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Why book Compton Verney Art Gallery & Park for School Trips and Educational Visits?
Our programmes are led by an enthusiastic and experienced team of arts education professionals and qualified Forest School Leaders.
Our trips are easy to organise and we're dedicated to ensuring that the students and teachers have an enjoyable experience and get the most out of the visit. Our programmes are designed to help schools and educational organisations deliver subjects in new and exciting ways, perfect for your school trip or away day.
We can facilitate workshops for early years, primary, secondary, further and higher education. We can accommodate large groups and we can design bespoke sessions.
Our trips are easy to organise and we're dedicated to ensuring that the students and teachers have an enjoyable experience and get the most out of the visit. Our programmes are designed to help schools and educational organisations deliver subjects in new and exciting ways, perfect for your school trip or away day.
We can facilitate workshops for early years, primary, secondary, further and higher education. We can accommodate large groups and we can design bespoke sessions.
Which Curriculum Subjects do you cater for?
PSHE
Curriculum topics available: Teamwork and resilience.
Students participating in our outdoor learning programmes must learn work together on practical tasks to 'survive' their time in history. Activities take place outdoors and include, shelter building, preparing food and many more. Prehistory
Curriculum topics available: Stone Age, Bronze Age, Iron Age.
Our prehistory programmes 'Stone Age Settlers', 'Iron Age Inhibitors' and 'Bronze Age Builders', take place outdoors in our forest school site and explore what life may have been like through hands on activities. Students will prepare the camp fire, try building with wattle and daub and prepare food using. Saxons
Exploring life in an Anglo Saxon settlement with hands on activities at our Forest School site. Students will weave nets for the sailors, play Saxon games, make a camp fire and make traditional Anglo Saxon food. Vikings
Exploring life in a Viking village with hands on activities at our Forest School site. Students will work as a team to construct a Viking long house, prepare the campfire and play Viking games. Fieldstudies
Students will navigate their way around the grounds and explore the Compton Verney Park with our orienteering trails. There’s three maps created for different levels from beginner to a more challenging course for those with previous experience. We can provide equipment and maps for this teacher-led programme. Biology
Curriculum topics available: Animals including humans, Living things and habitats, Minibeasts, Habitats.
Our 'Super Shelters' programme explores shelters and habitats through a range of hands on activities. Students will learn how and why different animals build their homes, and will design and build their own shelters in the Compton Verney woodland.What size groups do you cater for?
Group capacity varies for different programmes, please get in contact to discuss further.
Do you offer on-site classroom facilities?
We provide classroom spaces for activities and lunches
Is there first aid on site?
Yes our learning team are all first aid trained.
Do you offer access for visitors with disabilities?
Yes our site is fully accessible. The Forest School is accessible for wheel chairs and those with disabilities .
Do you cater for visitors with Special Educational Needs (SEN)?
Yes, our activities can be adapted to meet the needs of individuals. Please let us know in advance of any requirements.
Anything else?
If the weather is good, we can provide picnic blankets so your group can enjoy their packed lunch outside.
Who are Compton Verney Art Gallery & Park?
We've been awarded the "We're Good To Go" industry standard mark meaning that we have all the measures in place to ensure our visitors a safe and enjoyable day out.
Compton Verney Art Gallery and Park is an award-winning art gallery and 'Capability Brown' parkland in Warwickshire. With a purpose built learning centre, a Forest School site, six permanent collections and a diverse programme of changing exhibitions, Compton Verney has developed a reputation for delivering a range of high-quality education programmes.
Set in 120 acres of land and forestry there's plenty of space and fresh air. We run interactive, hands on, outdoor history sessions located in our unique Forest School site.
We follow the Forest School practice, which allows children and young people to explore nature by providing a structured approach to outdoor education that encourages the development of self-directed learning, problem solving and creative and critical thinking.
All of our school workshops link directly to the national curriculum.
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Whilst you're at home, Compton Verney would love to share some activities and ideas with you based on our popular school programmes:
https://www.comptonverney.org.uk/learning-resources/
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