Discover history, biology and wildlife in one country estate
LothertonLotherton is a beautiful Edwardian country estate with a historic museum and Wildlife World zoo.
School groups are welcome to visit the estate all year round to explore it through the changing seasons. The estate offers a range of workshops covering natural sciences in the zoo and local history in the museum, led by our education team.
Wildlife World is an evolving zoo and welcomes more animals each season, so is a great place to explore National Curriculum topics such as habitats, adaptations, and classification. Resident penguins, flamingos, tapir, porcupines, and nocturnal species are just some of the animals you can see and learn about at Lotherton.
The former country home, now museum, provides an immersive setting for discovering local history in Leeds. Handle amazing objects, meet famous faces, and join in role-play activities which encourage creative learning, through our interactive workshops.
The huge grounds, gardens and two playgrounds provide plenty of outdoor space for children and grown-ups to explore. You can also watch the majestic deer from their hide in Deer Park Corner. There is a café on site, and we have dedicated education rooms available for breakout sessions and lunchtime.
Our workshops
Adaption Investigators
Discover how animals are adapted to increase their chances of survival through behavioural or physical traits. Pupils will have the chance to examine real artefacts from a variety of animals.
Living in the Dark
Pupils will explore how nocturnal animals are adapted to living in their dark environment.
Lotherton Topic Days
A range of activities to inspire your pupils’ creativity and learning. These can include a yoga warm up, investigating and exploring, giant drawing and object handling.
Rainforests
Pupils can explore the animals, plants and resources found in rainforests around the world.
Who eats who?
Pupils discover the reasons animals need to eat and the difference between herbivores, carnivores and omnivores.
Classifications
Pupils become ‘mini-zoologists’ during this session as we explore how animals can be grouped by their characteristics.
Habitats
Pupils explore the rainforest and the polar habitats. What are they like and how do the animals there survive?
WW2 Evacuation role play
Immerse yourself in a significant point of British history and evacuate your pupils back in time to the Second World War.
Introducing Florence Nightingale and her friends
Meet the young Florence Nightingale, cousin to the Gascoigne family of Lotherton.
The First World War Hospital at Lotherton
Discover the local history of Lotherton as a Voluntary Aid Detachment hospital during the First World War.
As well as workshops we can offer self-led or guided tours around different parts of the estate.
See our website for free SEMH resources, information about the CPD courses we offer, our Primary School Membership Scheme, and Careers for All (SEND).
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