School Visits

Cambridgeshire's Wildlife Breeding Centre

"ENTHUSIASM ABOUT ANIMALS AND NATURE IS INFECTIOUS AND ZOO VISITORS ARE HIGHLY 'SUSCEPTIBLE' TO EDUCATION"
We have a strong commitment to environmental education and the zoo is a great place to learn all about the creatures with whom we share the world. Our education team can enhance a class visit to the zoo with talks, demonstrations and animal encounters tailored to the relevant curricula/syllabuses so that you get the maximum benefit from your visit ensuring it will be a lesson they will never forget!
DISCOUNTED ADMISSION FEES

Education school visit rates for parties of 20 or more paying people:

You know your children best so it is up to you to decide the number of adults you need to adequately supervise your children. We will give you 1 free adult ticket for every 10 paying children.

SCHOOL PRICES FOR 2012
Child age 2-13
Additional adult
Child age 2-13
Additional adult
Paid at least 2 weeks in advance *
Pre-booked at least 1 week in advance, pay on day.
Rate for 20 or more paying people.

£5.25

(£4.38 + 20% VAT)

£6.50

(£5.45 + 20% VAT)

£5.75

(£4.79 + 20% VAT)

£7.50

(£6.25 + 20% VAT)

*

 

 

 

 Payment must reach us 10 working days before your visit in one lump sum. Any additions to the initial payment will be charged the ‘on the day’ rate.
Payments accepted cheque, debit card or cash.
Refunds can be claimed following your visit should your full party not attend, a £10 administration charge will be applied.
A £25 cancellation fee will be applied should a pre-paid group cancel your visit.

Download booking form

(please return a hard copy in the post)

Download information sheet

(contains important information about your school booking)
Other available downloads:

VIP CLASS VISIT - A DEDICATED KEEPER FROM START TO FINISH!

We can provide a keeper dedicated to your group for the duration of your zoo visit (lunch and breaks excluded). Discuss your visit with our experts and get much, much more from your visit.

Maybe stop off for a Tiger and Big Cat conservation talk and feel real animal skins (custom seizures). Meet and touch a real live owl, stop off at the reptile house and handle some of our snakes, lizards and bugs. Get a closer look at some of the animals which the keepers can call over to the barriers and let the children ask the keepers lots of questions!

This is recommended for groups of around 30 children. The cost of this special guide is £90. This must be pre-booked and pre-paid and is non-refundable.

KEEPER TALKS, ANIMAL ENCOUNTERS AND DISPLAYS

Our award winning Fur, Feathers, Scales and Dinosaurs/animal encounter is available to book at no extra charge, provided there is at least 20 people from your group in attendance.

Further talks can be booked for a charge of £50 each.

Talks from the following can be adapted to suit your group's topic of interest

Tapir feed and keeper talk

Lemur feed and keeper talk

Natural History

Tiger conservation talk

Shellshock tortoise talk

Fur, Feathers, Scales and Dinosaurs

Snakes, Bugs and Little Beasties

For more information about any of the talks we have on offer please contact the zoo office on 01223 891308 or email lintonzoo@hotmail.co.uk

Owl encounter & Barn owl conservation

GIFT SHOP

Our trained staff will welcome you to our gift shop, but it is useful for us to know if your group is planning to visit the gift shop, this is to ensure we can provide adequate staffing levels to efficiently deal with the larger numbers of children. If we know how much your children have to spend we can offer mini-deals to your group, so they get better value!

GOODY BAGS

Sometimes there just isn’t enough time to fit it all in and a trip to the gift shop is often rushed, solve the problem - just grab and dash with your pre-booked goody bags. These can be adapted to suit your group and topic of study. Our standard better value goody bag is £3.50 inc VAT, although we can adapt these depending on your needs, bespoke items start at just 80p for a zoo pencil. So contact the zoo office to discuss your goody bags contents.

SAFETY GUIDELINES

Download our safety guidelines to assist you with your risk assessment. If you plan to visit the zoo to carry out a risk assessment please make yourself known at the front gate when paying your admission fee, please bring the receipt you will be given on the day of the school visit and the amount will then be deducted from your group fee.
WORKSHEETS

We have a range of worksheets available once you have booked your group visit to add an extra dimension to your trip. If you would like to join our education committee and assist us in producing further worksheets and activities for school visits, please contact us.

 

OUTREACH - BRINGING THE ZOO TO YOU!

You can enhance your visit to the zoo by following up with an Outreach visit. We have a variety of smaller animals such as invertebrate species, reptiles, small mammals and birds which give us endless scope to teach a range of science, history, geography, art and maths related subjects at your school or playgroup. Click here to find out more.

Stanley, Max and Emma look for the Rhino beetles

Stanley meets a Giant African Land Snail

Minibeast lesson with invertebrates