is now able to reach a wider range of children and young people. CEO Donna Edmonds told us about the new strategy.
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News & IdeasSchools to be welcomed with animals at new Hobbledown Heath attraction
Hobbledown Heath, a new indoor and outdoor adventure playground in London, will be opening its doors for school trips from June.
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News & IdeasSchool children read stories to zoo animals on World Book Day
Drusillas Park, near Alfriston in East Sussex, invited local school children to share their favourite stories with the animals at the zoo in celebration of World Book Day.
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News & IdeasNew facilities and polar bear family at Yorkshire Wildlife Park
Yorkshire Wildlife Park has announced it is welcoming back schools with “new surprises” including animals such as California sea lions and a polar bear family.
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FeaturesSome of the best experiences linked to sea life and oceans
We’ve selected some of the best educational experiences linked to sea life and oceans for year-round fun for all ages.
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News & IdeasBallard School pupils in Hampshire help Marwell Zoo with fancy dress fundraiser
A lockdown fundraiser thought up by two pupils at Ballard School in New Milton has raised almost ten times the fundraising target amount for Marwell Zoo.
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FeaturesHow the National Marine Aquarium has developed virtual learning
We spoke to Stu Higgs, the schools programme manager for the National Marine Aquarium, as well as a school about their experience of the virtual sessions.
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News & IdeasOcean Conservation Trust provides free weekly online lessons & virtual tours
The lessons are being broadcast from the National Marine Aquarium, part of the trust, and also aim to provide children and their parents and teachers with some of the wellbeing benefits linked to watching aquatic life.
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News & IdeasOcean Conservation Trust launches virtual lessons and tours of the National Marine Aquarium
The Ocean Conservation Trust, which runs the National Marine Aquarium in Plymouth, has released downloadable lessons and virtual tours, using the ocean as a hook for teachers to deliver all subjects of the curriculum.