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School visits
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How
time consuming is it to organise a bus?
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How
long does it take your class to put their coats on?
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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.
New ideas for lessons are being developed all the time, and will be added regularly to this page. Please feel free to make suggestions. Meanwhile, please see below for a short description of each
lesson and use the menu bar on the left for pricing.
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School Lessons |
Short Description |
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Animal Encounters |
This is a great opportunity to get very close to some incredible animals and discover more about their amazing abilities
and adaptations.
Suitable for most classrooms of up to 30 people. |
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Animal Handling |
Animal handling where the children will be able to experience hands on, the beauty, texture and the animals’
individual personalities in a carefully controlled situation.
Suitable for up to 15 people maximum although best with 10 people. |
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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.
Suitable for up to 30 people. |
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Live Video Classification |
Not just watching a video but using live animals combined with a video camera and projector to get real close to even
the smallest of animals. Fantastic definition and detail – closer than
the eye would want to get! Covering invertebrates and the 5 vertebrate groups
(fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds & mammals).
Suitable for both small and large audiences (up to 300 people). |
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African Experience |
Have a close look and find out about at a variety of friendly African animals (not lions!). This is a flexible lesson that can incorporate animals, artwork, instruments and beliefs from a different
culture.
Suitable for up to approx 30 people. |
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Asian Experience |
Have a close look and find out about at a variety of friendly Asian animals (not elephants!). This is a flexible lesson that can incorporate animals, artwork, instruments and beliefs from a different
culture.
Suitable for up to approx 30 people. |
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Australian Experience |
Have a close look and find out about at a variety of friendly Australian animals (not kangaroos!). This is a flexible lesson that can incorporate animals, artwork, instruments and beliefs from a different
culture.
Suitable for up to approx 30 people. |
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American Experience |
Have a close look and find out about at a variety of friendly North or South American animals (not crocodiles!). This is a flexible lesson that can incorporate animals, artwork, instruments and beliefs
from a different culture.
Suitable for up to approx 30 people. |
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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.
Suitable for up to approx 30 people. |
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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.
Suitable for up to approx 30 people. |
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