Year group overview of educational visits – YEAR 1 Here are some suggestions for curriculum related trips out that you can take as a family to enhance your child’s experience of their topic!
Year Topic Title Subject Suggested Provider Possibilities Group Focus Memorable Experience 1 Splendid Science Nature walk Kirkleatham Hall outdoor: Skies Nature’s treasure walk
Guisborough Forest: Nature walk in woodland looking at seasonal features
Saltholme: Nature walk, including pond dipping
Life Centre, Newcastle
1 Enchanted Science Visit to a Cleveland Ironstone Museum: Woodland woodland Explore woodland environment environment Kirkleatham outdoor: Investigate trees, recognise leaves. Observations and collections
Life Centre Newcastle
Dorman Museum: Introduction to forests, trees and animals (combine with visit to Guisborough Forest Walkway?)
Stewart Park: Woodland walk and collections
North York Moors Bird of Prey: Woodland birds of prey
1 Paws Claws Art and Visit a zoo, Dorman Museum: and Design Wildlife Centre Whiskers or sanctuary Kirkleatham Hall outdoor:
Guisborough Forest: Look at variety of animal species and habitats. Focus on butterflies
Flamingoland Zoo
Stewart Park: Looking at variety of animal species and talking to rangers about their care
Life Centre Newcastle: Minibeasts and me (investigating minibeasts and characteristics of living things)
North York Moors Bird of Prey: Handling a variety of birds, flying demonstration
Monk Park Farm: Range of domestic and non-domestic animals
1 Memory History Teddy Bear’s Dorman Museum: Box Picnic/Artefacts In development: practical workshop making own memory box from the past Museum of Hartlepool: Old toys
Preston Park Museum: Old toys 1 Bright Geography Tea party with Lights, Big the Queen City 1 Moon Zoom Design and Alien crash Technology scene investigation
PROVIDER DETAILS:
Dorman Museum, Linthorpe Rd, Middlesbrough TS5 6LA
Captain Cook Birthplace Museum, Stewart Park, Middlesbrough TS7 8AT
Cleveland Ironstone Museum, Deepdale, Skinngrove TS13 4AP
Guisborough Forest Walkway, Pinchinthorpe, Guisborough TS14 8HD
Museum of Hartlepool, Maritime Ave, Hartlepool TS24 0XZ
Kirkleatham Hall Museum (outdoor): Kirkleatham Hall, TS10 5NW
Saltholme Bird Sanctuary Seal Sands, Billingham TS2 1TU
Stewart’s Park, The Grove, Middlesbrough TS7 8AR
Tees Valley Music Service, North Shore Academy, Stockton
Life Centre Newcastle
Preston Park Museum, Stockton TS 18 3RH
North York Moors Birds of Prey
Monk Park Farm, Bagby, North Yorkshire Y07 2AG