Bring your students to these fun and engaging Animal Workshops, wich they can experience in-person or through an online platform.
Suitable for all Key Stages, these Animal Workshops explore a range of topics from arthropods and underwater creatures to the evolution of species and shelter building.
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Cogges Manor Farm’s Enchanted Cogges (Full Day) Workshop
This workshops aim is to provide a light hearted exploration of Cogges, using their imagination to find ‘fairies’, create woodland creatures and environmental art, plant seeds and build shelters.
This workshop was created at the request of a local school and they are now offering it out to other schools. Based around the idea of ‘fairies’ at Cogges this workshop looks at where fairies might live, creating a creature that might live alongside fairies, planting a seed, creating environmental art and a fairy shelter.
Learning outcomes:
Thinking about habitats and what different animals need to live
Understanding what plants need to grow
Creating imagery using found resources
Creating a structure using natural material
Creating a story of magical creatures at Cogges
Find out more about Cogges Manor Farm’s Enchanted Cogges (Full Day) Workshop.
Cogges Manor Farm’s Farming for Food (Full Day) Workshop
This workshops aim is to enhance the students’ understanding of farming and the provenance of healthy and environmentally sustainable food production. Considering how our choices impact the planet e.g. air miles and ethical choices that need to be made to feed an ever increasing population.
This is an in-depth programme delivering a 360-degree appreciation of bringing a farmed product to market. students are hands-on throughout the day and involved from the start of the farming process where they see where the produce is grown or reared, consider different produce that comes from a farm, prepare a product, design the packaging, and end the day with a final finished product which is market ready.
Learning outcomes:
– Develop a knowledge of farming systems and processes, both past and present.
– Know where and how a variety of ingredients are grown, reared and processed.
– Appreciate the wide variety of issues that influence the decisions farmers make.
– Understand their own role as a consumer and reflect on their food decisions
– Think about how we can continue to feed an ever increasing population with the space and lad we have around us.
Find out more about Cogges Manor Farm’s Farming for Food (Full Day) Workshop.
Cogges Manor Farm’s Jack and the Bean Stalk (Half Day) Workshop
This workshops aim is to engage younger students in the exploration of the story of Jack and the Bean stalk.
Based on the story of Jack and the Bean Stalk, students look at growing from a seed, making a bed, finding some eggs, creating baked impressions of the giant’s footprints and milking the model cow. This is a lively and interactive workshop where all students are involved. Including a special puppet surprise at the end!
Learning outcomes:
Learn about and identify different eggs
Create giant footstep shaped biscuits
Make a bed to sleep in
Understand what a seed needs to grow
Understand where milk comes from and why farmers keep cows
Find out more about Cogges Manor Farm’s Jack and the Bean Stalk (Half Day) Workshop.
Cogges Manor Farm’s Little Red Hen and Farmyard Friends (Half Day) Workshop
This workshops aim is to give younger students an understanding of where food comes from and how it is made.
Based on the story of Little Red Hen, students look at growing from a seed, grinding flour and baking bread. This is a lively and interactive workshop where all students are involved. Including a special puppet surprise at the end!
Learning outcomes:
– To experience and interact first-hand with the whole process from seed through to a baked loaf of bread.
– To appreciate and participate in all the stages of food production from holding the seed, seeing where it is planted, grinding flour and baking bread.
Find out more about Cogges Manor Farm’s Little Red Hen and Farmyard Friends (Half Day) Workshop.
Cogges Manor Farm’s Old MacDonald – Story and Rhyme (Half Day) Workshop
This workshops aim is to give younger students a fun and interactive tour of the farm. Learning through stories and rhymes about the different animals and the different aspects of farming.
Students take a tour of the whole of the site at Cogges Manor farm and are introduced to and learn about the different animals. They take part in stories, songs and rhymes associated with the animals and their journey is tied together through Old MacDonald had a farm. This is a fun and stimulating workshop and brings a host of key learning areas to life. Including a special puppet surprise at the end
Learning outcomes:
– To identify and learn about the different animals at Cogges Manor Farm.
– To get a first-hand experience of a farm/agricultural environment.
– To enhance a love of reading and language through stories and rhymes associated with the animals on the farm with a focus on Old MacDonald had a Farm.
Find out more about Cogges Manor Farm’s Old MacDonald – Story and Rhyme (Half Day) Workshop.
Cogges Manor Farm’s Stick Day (Half Day) Workshop
This workshops aim is to give younger students confidence in creativity. To look at specific books such as ‘Stanley’s Stick’ and ‘Stickman’ and to engage with them at a deeper level.
Immersing themselves in the idea that sticks can be anything, either focusing on Stanley’s Stick or Stickman (usually time of year dependent). Students will create shelters with sticks, learn about different sticks and create bread-sticks to take home. They will hunt hidden stick characters create their own and have fun with sticks. This is a creative workshop encouraging students to have fun outdoors. Including a special puppet surprise at the end!
Learning outcomes:
– Creating a stick creature
– Searching for hidden stick characters and spelling out a word
– Working together to create a stick shelter
– Creating bread-sticks, learning sticks come in many forms
– Measuring with sticks
Find out more about Cogges Manor Farm’s Stick Day (Half Day) Workshop.
Cogges Manor Farm’s Wildlife and Growing (Full Day) Workshop
This workshops aim is to establish in students an understanding and appreciation of the natural environment around them. The interdependence of all creatures and food chains.
Students will take a tour of the whole site at Cogges Manor Farm and will become nature detectives – seeking out animal habitats, learning about plants and taking a hands-on role in planting their seedling and making their own compost. This is a fun, outdoor workshop that can be tailored to the different seasons of the year.
Learning outcomes:
– To have a greater understanding of local wildlife. See first-hand where different animals live and what they eat.
– To look closely at different plants and understand their life cycle and what they need to grow.
– Learn how to plant a seedling, study a pollinator and make some good quality compost to feed their plants on in the Autumn, harvest vegetables from the garden
Please note: This is designed to be a full day workshop, but there is flexibility and they are happy to try and work around your timings if required.
Find out more about Cogges Manor Farm’s Wildlife and Growing (Full Day) Workshop.
Horniman Museum and Gardens’ Amazon Rainforest: People and Animals Virtual Workshop
What is life like in the Amazon Rainforest? Explore animals that live there and learn about people that call it their ‘home’.
Immerse yourself in the rainforest habitat, learn about life in the rainforest and the people and animals that live there. Working as a whole class and in small groups, students will discover the importance of rainforests, the threats to their existence and consider the consequences locally and globally. There will be the opportunity to see some of our collection of Wai Wai objects up close.
Find out more about Horniman Museum and Gardens’ Amazon Rainforest: People and Animals Virtual Workshop.
Horniman Museum and Gardens’ Amazon Rainforest: People and Animals Workshop
What is life like in the Amazon Rainforest? Explore animals that live there and learn about people that call it their ‘home’.
Get up close to taxidermy rainforest animals such as caiman, armadillo and tarantula, and discover how their amazingly adapted bodies help them survive.
In this workshop, students will have the unique opportunity to handle traditional objects handmade by the Wai-Wai people; a group living in the Amazon Rainforest of Guyana and Northern Brazil. Students will learn about life in the rainforest by exploring unfamiliar objects, materials they are made from and how they are used.
A short introduction to the Amazon Rainforest will be followed by the circle handling of taxidermy animals that live in the rainforest. Students will then be introduced to Wai-Wai people and explore two stations of Wai-Wai objects. They will finish by talking about what they learned through Wai-Wai objects, discuss threats facing the rainforest habitat and its people and discover solutions for positive change.
Find out more about Horniman Museum and Gardens’ Amazon Rainforest: People and Animals Workshop.
Horniman Museum and Gardens’ Animal Classification Workshop
Why do scientists classify animals? What similarities do all mammals have?
In this workshop students will explore and handle a variety of taxidermy animals from around the world to understand how and why scientists sort animals into groups.
Students will practice using a classification key to sort invertebrates and identify the features of mammals, fish, birds, amphibians and reptiles. Students will also be challenged to classify some mystery animals.
Find out more about Horniman Museum and Gardens’ Animal Classification Workshop.
Horniman Museum and Gardens’ Animals and their Habitats Workshop
How have animals adapted to their homes? Discover for yourself as you get hands on with taxidermy animals from different habitats.
Identify animals, examine their features and think about some of the challenges these creatures face in our changing world.
Find out more about Horniman Museum and Gardens’ Animals and their Habitats Workshop.
Horniman Museum and Gardens’ Animals: Pond, River and Sea Workshop
Come on an interactive, imaginary journey with the Horniman walrus as we search for a seahorse in a pond, the Amazon river, and the sea.
Along the way, you’ll meet some amazing aquatic creatures, from a frog to a fish, learn about their amazing bodies, and even sing about them.
Travel to the Amazon rainforest, bravely touch a stuffed caiman and learn about colour and camouflage. At the seaside, listen to the waves, feel sea spray on your face and go diving in search of aquatic creatures.
When you return, dress as your favourite animal from your journey and explore the amazing objects hidden around the room: touch a real shark’s jaw; feel an enormous Nile crocodile’s scaly skin; and see a frog’s skeleton up-close.
The cost of the session also includes timed access to the Aquarium (please note – this is not private access) outside the session.
Find out more about Horniman Museum and Gardens’ Animals: Pond, River and Sea Workshop.
Horniman Museum and Gardens’ Aquatic Adaptations Workshop
In this exciting hands-on workshop, students will discover how aquatic animals survive in their habitats.
Discover how the bodies of freshwater animals are perfectly suited to help them survive in their habitat whilst examining an amazing selection of real Museum objects.
Dress as jellyfish, frogs or crabs, imitate their movements, and consider how (and why) they move like that. Examine a stuffed caiman, shark’s jaw and lobster, and identify the adaptations that help them to catch their prey… or defend themselves from predators.
The cost of the workshop also includes timed access for the class to the Aquarium (please note – this is not private access) outside the workshop.
Please be aware that the Aquarium is popular on Tuesday mornings, so you may wish to book this session at quieter times of the week.
Find out more about Horniman Museum and Gardens’ Aquatic Adaptations Workshop.
Horniman Museum and Gardens’ Arctic Adventure Workshop
Travel on an exciting, imaginary journey to the Arctic in this interactive hands-on workshop.
Discover some amazing Arctic animals as you touch a real orca tooth and reindeer fur, and learn how their bodies help them to survive in their cold habitat.
Learn about traditional Inuit life, from their homes to their clothing, and discover how they use natural resources to survive. Handle beautiful objects made by the Inuit, including snow shoes, snow goggles and a seal-skin parka, think about how they might be used, and identify the materials used to make them.
The Horniman is the perfect place to explore your topic further. Use their Arctic schools trail to guide your class to their famous taxidermy walrus; search their Natural History Gallery for other Arctic animals; and see amazing Inuit objects in their wonderful World Gallery.
Find out more about Horniman Museum and Gardens’ Arctic Adventure Workshop.
Horniman Museum and Gardens’ Around Africa KS3 Workshop
Explore the diversity of Africa in this exciting hands-on workshop. They can tailor this workshop – when booking, please let them know which African country or region you are studying.
Explore traditional artefacts from this vast continent. Discuss different beliefs, peoples, cultures and identities.
Handle, play, examine or draw traditional African objects, from masks to musical instruments, love tokens to textiles, and bead work to toys.
The objects used in this workshop can be specially selected to suit your topic. Talk to one of their Learning Officers about how they can tailor this workshop for your class.
Their fantastic World Gallery is the perfect place to support your students’ learning, and has a stunning display dedicated to African cultures and peoples. Students can also explore musical instruments from a range of African countries in the Horniman’s Music Gallery, and see a wide selection of African animals in the Natural History Gallery (all free to enter).
Find out more about Horniman Museum and Gardens’ Around Africa KS3 Workshop.
Horniman Museum and Gardens’ Around Africa Workshop
Explore the diversity of Africa in this exciting hands-on workshop. They can tailor this workshop – when booking, please let them know which African country or region you are studying.
Discover the diversity of Africa in this exciting hands-on workshop. Visit the largest market in Ghana’s capital Accra, try on clothes, play a ‘talking’ drum and buy local food. Play with African toys and try to spot the recycled materials used to make them. Explore Maasai people’s traditional way of life, their home and the animals that live there.
After a short introduction to vastness of the African continent, all students will explore three stations: roleplay at Makola market; engage with African toys through play; explore Maasai objects and savanna animals. They will finish by discussing what they’ve learned through hands-on object handling at each station.
Find out more about Horniman Museum and Gardens’ Around Africa Workshop.
Horniman Museum and Gardens’ Art Portfolio Workshop
This workshop is tailored to your topic or students’ interests; with over 3,000 objects in their unique Handling Collection, their Learning Officers will select a variety of artefacts for your students to sketch and photograph.
From traditional art and textiles from around the world to natural forms, students will have a fantastic opportunity to develop their still life sketching skills and form ideas and concepts around their own work. Students will have the chance to handle and closely study the objects, repositioning and arranging them as they choose, whilst exploring new textures and forms and being inspired by the stories behind them.
Please bring your sketchbooks and pencils with you.
This session is not available on a Tuesday.
Find out more about Horniman Museum and Gardens’ Art Portfolio Workshop.
Horniman Museum and Gardens’ Bones and Teeth Virtual Workshop
Why do animals have skeletons? What are the different types of teeth for?
Bring your Science topic to life by exploring how different animal skeletons and teeth have evolved to adapt to different ways of moving, different diets and lifestyles. Students explore different types of dentition and their function through close observation of a range of animal skulls and compare a range of bones and skeletons.
Find out more about Horniman Museum and Gardens’ Bones and Teeth Virtual Workshop.
Horniman Museum and Gardens’ Bones and Teeth Workshop
Why do animals have skeletons? What are the different types of teeth for?
Handle a range of real animal skulls such as tiger, dolphin and crocodile, and study their teeth to identify carnivores, herbivores and omnivores.
Compare to human teeth and look at the different types. Challenge yourself to guess the animal from the mystery skulls and skeletons.
Find out more about Horniman Museum and Gardens’ Bones and Teeth Workshop.
Horniman Museum and Gardens’ Evidence for Evolution Workshop
How have living things changed over time and how do we know?
This workshop explores evidence for evolution by handling real fossils from the Horniman’s collection and discussing what they are and what we can learn from them.
Students will compare the beaks of different birds, like Charles Darwin did, and also study some taxidermy animals and find out how they have adapted to their environment.
Find out more about Horniman Museum and Gardens’ Evidence for Evolution Workshop.
Horniman Museum and Gardens’ Fossil Dig Workshop
Learn all about fossils, how they form and get up close with some real fossilised creatures in this hands on workshop.
Explore some fantastic fossils.
Get hands on and discover how a fossil is formed, what becomes fossilised and why, have a go at working out some mystery fossils and touch a cast of one of the most important fossils ever discovered – the archaeopteryx!
Find out more about Horniman Museum and Gardens’ Fossil Dig Workshop.
Horniman Museum and Gardens’ Pond Dipping and Outdoor Habitats Workshop
Step onto London’s oldest Nature Trail, explore the wild side of the Horniman Gardens and the animals that live there.
Dip nets in the Horniman’s pond and explore outdoor habitats on their wild Nature Trail. Use scientific equipment to collect animals and first-hand observation to learn more about them. Reconnect with nature and enhance Science curriculum learning.
This workshop will run outdoors on the Horniman’s Nature trail and will go ahead unless in the event of extreme weather. Please ensure your Students are dressed appropriately for the weather.
Wheelchair users can access the Nature Trail via Langton Rise (by prior arrangement).
Find out more about Horniman Museum and Gardens’ Pond Dipping and Outdoor Habitats Workshop.
Horniman Museum and Gardens’ Seeds, Plants and People Workshop
This exiting hands-on workshop explores everything about plants through objects, life plants and artefacts.
Discover how seeds are dispersed, why people need plants and how plants are used by peoples around the world.
After a short introduction to a flowering plant life cycle and seed dispersal, all students will explore three stations. Observe real seeds and find out how they are dispersed; explore a variety of plants and their uses; learn about cultures by discovering plant based artefacts from around the world. We will finish by discussing the role of animals in seed dispersal, why we cannot live without plants and how plants are used in different cultures.
Find out more about Horniman Museum and Gardens’ Seeds, Plants and People Workshop.
Horniman Museum and Gardens’ Sensory Session: Animals and Habitats (SEND) Workshop
Explore three different habitats and the animals that live there. Hands-on and sensory elements will help students to explore these very different environments for themselves.
Join Horniman Museum and Gardens on an imaginary journey, taking you to a coral reef, a desert and the Arctic. Explore the different habitats using your senses and learn about the animals that live there in this tactile handling session.
Sessions will encourage children to:
Compare three different habitats
Experience and/or respond to a range of stimuli
Touch and explore museum objects
Take turns and share
Make independent and supported choices
Try something new
Find out more about Horniman Museum and Gardens’ Sensory Session: Animals and Habitats (SEND) Workshop.
Museum of Liverpool’s Little Liverpool KS1 Workshop
This workshop will allow students a safe and fun environment to help develop their communication and alphabet skills.
The Museum of Liverpool’s Little Liverpool Gallery is a hands-on world where the students can sail boats and fish for pretend marine creatures and rubbish. Students will be encouraged to investigate, explore and learn.
Find out more about Museum of Liverpool’s Little Liverpool KS1 Workshop.
Natural History Museum’s Dino Show
Join the Natural History Museum on a quest back in time!
Your class will use their scientific skills to discover more about dinosaurs and the world they lived in.
Find out more about Natural History Museum’s Dino Show.
Natural History Museum’s Evolution Virtual Workshop
This streamed workshop introduces your Year Six class to the concepts that underpin evolution.
Travel through Earth’s history searching for evidence of change over time. Your class will complete different challenges in this engaging workshop to look at real world examples and current research, make predictions and test their knowledge on evolution.
This workshop is an ideal introduction to the subject of evolution but is equally useful for reinforcing prior knowledge through interactive and engaging activities.
Find out more about Natural History Museum’s Evolution Virtual Workshop.
Natural History Museum’s Evolution Workshop
This workshop introduces your Year Six class to the concepts that underpin evolution.
In this workshop, they will:
– get the opportunity to look at evidence of change over time
– get hands-on with replica specimens to work out for themselves why these changes occur
– explore in an interactive session, how Charles Darwin’s theory of natural selection is the mechanism behind these changes, using a real-life example of evolution currently happening
This workshop is an ideal introduction to the subject of evolution, but is equally useful for reinforcing prior knowledge through hands-on and engaging activities.
Find out more about Natural History Museum’s Evolution Workshop.
Natural History Museum’s Super Stegosaurus Workshop
In this hands-on workshop, pupils come face to face Sophie, the most complete Stegosaurus fossil in the world.
Taking on the role of paleontologists, pupils put together massive 3D jigsaw stegosaurs and examine different parts of the dinosaur’s anatomy to understand what they can tell us about Sophie’s lifestyle.
Find out more about Natural History Museum’s Super Stegosaurus Workshop.
Oxford University Museum of Natural History’s Biodiversity and Evolution Online Lesson
Explore the relationship between organisms and their environment.
Understand that adaptation and selection are major components of evolution and make a significant contribution to the diversity of life. Understand that classification and taxonomy is a means of organising and naming the variety of life. Use their historic collections to find out how classification systems have changed and will continue to change as our knowledge of biology develops.
Oxford University Museum of Natural History is home to an internationally important collection of over 5 million insects. Insects are divided into orders based on characteristics they share with common ancestors.
Find out more about this and Oxford University Museum of Natural History’s other taught online and onsite sessions.
For more information and to book a session contact education@oum.ox.ac.uk
Find out more about Oxford University Museum of Natural History’s Biodiversity and Evolution Online Lesson.
Oxford University Museum of Natural History’s Evolution Solution Online Lesson
Explore how evolution has shaped the diversity of life around us.
Discover how Alfred Russel Wallace and Charles Darwin used their encounters with nature to describe how natural selection drives the evolution process and so how all modern terrestrial vertebrates evolved from a common ancestor that first conquered the land.
This bizarre creature, somewhere between fish and early four-legged land animals, is called Tiktaalik. The more scientists learn about this 375 million-year-old beast, now long extinct, the more it intrigues them. Recent discoveries suggest its strong pelvis and hind limbs allowed it to move effectively through water, but also to clamber on the river bed and possibly onto mudflats. In the session, Tiktaalik is used as an example of how animals moved out of the water and onto land and how that relates to the history of life on Earth.
Find out more about this and Oxford University Museum of Natural History’s other taught online and onsite sessions.
For more information and to book a session contact education@oum.ox.ac.uk
Find out more about Oxford University Museum of Natural History’s Evolution Solution Online Lesson.
Seven Stories’ Do Dragons Really Exist? Workshop
Could the legends be true? Are the mythical scaled creatures merely a myth or did dragons really exist? Join Seven Stories on a journey of discovery and delve into the science of dragons. Together with their team of Story Catchers, students will research and collect evidence to prove the theory that dragons could be real. Using a range of materials and texts they’ll look at myths from around the world, other cultures and local folklore – as nearby as the Lambton Worm – to discover the truth!
Seven Stories understand that early years education is the foundation of a child’s future development. It is in these formative years that a lifelong love of learning is developed and nurtured. Seven Stories is here to support teachers and educators by developing an educational programme that not only encourages a love of reading but supports critical thinking, personal, social and emotional development and communication and language skills. Seven Stories will help to build confidence, resilience and perseverance using a range of different texts, both fiction and non-fiction, role-play, rhymes and poems.
Find out more about Seven Stories’ Do Dragons Really Exist? Workshop.
Seven Stories’ Journey to The River Sea Workshop
In this workshop students will take a spectacular journey to an extraordinary new world as they join orphan Maia, and discover the wonders of the rainforest through Eva Ibbotson’s Journey to the River Sea Collection items. You’ll explore how it would feel to move to the other side of world… What food would you eat? What would you take with you? What new stories would you discover? How might it feel to be so far away from the only home you’ve ever known? In this fully interactive story workshop we will look at the challenges of displacement and how we can support others who experience loss and migration.
Seven Stories understand that early years education is the foundation of a child’s future development. It is in these formative years that a lifelong love of learning is developed and nurtured. Seven Stories is here to support teachers and educators by developing an educational programme that not only encourages a love of reading but supports critical thinking, personal, social and emotional development and communication and language skills. Seven Stories will help to build confidence, resilience and perseverance using a range of different texts, both fiction and non-fiction, role-play, rhymes and poems.
Find out more about Seven Stories’ Journey to The River Sea Workshop.
Seven Stories’ Rosie’s Walk EYFS Workshop
In this classic tale of ‘overcoming the monster’, join Rosie on a stroll through the farmyard and discover just how brave one little chicken can be! Will Rosie make it back home to the safety of her cosy straw nest or will Fox finally catch her? Learn all about the life of chickens down on the farm in this engaging interactive storytelling workshop. With our chicken-expert Story Catchers, you’ll look at the life cycle of an egg, what chickens eat and where they live, and we’ll work together to build our own giant nest!
Seven Stories understand that early years education is the foundation of a child’s future development. It is in these formative years that a lifelong love of learning is developed and nurtured. Seven Stories is here to support teachers and educators by developing an educational programme that not only encourages a love of reading but supports critical thinking, personal, social and emotional development and communication and language skills. Seven Stories will help to build confidence, resilience and perseverance using a range of different texts, both fiction and non-fiction, role-play, rhymes and poems.
Find out more about Seven Stories’ Rosie’s Walk EYFS Workshop.
Seven Stories’ Rosie’s Walk KS1 Workshop
In this classic tale of ‘overcoming the monster’, join Rosie on a stroll through the farmyard and discover just how brave one little chicken can be! Will Rosie make it back home to the safety of her cosy straw nest or will Fox finally catch her? Learn all about the life of chickens down on the farm in this engaging interactive storytelling workshop. With our chicken-expert Story Catchers, you’ll look at the life cycle of an egg, what chickens eat and where they live, and we’ll work together to build our own giant nest!
Seven Stories understand that early years education is the foundation of a child’s future development. It is in these formative years that a lifelong love of learning is developed and nurtured. Seven Stories is here to support teachers and educators by developing an educational programme that not only encourages a love of reading but supports critical thinking, personal, social and emotional development and communication and language skills. Seven Stories will help to build confidence, resilience and perseverance using a range of different texts, both fiction and non-fiction, role-play, rhymes and poems.
Find out more about Seven Stories’ Rosie’s Walk KS1 Workshop.
Seven Stories’ The Case of The Missing Nursery Rhymes! EYFS Workshop
Oh no! Someone has stolen all of Seven Stories’ favourite nursery rhymes! Help their Story Catchers put our rhymes back together by following the clues. Will Baby get their cake back? Will Jack and Jill ever fetch water again? In this fully interactive workshop, we delve into the world of rhyme and tradition from around the world, looking at a range of well known nursery rhymes in our Collection.
Seven Stories understand that early years education is the foundation of a child’s future development. It is in these formative years that a lifelong love of learning is developed and nurtured. Seven Stories is here to support teachers and educators by developing an educational programme that not only encourages a love of reading but supports critical thinking, personal, social and emotional development and communication and language skills. Seven Stories will help to build confidence, resilience and perseverance using a range of different texts, both fiction and non-fiction, role-play, rhymes and poems.
Find out more about Seven Stories’ The Case of The Missing Nursery Rhymes! EYFS Workshop.
Seven Stories’ The Case of The Missing Nursery Rhymes! KS1 Workshop
Oh no! Someone has stolen all of Seven Stories’ favourite nursery rhymes! Help their Story Catchers put our rhymes back together by following the clues. Will Baby get their cake back? Will Jack and Jill ever fetch water again? In this fully interactive workshop, we delve into the world of rhyme and tradition from around the world, looking at a range of well known nursery rhymes in our Collection.
Seven Stories understand that early years education is the foundation of a child’s future development. It is in these formative years that a lifelong love of learning is developed and nurtured. Seven Stories is here to support teachers and educators by developing an educational programme that not only encourages a love of reading but supports critical thinking, personal, social and emotional development and communication and language skills. Seven Stories will help to build confidence, resilience and perseverance using a range of different texts, both fiction and non-fiction, role-play, rhymes and poems.
Find out more about Seven Stories’ The Case of The Missing Nursery Rhymes! KS1 Workshop.
Seven Stories’ The Wombles EYFS Workshop
The Wombles – the original eco-warriors – are coming to the Ouseburn! Discover how the author Elisabeth Beresford hoped that her stories would encourage children to fight pollution and think up ways to ‘make good use of bad rubbish’. In this workshop we’ll look at how we can help fight climate change and what rubbish we can use for good, as well as heading out around the Ouseburn Valley together to see how we can help look after our urban environment and discuss what we could do to improve it.
Seven Stories understand that early years education is the foundation of a child’s future development. It is in these formative years that a lifelong love of learning is developed and nurtured. Seven Stories is here to support teachers and educators by developing an educational programme that not only encourages a love of reading but supports critical thinking, personal, social and emotional development and communication and language skills. Seven Stories will help to build confidence, resilience and perseverance using a range of different texts, both fiction and non-fiction, role-play, rhymes and poems.
Find out more about Seven Stories’ The Wombles EYFS Workshop.
Seven Stories’ The Wombles KS1 Workshop
The Wombles – the original eco-warriors – are coming to the Ouseburn! Discover how the author Elisabeth Beresford hoped that her stories would encourage children to fight pollution and think up ways to ‘make good use of bad rubbish’. In this workshop we’ll look at how we can help fight climate change and what rubbish we can use for good, as well as heading out around the Ouseburn Valley together to see how we can help look after our urban environment and discuss what we could do to improve it.
Seven Stories understand that early years education is the foundation of a child’s future development. It is in these formative years that a lifelong love of learning is developed and nurtured. Seven Stories is here to support teachers and educators by developing an educational programme that not only encourages a love of reading but supports critical thinking, personal, social and emotional development and communication and language skills. Seven Stories will help to build confidence, resilience and perseverance using a range of different texts, both fiction and non-fiction, role-play, rhymes and poems.
Find out more about Seven Stories’ The Wombles KS1 Workshop.
Take Me To London’s Faversham and Gunpowder Country Park Tour
This history hike has it all! It’s a magical mix of farming country, from medieval England to the modern day; an inspiring journey from past to present, from fertile countryside to the open coast.
The hike begins in the historic market town of Faversham. You will see the house where the murder of Thomas Arden took place in Tudor times, and walk the he finest medieval street in England.
During the hike you will walk along Faversham Creek, visit a historic church and Oare Gunpowder Works County Park.
With an optional visit to Chart Gunpowder Mill.
To enquire or book please email ildi.pelikan@takemetolondon.com referencing ‘The School Trip’ to get exclusive school rates.
Find out more about Take Me To London’s Faversham and Gunpowder Country Park Tour.
The Bioasis’ 10 Day Bioasis Expedition
This is a mission based workshop where students will learn to adapt, solve problems, locate food and equipment drops and undertake challenging adventures – all whilst contributing to biodiversity studies, conservation programmes and building individual and group resilience.
Mission Objectives: Navigate 52km through wilderness terrain, meeting Bioasis agents and avoiding industrialists. Undertake night-time stealth crossing of industrialist heartland. Negotiate final 8km to outer perimeter of The Bioasis. Rebuild advanced basecamp. Establish renewable energy sources. Locate food & equipment drops on land and water. Environment clean up. Wildlife survey work, conservation activities and camera trapping. Regular radio reports to Bioasis Mission Control required. Plan for post-mission return and guerrilla rewilding activities.
Skills & Learning Outcomes: multi-day trekking, renewable energy circuits, Leave No Trace philosophy, navigation, canoe skills & safety, camera trapping, foraging, search and rescue, food hygiene & preparation, camp craft, team work, problem solving, conservation & rewilding.
Find out more about The Bioasis’ 10 Day Bioasis Expedition.
The Bioasis’ 5 Day Classic Mission
This is a mission based workshop where students will learn to adapt, solve problems, locate food and equipment drops and undertake challenging adventures – all whilst contributing to biodiversity studies, conservation programmes and building individual and group resilience.
Mission Objectives: Rebuild advanced basecamp. Establish renewable energy sources. Locate food & equipment drops on land and water. Wildlife biodiversity survey work & conservation volunteer activities. Environment clean up. Camera trapping. Regular radio reports to Bioasis Mission Control required. Plan for post-mission return and guerrilla rewilding activities.
Skills & Learning Outcomes: Renewable energy circuits, Leave No Trace philosophy, navigation, canoe skills & safety, camera trapping, foraging, search and rescue, food hygiene & preparation, camp craft, team work, problem solving, conservation & rewilding.
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World Museum’s Amazing Animals Workshop
One of their animal care team will talk you through the amazing adaptations of the creatures they care for in the Living Centres at World Museum. They will also highlight the importance of their natural environments and how vital it is to protect the oceans and habitats of wildlife.
Students will get to see live animals up close and projected on a screen to look at their unique features in detail. They will also get the chance to touch some artifacts related to the animals alongside some interactive games and activities to help reinforce what they have learned in the session.
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World Museum’s Brilliant Bugs Workshop
Dive into the undergrowth and meet our creepy crawly animals! More than 80% of all living creatures on the planet are arthropods and their existence dates back before the dinosaurs! During this workshop the expert demonstrators from World Museum’s Bug House will help your class find out more about these amazing animals.
Get up close to tarantulas, scorpions and cockroaches in World Museum’s fascinating Bug House. This workshop is led by one of their knowledgeable animal care team who will help you discover fabulous facts about these little creatures.
The workshop will be geared to the needs of your class, setting the pace to suit younger visitors and adding more in-depth conversation and detail for older students. Ensure you add details of your class’s age and ability in your booking and they will ensure you get the most out of your animal encounter.
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World Museum’s Rippling Rockpools Workshop
Get up close to some of their rock pool animals in the Aquarium at World Museum!
This workshop will introduce your students to starfish, anemones and crabs. One of their animal care team will talk your class through the amazing adaptations of these creatures as well as highlighting the importance of our oceans and wildlife.
The workshop will be geared to the needs of your group with games and activities for younger visitors and more in-depth conversation and detail for older students. Ensure you add details of your class’s age and ability in your booking and they will ensure you get the most out of your animal encounter.
Find out more about World Museum’s Rippling Rockpools Workshop.
World Museum’s Fins, Scales and Fishy Tales Workshop
Early years group can explore the natural world in this interactive workshop delivered by a member of the Aquarium team at World Museum.
This workshop has been developed with pre-school aged students in mind.
Your group will explore ideas about the sea and our planet through games, music and storytelling.
This fun and active workshop has lots packed in to keep little learners entertained and involved.
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World Museum’s Sense and Explore the Seashore Workshop
This workshop has been developed to accommodate the needs of SEND students. Activities can vary depending on your group’s requirements and can include viewing live animals, sensory tough trays and games.
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Summary
These Animals Workshops help you bring the school trip into your classroom. As well as exploring a range of Animals topics, they’re a great way for your students to interact with each other and learn in a fun way.
Also, take a look at our Animal Teaching Resources – a huge collection of education packs, educational videos, lesson plans, teaching ideas and other activities you can download and use for free!
Planning a trip? Take a look at our School Trip Ideas section with everything you need to plan your next Animals School Trip!
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