FSC Nettlecombe Court

-FSC Nettlecombe Court is a stunning mansion house in large grounds including heritage parkland and ancient woodland.

-Excellent access to a range of field sites at the Somerset coast, Exmoor National Park and The Quantocks Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

-Our courses are created carefully to link to curriculum requirements. We can work with you to tailor content to fit in with work back in the classroom.

-We have passionate and experienced teaching staff.

- FSC take care of everything once you arrive; comfortable accommodation, all your meals (residential visits) plus transport during the course.

-We offer different price bands through the year to offer value for money.

-There is an FSC Kids Fund and FSC Bursary Fund available to offer financial support to those who may not otherwise be able to visit us.

- FSC Nettlecombe Court is part of FSC, an environmental education charity with 75 years’ experience of providing fieldwork and outdoor learning and a network of UK centres offering day and residential fieldwork opportunities.

-Our 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.

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, pond and rocky shore habitats.

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.

Biology

Curriculum topics available: Plants, Animals including humans, Living things and habitats, Evolution and inheritance, Ecology and environment, Life Cycles, Minibeasts, Habitats, Underwater Animals and Habitats.

We 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. We will mini beast hunt and observe them in their microhabitats.

Human Geography

Curriculum topics available: Settlement and land use, Natural resources, Population, Urbanisation.

We offer a range of sessions and courses covering human geography through fieldwork. Most sessions have short classroom sessions before and after. Teaching is delivered by fully trained and experienced tutors.

Physical Geography

Curriculum topics available: Water cycles, Rivers, Map and atlas, Environment, Coasts and seaside, Fieldwork.

We can offer a range of geography courses from KS2 to A level. 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.

Environmental Geography

Curriculum topics available: Extreme Weather, Conservation.

Students can cover a range of environmental geography topics looking at different plants and animals.

Fieldstudies

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.

We have a wide range of activities such as:
Primary: minibeast hunt, pond dipping, hiking, low ropes, eco-activity, rock climbing, bushcraft, orienteering
Secondary/A level: geography independent investigations, adventurous geography, river study, biology core practicals

We can cater for groups of varying size. Some courses have a minimum of 10 students. This centre has 120 beds.

The centre has five workrooms, all have interactive whiteboards and WiFi access.

All our field teachers are trained in first aid and group management. A qualified first aider is available at the field centre 24 hours a day.