Inspiring our next generation of British wildlife lovers!
We've teamed up with the British Wildlife Rescue Centre to offer educational wildlife workshops in and around South Derbyshire and Staffordshire!
Our workshops are fun learning experiences which are brought to life with a prickly, furry or feathered interaction!
Whilst educating our next generation of wildlife lovers, our workshops help to raise vital funds for The British Wildlife Rescue Centre - helping them to rehabilitate our local wildlife at their hospital in Sandon!
Our wildlife workshops are available to book on Fridays.
Educational Wildlife Workshops for The Early Years
Autumn to Winter
Nocturnal Creatures
Nocturnal Creatures
As Autumn turns to Winter, learn how some of our favourite British creatures prepare for the colder weather – who hibernates, who migrates, who changes their coat colour and who stores their acorns in the ground. All the answers will be revealed through this workshop as children follow the adventures of a little goose as she finds her place in the world, help a forgetful squirrel to find his lost acorns, learn about camouflage with the help of a mountain hare and meet a bunch of hibernating creatures – including a real one from the British Wildlife Rescue Centre. We’ll then think about the creatures who don’t prepare for the winter and need a helping hand from us – filling a tasty bird feeder for the class to keep!
Nocturnal Creatures
Nocturnal Creatures
Nocturnal Creatures
Through exploring the book 'Oliver's Wood', children will be introduced to some of his daytime and night-time friends! After sorting the characters from the story, children will meet one of his nocturnal friends from The British Wildlife Rescue Centre. Helping them to learn why nocturnal creatures are nocturnal, they'll help a bat, an owl and a badger hunt for their suppers, all before creating their own daytime & night-time picture to take home!
Happy Hedgehogs
Nocturnal Creatures
Happy Hedgehogs
Children will share a story with a rescued hedgehog from the British Wildlife Rescue Centre before discovering what his prickles really feel like. They'll become hedgehogs - hunting for worms and rolling up in to balls before creating their own hedgehog made from clay.
The Owl Babies
Learning about Lifecycles
Happy Hedgehogs
With the help of a story sack, children will get to know Sarah, Percy and Bill - The Owl Babies. They will meet and stroke a real owl from the British Wildlife Rescue Centre, learn what an owl's favourite snack is by hunting for mice, all before creating their own 'Owl Babies' collage to take home.
Colours and Camouflage
Learning about Lifecycles
Learning about Lifecycles
Based around the book ‘WOW! said the owl’ by Tim Hopgood. Children will follow the adventures of a curious little owl who decides to stay awake all day, instead of all night, and discovers a world bursting with colour! This story will be brought to life by the British Wildlife Rescue Centre, who will introduce children to a real owl from their wildlife hospital. Following the story, children will discover the meaning of camouflage by hunting and hiding caterpillars and then will explore creature patterns… can they help the ladybird, deer and frog to find their spots? Finally, the little artists will get creative, creating their own 'colours & camouflage' work of art to take home!
Learning about Lifecycles
Learning about Lifecycles
Learning about Lifecycles
Children will venture on an egg hunt with a twist, discovering many of the different creatures that lay eggs! They’ll follow the lifecycle of a barn owl and then learn all about frogs and their lifecycles by replicating the cycle - in a pond! Watch out for the hungry heron! They’ll see if all eggs look the same and learn some of the places where creatures like to make their nests. They’ll create butterfly lifecycle artwork and meet an real egg-laying friend from The British Wildlife Rescue Centre!
Educational Wildlife Workshops for Primary Schools
Brilliant Bats
Brilliant Bats
Brilliant Bats
Learn about our only flying mammal and how it uses echolocation to hunt for its supper!
Classification
Brilliant Bats
Brilliant Bats
Discover what makes a mammal a mammal, a bird a bird, a fish a fish, a reptile a reptile and an amphibian an amphibian - all with a British wildlife twist of course!
Food Chains
Brilliant Bats
From Source to Sea
Watch out mice! During this workshop we'll learn about food chains with the help of a real owl!
From Source to Sea
From Source to Sea
From Source to Sea
Discover some of the fascinating British creatures that live in and around our rivers - from the source to the sea - and why it is so important to keep our rivers clean for them to survive and thrive!
Habitats
From Source to Sea
Help our Hedgehogs
Who lives in a holt? A sett? A lodge? Children will discover the variety of habitats on our doorstep and learn why some of our favourite British creatures choose them as their homes!
Help our Hedgehogs
From Source to Sea
Help our Hedgehogs
After learning all about our prickly pals and their recent decline in the wild, children will become the builders of the future, creating a hedgehog friendly housing estate - using lego!
Lifecycles
Marvellous Mustelids
Marvellous Mustelids
Through this workshop, children will discover and follow the life cycles of some of our British oviparous creatures!
Marvellous Mustelids
Marvellous Mustelids
Marvellous Mustelids
Learn some fascinating facts about these carnivorous cousins!
Nocturnal Creatures
Marvellous Mustelids
Nocturnal Creatures
Who is nocturnal, why are they nocturnal and how do they manage to hunt in the dark? All will be revealed!
The Owls of Britain
The Owls of Britain
Nocturnal Creatures
Perfect for owl enthusiasts, this workshop teaches children everything they could ever wish to know about owls!
Winter Adaptation
The Owls of Britain
Winter Adaptation
Our wildlife can't turn the heating up during the winter so how do they adapt to survive?