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School visits

 

·        How time consuming 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.

 

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.

School Lessons

Short Description

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.

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.

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.

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).

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Encounters Animal Montage


Jays Animal Encounters - Bringing the Zoo to you!
 
Based in the North of England - Catering for all of the UK