Southport Eco Centre School Trips

- At the Eco Centre we have a safe, self-contained classroom area for the sole use of school groups.
- We always aim to help teachers wherever possible - for example, for some of our topics, including our current most popular visit, The Stone Age, we are able to cater for two classes together. This often saves on transport costs!
- We are repeatedly told that we make visitors feel very welcome, the advance planning and running of the day is very well organised and that we can skilfully tailor each day to match the needs of each group, catering for a range of abilities and learning styles.
- We are always happy to work with teachers to design a day to suit individual needs if our current topics do not.
- Our ever-growing list of repeat customers is testament to our teacher satisfaction record.

- Many of our days involve an off-site element (usually a half day) along our stunning local coastline - including our ever popular Coastal Change, River Estuaries and Local Area Study (Victorians) sessions.
- New to our offer this year, our Rainforests and Natural Disasters topics, like many of our others, include the use of engaging, in-house designed resources among the activities. These aren't available anywhere else, making our days a truly unique experience.
- Many of our workshops are adaptable across most age ranges and abilities.
- Assessment data for your pupils is available for all days upon request. Most sessions also provide each pupil with a piece of work to take away at the end of the day.

Our standard workshops are intended for groups of no more than 32 pupils. We have, however, been able to adapt some of them to cater for groups of up to 64. Please contact us to discuss your specific requirements.

- Our classroom is available for the sole use of pre-booked school groups. - Most of our sessions also include activities within our private Eco garden. - Some also use the interactive displays in the public concourse area. - Lunches can be eaten in the classroom or (weather permitting) the Eco garden.

We strongly recommend you bring your own First Aid kit and First Aider on your visit.

- The Eco Centre and garden are accessible and the main concourse contains a disabled toilet. - All fully on-site days and all days involving a site visit except the River Estuaries day can be adapted to suit disabled visitors providing teachers work with us and make a pre-visit.

We pride ourselves on our ability to provide exciting educational opportunities for all. If teachers are able to work closely with us in advance of their visit we can usually cater for all needs.

Just a few of our recent testimonials:
"Super visit, highly engaging and informative. If you've not been, get booking!" Mr Catterall, Red Lane Primary School, Bolton.
"We have been before and keep returning as it is a fantastic experience. Everything is so well organised. The activities are catered for different learning styles. It is brilliant!" Mrs Wilcock, Wood Fold Primary School, Standish, Wigan.
"This was a brilliant trip! It was a complete topic delivered in a day. Thank you so much." Mrs Carey, Holy Family School, Southport.