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London Field Sites

Field Studies Council School Trips

Bursaries Available! London & South East

Why book 'London Field Sites' with Field Studies Council for School Trips and Educational Visits?

-Field Studies Council London has a wide range of sites, which are easily accessible by public transport.

-Courses are created carefully to link to curriculum requirements, and can be tailored to fit in with work back in the classroom.

-Our staff are passionate and experienced.

- Field Studies Council London is part of an environmental education charity with 80 years’ experience of providing fieldwork and outdoor learning and a network of UK centres offering day and residential fieldwork opportunities.

-The charity works in many other ways to create a world where everyone feels connected to the environment including through projects working in local communities and lobbying government to include fieldwork in the curriculum.

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Risk Assessments
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Bursaries or Funded Places Available
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What activities are available during group visits?

There are a wide range of activities available such as:
Primary: minibeast hunt, pond dipping, eco-activity, bushcraft, orienteering
Secondary/A level: geography independent investigations, urban geography study, biology core practicals

Which Curriculum Subjects do you cater for?

Biology

Plants Animals including humans Living things and habitats Ecology and environment Life Cycles Minibeasts Habitats Underwater Animals and Habitats Forest School

London Field Sites can offer a range of biology courses from KS2 to curriculum-based A level trips. KS2 pupils can look at a range of habitats, learning about microhabitats and how they provide the basic needs for living things. Pupils can learn to identify the different structures of plants and name a variety of common animals. There will be mini beast hunt so pupils can observe them in their microhabitats.

Human Geography

Settlement and land use Population Urbanisation

We offer a range of sessions and courses covering human geography through fieldwork. Most sessions have short classroom sessions before and after.
Human Geography can be covered through fieldwork in a range of sessions and courses. Depending on the level and course you follow, this may include;
- Discovering the impact of people on the habitat using a range of fieldwork techniques
- Economic Growth and functions
- Regeneration and Placemaking
- Investigate the impact of counter-urbanisation in two contrasting settlements
- A qualitative and a quantitative fieldwork method
- develop an understanding of questions that can be investigated through fieldwork
- data presentation and analysis

Teaching is delivered by fully trained and experienced tutors.

Physical Geography

Water cycles Rivers Environment Fieldwork

Geography courses cover KS2 to A level groups. KS2 pupils can use maps, stories and games to explore the woods. Discover the plants and animals that live here and design and build dens.

Our geography fieldwork trips and courses are carefully designed to cover all essential content from the curriculum. We ensure the maximum time outdoors possible, allowing students to take advantage of all benefits resulting from outdoor learning.

The geography fieldwork courses are tailored to curriculum requirements for GCSE, A Level, National, Higher, IB and lower secondary specifications and packed with relevant fieldwork content.

A selection of our popular visits to give an idea of what we can offer include:
Rivers - constantly changing, water levels rise and fall after rain and with the seasons. Erosion, transportation and deposition can all alter the characteristics of the channel and the regime of the river
Regeneration - a complex process aiming to turn areas into sustainable, desirable and effective spaces for us to use and enjoy.
Investigations - at a local scale to consider place meaning and representation changing economic function and socio-demographic characteristics of places.

But we can also create a trip that is totally bespoke to your needs.

Teaching is delivered by fully trained and experienced tutors, to create and deliver geography experiences to suit your requirements. Most sessions have short classroom sessions before and after.

Environmental Geography

Conservation

Environmental geography can be covered through fieldwork in a range of sessions and courses. For KS4 and A level students all courses are linked to the exam board requirements for each subject and the course can be tailored to your specific needs.
Students can cover a range of environmental geography topics looking at different plants and animals.

Dependant on the course you choose, students could have the opportunity to;
- take first hand measurements, make observations of distinctive river land forms found at the fieldwork sites along a river.
- make a comparison of two different areas used to observe the contrasting abundance of plants associated with varying management regimes.
- Investigate how human activity affects biodiversity, local flows, cycles and processes.

Delivered by expert, passionate tutors at the forefront of fieldwork tuition with a wide range of contrasting locations available.

Fieldstudies

Sampling and Statistics Ecosystems

We offer a range of sessions and courses covering field studies. For KS4 and A level students we link all of our courses to the exam board requirements for each subject and can tailor the course to your specific needs.
Field studies can be covered through fieldwork in a range of sessions and courses.
This can include:
- Sampling Statistics
- Fieldwork Methodology
- Investigation Introduction
- Ecosystems
- Mapping
- River Studies
- Habitats etc

For KS4 and A level students all of our courses are linked to the exam board requirements for each subject and can be tailored to meet your specific needs.

Wildlife

Students will look at a variety of plants and common animals using age appropriate classification keys to identify living things we find in our woodland and in our pond habitats.
Discover what animals and plants can be found in the local area. Pupils have the opportunity to identify a range of plants and invertebrates and investigate how they interact with each other.

Understand that plants play an important role in the survival of animals by looking at simple food chains/webs. They will investigate how living things are adapted to the environment they live in and how their habitats help them to survive. Investigate the structure of a plant and discover their roles. Classify a variety of invertebrates using their features and investigate how they are adapted to their habitat.

Bushcraft

Identify basic survival needs, explore the woods, build a shelter and forage for wild foods. Follow a woodland trail and search for tracks and signs. A day filled with team building and problem solving activities.

We offer a range of sessions and courses on bushcraft including den building, fire lighting foraging and more, delivered by fully trained and experienced tutors.

Sustainability

At KS4 students can investigate sustainable urban communities and environments. Focussing on a sustainable development, the students will use the Egan wheel as a tool for assessing sustainability. Through primary data collection and secondary resources, students will assess the location against the 8 characteristics of a sustainable community.

Geology

Rocks

Spend the day on a KS2 Rocks and Soils study day, discovering how and when rocks and fossils were formed. Investigate the properties of different rocks and their uses. Describe the properties of soil and investigate the differences between soils. Use this information to solve the mystery of the stolen lunch.
The day will introduce pupils to thinking scientifically, covering:
Setting up a simple practical enquiry
Recording findings using drawings, labelled diagrams and keys
Reporting on findings from enquiries
Draw simple conclusions and answer questions
Compare and group together different kinds of rocks on the basis of their appearance and simple physical properties
Describe in simple terms how fossils are formed when things that have lived are trapped within rock
Recognise that soils are made from rocks and organic matter
Explore different soils and identify similarities and differences between them

Forest School

What size groups do you cater for?

We can cater for groups of any size. Some courses have a minimum fee.

Do you offer on-site classroom facilities?

Bushy Park, Beckenham Place Park, Greenwich Park and the Regent's Park have classrooms on site.

Is there first aid on site?

All our field teachers are trained in first aid and group management.

Do you offer access for visitors with disabilities?

Courses can be tailored, depending on location. Please submit an enquiry for more information.

Do you cater for visitors with Special Educational Needs (SEN)?

Courses can be tailored to different needs. Please submit an enquiry for more information.

Who are Field Studies Council?

Field Studies Council offers fieldwork and outdoor learning for groups of all ages at centres across the UK. Trips use our stunning locations to teach curriculum focused work and inspire everyone about the environment.

There's a range of day courses to immerse your primary school children in the natural world, taking in its sights, sounds and smells. Enjoy a day at our London field sites exploring geography, science or history in the outdoors.

For secondary and A level groups courses are curriculum based geography, biology and environmental science day courses. Courses can be tailored to your own requirements to ensure you get the most from your visit and trips utilise our local environment to fully engage students.

Bring your subject to life in the outdoor classroom!

Special rates for schools
outside of peak season

Key Stage 3 / S1-S3 residentials from £179 for two nights

Book for a residential between September 2024 and March 2025 for a discount of over 25% on our usual prices*

Lay strong foundations for secondary school success! Our UK centres host exciting, outdoor experiences for Key Stage 3 and S1-S3 students to foster strong bonds with others and personal growth while also covering curriculum content.

- Two-night residential: £179
- Two-night residential including two adventure activities: £199
- Four-night residential including four adventure activities: £349

https://www.field-studies-council.org/key-stage-3