Key Stage 3 sessions

‘The interactive workshop sessions and education officers are always most informative and very welcoming. Claudy was enthusiastic and had a very professional delivery- superb!’
Key Stage 3 geography teacher, January 2010.

‘The visit is always excellent and a much appreciated service. The students loved Dave’s hands-on session.’
Key Stage 3 humanities teacher, October 2009.
 
‘It was all good! The sorting got them all involved and Amy was excellent.’
Key Stage 3 science teacher, November 2009.

National curriculum links

Most sessions have links with the following: En2.1 Speaking and listening, En4.1i Speak and listen in contexts beyond the classroom, Ma1.1 Competence, Ma1.3 Applications and implications of mathematics, Sci4c use real-life examples as a basis for finding out about science, Sci4e Experience science outside the school environment, including in the workplace, Geog1.1 Place, Geog2.1 Geographical enquiry.

Other links are mentioned with the session descriptions.

Session details

Duration: 55 minutes.

Classrooms: We will use one of our four themed classrooms to create an exciting learning environment.

Animals: You may meet up to three live animals per session (unless otherwise stated). Animals include tame reptiles, small mammals and invertebrates.

Biofacts: We use items such as skins, furs, tusks, horns, shells and stuffed specimens in most sessions (many are confiscations from HM Revenue and Customs).

Multimedia: Short film clips are often shown to support your chosen topic. Close-up cameras may be used to show extra detail of our smaller animals.

Flexible sessions

When you complete your booking form, please include as much information as possible about the areas you would like us to cover – we’ll do our best to accommodate you.

For the full list of key stage 3 sessions we offer, click on the PDF on the right.

Or, let the Zoo come to you

We want to make our education programme available to everyone. Call 0117 9747369 or email education@bristolzoo.org.uk if you’d like to know more about the zoo visiting you.