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School visits

 

·        How time consuming and expensive is it to organise a bus?

·        How long does it take your class to put their coats on?

·        How long can it take to get there?

 

‘Jays Animal Encounters’, ‘bringing the zoo to you’ can help solve those logistical problems of taking your class out of the school and at the same time, cover many topics of the school curriculum – bringing the curriculum to life for the pupils. Jay will tailor the sessions to meet your particular individual needs, so please feel free to contact him with whatever you require.


 

School Lessons

Short Description

Animal Encounters


This is a great opportunity to get hands on and very close to some incredible animals. Discover more about their amazing abilities, adaptations, textures, patterns and individual personalities. The children are encouraged to touch and handle the animals where possible.
 
Under Jays expert guidance your students will soon become competent animal handlers!

(anti-bacterial handwash will be provided for everybody)
 
Suitable for any sized group although obviously the experience and individual handling time is more intimate the smaller the
group size.

Animal Classification


What makes a mammal a mammal, a fish a fish etc?  This lesson covers the 5 vertebrate groups (fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds & mammals).  Invertebrates are also covered.

The Lush Rainforests


This lesson demonstrates the fragility and importance of the world’s rainforests covering the plants and animals that make the tropical rainforest their home.  Enhanced by a beautiful variety of live animals indigenous to the rainforest.  This is a flexible lesson that can incorporate animals, artwork, and touches on the everyday products we take for granted, that originated in the rainforest.

The Harsh Deserts


Using a variety of live desert animals to demonstrate their incredible resilience and adaptations for living in such a tough environment.  This is a flexible lesson that can incorporate animals, artwork, and touches on the people who have made the desert their home.

Encounters Animal Montage


Jays Animal Encounters - Bringing the Zoo to you!
Based in the North East of England - But will try to Cater for all of the UK