Outreach Zoo Education Visit Workshop
Wild Zoo
School Workshop West Midlands Staffordshire
Booking a WILD Outreach visit brings curriculum-linked learning directly into your classroom. Our 1-hour sessions cover biology, environmental geography, and conservation, using interactive activities, artefacts, and safe live animals to make learning engaging and memorable.Students explore classification, diets, habitats, adaptations, life cycles, ecosystems, and human impacts on the natural world, all tailored to their age, key stage, and learning needs.
We also connect students to real conservation projects via our partner charities, including Vulpro, The Horstmann Trust, The Macaw Recovery Network, and ABConservation, showing how science is applied in the real world. By booking WILD Outreach, you are not only inspiring your students but also supporting global wildlife conservation and helping to sustain your local zoo.
Delivered by experienced educators and professional keepers, our sessions foster curiosity, critical thinking, and a lasting love of wildlife, with packages starting from just £1.77 per student.
British Science Week 2026
During British Science Week, we at WILD Zoological Park take part by delivering outreach sessions inspired by the national theme “Curiosity – What’s Your Question?”. This theme encourages students to explore science through their own questions and develop a sense of enquiry about the natural world. Our sessions use this as a starting point to explore a wide range of topics, including animal biology, adaptations, ecosystems, conservation, and environmental geography. A key part of the experience is hearing from professional zookeepers and educators from WILD. Students have the opportunity to ask questions about working in the zoological and conservation sectors, understand real-world applications of biology, and learn about the skills and knowledge needed for careers in science and animal care. Through interactive discussions, demonstrations, and activities, we help students connect their curiosity to hands-on learning. They can investigate scientific questions, explore different solutions, and see how science is used to study and protect wildlife. Our British Science Week workshops are tailored for all key stages, linking directly to the curriculum while making learning engaging and memorable. By participating, students experience how curiosity drives scientific discovery and are inspired to see themselves as future scientists, conservationists, or zookeepers.
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Which curriculum topics do we cater for?
Careers Workshop
Click to read full text At WILD Zoological Park, we use our outreach sessions to inspire students to explore a wide range of careers linked to biology, animals, and conservation. Through our curriculum-aligned workshops, particularly at KS3 and KS4, we introduce students to real career pathways within zoology, animal care, conservation, education, and animal training. We help students understand how the biology they learn in the classroom connects directly to real-world roles and future opportunities.
Our sessions are delivered by passionate educators who work closely with animals and conservation projects, allowing us to share first-hand experiences of working in the zoological and environmental sectors. By discussing animal adaptations, evolution, life cycles, and human impacts, we demonstrate how biological knowledge underpins careers in science, wildlife management, and conservation.
We also emphasise the importance of global conservation work, showing students how careers in biology can contribute to protecting biodiversity and supporting conservation projects worldwide. Our interactive approach encourages students to ask questions, explore their interests, and see themselves in future scientific or animal-related roles.
By bringing these experiences directly into schools, we remove barriers to access and give students meaningful insight into careers they may not otherwise encounter. Our outreach sessions aim to motivate learners, broaden career aspirations, and highlight the practical value of studying biology beyond the classroom.
Biology Workshop
Plants Animals including humans Living things and habitats Evolution and inheritance Digestive System Ecology and environment Life Cycles Minibeasts Habitats Dinosaurs Underwater Animals and Habitats Cells and organisation (KS3/4) Skeletal and muscular systems (KS3/4) Nutrition and digestion (KS3/4) Reproduction (KS3/4) Evolution inheritance and variation (KS3/4)
Click to read full text At WILD Zoological Park, we place biology at the heart of our outreach sessions by delivering curriculum-linked workshops that bring real biological learning directly into the classroom. Our outreach packages are designed to support students from EYFS through to KS4, ensuring that biological concepts are taught in an age-appropriate and engaging way. We cover key areas of biology including animal classification, adaptations, habitats, life cycles, evolution, fossils, reproduction, and the impact humans have on the natural world.
We tailor each session to specific year groups so students can build their biological understanding progressively, from identifying animal groups in the early years to exploring evolution and career pathways in animal science at secondary level. Our sessions are highly interactive, encouraging students to actively engage with biology, ask questions, and develop scientific thinking skills.
Our workshops are delivered by passionate educators with strong biological knowledge, helping us present accurate science in an exciting and accessible way. Every outreach visit also supports global conservation projects, allowing us to connect classroom biology with real-world conservation efforts. By bringing the zoo directly into schools with no need for travel, we make biology meaningful, memorable, and closely linked to living animals and real ecosystems.
Environmental Geography Workshop
Materials and recycling Plastic pollution Rainforest Sustainable living Global warming Climate change Conservation
Click to read full text At WILD Zoological Park, we incorporate environmental geography into our outreach sessions by helping students understand how natural environments shape life on Earth and how humans interact with these systems. Our curriculum-linked workshops explore key geographical themes such as ecosystems, biomes, climate, habitats, and the distribution of species across the world. We use real-world examples to show how geographical factors influence animal adaptations and survival.
We teach students how physical geography, including climate, landforms, and natural resources, affects where animals live and how ecosystems function. Through interactive discussion and enquiry-based learning, we encourage students to consider the impact of human activity on environments, including habitat loss, climate change, pollution, and deforestation. This helps students develop a clear understanding of sustainability and environmental responsibility.
Our outreach sessions also highlight global conservation projects, allowing us to link environmental geography to real conservation challenges in different regions of the world. By examining case studies, students learn how geographical knowledge supports conservation planning and environmental management.
Delivered by knowledgeable educators, our workshops are adapted for different key stages, ensuring complex geographical concepts are accessible and engaging. By bringing environmental geography into the classroom, we help students connect geography with biology and conservation, making learning relevant, meaningful, and rooted in real-world environmental issues.
Explorers Workshop
Click to read full text At WILD Zoological Park, we use the theme of explorers within our outreach sessions to engage students in learning about discovery, geography, and the natural world. A key part of this learning is role play with Explorer Ferg, who helps bring exploration to life in a fun, memorable, and interactive way. Through this character-led approach, we encourage students to step into the role of explorers themselves and actively participate in the learning process.
Using Explorer Ferg, we teach students about historical and modern explorers and how their journeys have contributed to scientific knowledge, biology, and environmental geography. Students learn why explorers travelled, what they discovered, and how their findings helped scientists understand animal habitats, ecosystems, and global biodiversity. The role play element supports imaginative learning while reinforcing key skills such as observation, mapping, and recording discoveries.
Explorer Ferg also helps us introduce the idea of modern exploration, showing students that today's explorers include conservationists, field researchers, and biologists working to protect wildlife and environments around the world. Our sessions encourage teamwork, questioning, and curiosity, while building confidence and communication skills.
Delivered by enthusiastic educators, our outreach workshops are adapted for different age groups and linked directly to the curriculum. By combining role play with Explorer Ferg and real-world learning, we make exploration engaging, meaningful, and relevant to science and geography today.
Dinosaurs Workshop
Click to read full text At WILD Zoological Park, we teach about dinosaurs and real fossils within our outreach sessions to help students understand prehistoric life and the development of biology over time. Through curriculum-linked workshops, we introduce students to genuine fossils, allowing them to explore real evidence of organisms that lived millions of years ago. This hands-on experience supports learning about how fossils are formed and how they are used by scientists to study extinct species.
By teaching about dinosaurs, we use them as a powerful example to explain key biological concepts such as classification, adaptations, habitats, and evolution. Students learn how scientists use fossil evidence to make informed conclusions about how dinosaurs lived, what they ate, and how they are connected to modern animals. This helps reinforce evolutionary theory and shows how life on Earth has changed over time.
Food Workshop
Nutrition and healthy diets
Click to read full text At WILD Zoological Park, we teach students about animal diets and classification during our outreach sessions, helping them understand how what animals eat relates to their biology and behaviour. We explore the three main dietary groups: carnivores, which eat meat; herbivores, which eat plants; and omnivores, which eat both plants and animals. By learning to classify animals based on their diet, students begin to understand animal adaptations, habitats, and survival strategies.
Our workshops are interactive and hands-on, encouraging students to observe examples, ask questions, and think critically about why different species eat different foods. We use real-life examples from our zoo collection to show how diet affects teeth structure, digestive systems, hunting or foraging behaviour, and energy needs. Students also learn how classification helps scientists organise knowledge about species and ecosystems.
We link diet and classification to broader biological concepts, such as food chains, predator-prey relationships, and energy flow within ecosystems. By connecting classroom learning to real animals, we make the concepts memorable and relevant.
Delivered by passionate educators, our sessions are adapted for different key stages and designed to engage all learners. By teaching about animal diets and classification, we help students build a solid understanding of biology while fostering curiosity about the natural world.
Wildlife Workshop
Click to read full text At WILD Zoological Park, our outreach sessions include real animal encounters to give students a hands-on and memorable way to learn about biology, behaviour, and conservation. By meeting live animals safely in the classroom or learning space, students can observe physical features, adaptations, and behaviours up close, making the concepts they study in lessons tangible and engaging.
During these encounters, we teach about classification, diet, habitats, and predator-prey relationships, linking each animal to broader biological and ecological concepts. Students learn how adaptations help animals survive in their natural environments and why each species plays a unique role in its ecosystem.
We also use these encounters to highlight conservation, explaining how the work of zoos and field conservation projects protects animals in the wild. Students hear about real-life examples from our partner charities, such as Vulpro, The Horstmann Trust, The Macaw Recovery Network, and ABConservation, connecting classroom learning to global efforts to safeguard wildlife.
Delivered by experienced educators and keepers, our sessions are interactive, allowing students to ask questions, handle safe animals where appropriate, and develop confidence in exploring the natural world. By combining education with real-life animal experiences, we inspire curiosity, respect for wildlife, and a lifelong interest in biology and conservation.
Physical Geography Workshop
Rainforest Environment Oceans Deserts
Click to read full text At WILD Zoological Park, we incorporate physical geography into our outreach sessions to help students understand the natural features of the Earth and how they influence life and ecosystems. We teach about topics such as landforms, rivers, mountains, coasts, climates, weather patterns, and biomes, showing how these physical processes shape the environments in which animals live.
Through interactive lessons, students explore how geography affects species distribution, adaptations, and habitats. For example, they learn why certain animals are found in tropical rainforests, deserts, or savannahs, and how climate and terrain influence survival strategies. We also connect physical geography to real-world environmental issues, such as flooding, deforestation, soil erosion, and climate change, helping students understand the link between natural processes and human impact.
Our sessions include engaging activities that encourage observation, analysis, and discussion. Students may map ecosystems, compare different biomes, or investigate how geographic features support conservation efforts. We also highlight the work of our zoo's conservation partners, showing how knowledge of physical geography is vital for protecting habitats and planning wildlife conservation projects worldwide.
Fieldstudies Workshop
Ecosystems Sustainability Mapping
Click to read full text At WILD Zoological Park, we incorporate field studies into our outreach sessions by educating students about real conservation work taking place around the world through our partner charities. Rather than conducting fieldwork directly, we teach students how field studies are used by conservation organisations to monitor wildlife, protect habitats, and support endangered species.
We introduce students to our zoo's partner charities, including Vulpro, The Horstmann Trust, The Macaw Recovery Network, and ABConservation, using them as real-life case studies. Through these examples, students learn how field studies such as population surveys, habitat monitoring, tracking, and behavioural observations provide vital data for conservation decision-making. We explain how scientists and conservationists collect and use this information to protect species and ecosystems.
Our sessions link field studies to both biology and geography, helping students understand species distribution, adaptations, ecosystems, and the impact of human activity on the natural world. We also explore the challenges faced by conservation teams working in different environments, from tropical rainforests to savannahs, highlighting the importance of ethical and sustainable research.
Delivered by knowledgeable educators, our outreach workshops are interactive and age-appropriate, encouraging enquiry, critical thinking, and environmental responsibility. By learning about field studies through our partner charities, students gain a realistic understanding of conservation in action and see how scientific research directly contributes to protecting wildlife globally.
What size groups do we cater for?
No minimum number
Maximum - 210 per session
Multiple sessions can be booked and delivered same day.
Maximum - 210 per session
Multiple sessions can be booked and delivered same day.
Visitors with Special Educational Needs (SEN)
At WILD Zoological Park, we adapt our outreach sessions to meet the needs of SEN students, ensuring that learning about animals, biology, and conservation is accessible, engaging, and enjoyable for everyone. We adjust our approach depending on the group, creating a calm, supportive environment where students feel safe and confident to explore new concepts.
We can reduce noise levels, provide quieter live animals, and allow for smaller group interactions to prevent sensory overload. At the same time, we increase hands-on learning by using artefacts, natural objects, and safe tactile materials, so students can touch, feel, and investigate concepts physically. This flexibility helps learners with sensory, communication, or cognitive differences to access the same key biological ideas as their peers.
Our adapted sessions still cover classification, diets, habitats, adaptations, and conservation, while highlighting real-world work from our partner charities, including Vulpro, The Horstmann Trust, The Macaw Recovery Network, and ABConservation.
Delivered by experienced and patient educators, we tailor every session to the students’ needs, pace, and preferences. By combining adaptable teaching methods, calm environments, and tactile experiences, we make biology, wildlife, and conservation learning inclusive, meaningful, and memorable for all learners.
Anything else?
Packages from just £1.77 per student, making sessions affordable for all class sizes.
1-hour curriculum-linked workshops, tailored to key stage, topic.
Covers interactive learning with hands-on activities, artefacts, and live animals where appropriate.
Supports global wildlife conservation and helps sustain your local, family-run zoo.
1-hour curriculum-linked workshops, tailored to key stage, topic.
Covers interactive learning with hands-on activities, artefacts, and live animals where appropriate.
Supports global wildlife conservation and helps sustain your local, family-run zoo.
Who are Wild Zoo?
WILD Zoological Park is a family-run zoo dedicated to education, conservation, and inspiring a love of wildlife. Though a small zoo, we make a big impact through hands-on, curriculum-linked outreach, immersive visitor experiences, and active involvement in global and local conservation projects. We combine passionate animal care with real-world learning, supporting partner charities such as Vulpro, The Horstmann Trust, The Macaw Recovery Network, and ABConservation. Our team of experienced educators and professional keepers deliver engaging, interactive sessions for schools, helping students explore biology, environmental geography, and conservation while fostering curiosity, understanding, and a lasting respect for animals and the natural world.
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