SBBOT: School Visits

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School visits

Sandwich Bay Bird Observatory has a purpose built Field Centre where a variety of educational activities are avaliable. These activities cover many elements of Key stage 2 and are therefore suitable for all pupils aged 7 to 11. Activities can be tied in with the National Curriculum e.g. QCA Science Units 2C,4B & 6A.

A typical Visit can Include:

  • Lots of hands on practical work
  • A demonstration of bird ringing.
  • A chance for the pupils to see wild birds close up
  • How we record the scientific data and will also explain why we ring birds.
  • A short walk to a grassland habitat for bug hunting, habitat comparison and discovering plants.
  • Weather permitting, the pupils can be taken to the beach to do some beach combing
  • Look at some of the marine life that is at the Bay.
  • Sort through and identify some of their beach finds at the Field Centre

Facillities

A hall area is suitable as a meeting point, for packed lunches or for wet weather activities.
Lab / classroom: microscopes, whiteboard.
Viewing tower: views across the Bay and Worth marshes.
Library: Various wildlife reference books.
Picnic area: Outside Field Centre.
Toilets: Inside main building.
Hand-washing facilities.
Access for those with disabilities: Disabled toilets. The whole Field Centre building is wheelchair friendly.

Cost £4.50 per child full day, £3.00 per child half day

SBBOT registered charity number 28934