Schools learning sessions on the Downs
Avon Gorge & Downs Wildlife offers free learning sessions to state-funded primary schools.
There is a small booking fee of £30 for primary schools to prevent cancellations.
Secondary groups and fee-paying schools pay a cost per learner – usually £6 per half day/£8 per full day (no booking fee).
Despite being only two miles from the city centre, this is one of the best wildlife sites in Bristol and home to many rare plants, making it a fantastic resource for learning!
Delivered by experienced and knowledgeable tutors, most sessions are linked to the National Curriculum and designed around a series of outside activities that embrace different learning styles. From peregrine falcons and Gully goats, to beautiful summer meadows and native woodland species, we bring learning alive for EYFS to A level and onto Higher Education.
Why not take advantage of this opportunity to complement your students’ in-house studies, out in the fresh air and learning about nature?
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During spring and summer, the meadow areas are growing tall and are alive with wild flowers, chicks are preparing to fledge, and the whole environment is buzzing with invertebrates. During the autumn term, the changing sights and sounds of the Downs provide an inspirational outdoor classroom. The Downs become a patchwork of reds, golds and browns as leaves turn and berries ripen on the trees.
Join us with your secondary group to discover more about the ecological processes which create our ecosystems, through fieldwork and fun, all the way up to stats work for A level.
All photographs © Avon Gorge & Downs Wildlife Project.