New for 2024, our Home Education and SEN workshop activities.
Join our Education Team for a brilliant day of learning through experience, with educational activities designed for home-educated children from 5-15 years.
These fun and educational days will run monthly through term time, and are bookable though our website, by following the link below.
Get involved in our workshop activities- which are based in either our Tipi or classroom, then enjoy a guided walk through the forest with your group leader- where you will put your learning into action- while visiting the monkeys in the forest.
Choose the workshop best for you- either our Home education workshops, or SEN friendly workshops; follow the links below to learn more about what each day entails, and choose the activity you’d like to sign up to.
Choose your activity, choose your date, book your place.
These activities are ONLY available if pre booked/purchased. Follow the link below to book.
COST £15.50 combined ticket for 1 Child plus 1 accompanying adult. (please, only one adult per child accompanying, to keep our group numbers manageable)
Educator Led
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Home Education Days |
£15.50 for 1 adult & 1 child |
* Home Education Workshops* The 2 hour session will include: 1 hour workshop activity 1 hour forest tour with activity. 10am-12pm Afterwards- free time for you to explore the rest of monkey forest.
*Special Educational Needs Workshops* The 1.5hr session will include: 45min workshop activity 45min forest tour with activity 2pm-3.30pm Before- free time for you to explore the rest of monkey forest.
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SEN Workshops |
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Home Education Workshops
15th May, 11th September 2024 – Barbary macaques and their habitat
Join us for our workshop activity: to explore the adaptations Barbary macaques have to their environment, and discover seasons in our forest.
We will also learn all about monkey fur, and talk about the baby monkeys that are due.
We then head into the forest to put into practice what we’ve learned and discuss monkey behaviours and how they interact with their forest environment.
11th June,2nd October 2024 – Predators and food chains
Join us for our workshop activity: to find out about the predators of the Barbary macaque and find out what our monkeys have for breakfast.
We will also learn about food chains in the forest, as well as how our monkeys find food in their environment.
We then head into the forest to put into practice what we’ve learned; and discover how and what the monkeys eat.
10th July, 23rd October 2024 – Environment and Conservation
Join us for our workshop activity: and discover the many different species of primates. Get involved in our conservation activity, to find out the threats to wild Barbary macaques.
We will also learn how to look after wildlife in our area- by visiting some of the wild spaces on our site.
We then head into the forest to put into practice what we’ve learned; with our ‘what it means to be wild” activity.
SEN Workshops
15th May, 11th September, 2024 – MOVE like a monkey
Join us for our workshop activity: where we encourage movement and exercise by leaning how monkeys move. We look at real monkey skeletons, and how they are similar to ours.
We will also learn all about monkey food, with our monkey breakfast activity.
We then head into the forest to put into practice what we’ve learned, and see how monkeys move, and find their way around the forest.
11th June, 2nd October 2024 – TALK like a monkey
Join us for our workshop activity: to find out how Barbary macaques communicate, by learning some of their language and sounds! We’ll then compare this to how people communicate in different ways by learning some simple sign language, and end with a story session. The best way to communicate over many generations.
We then head into the forest to put into practice what we’ve learned, to walk and watch monkeys- and see how they communicate.
10th July, 23rd October 2024 – LIVE like a monkey
Join us for our workshop activity: where do monkeys come from? We’ll look at seasons in the forest, and how the monkeys use the forest all year round.
We will also learn about the tress and birds that live here too- then head to our wild space area, and use the materials to build our own dens.
We then head into the forest to put into practice what we’ve learned; and discover all the different types of trees, leaves, bark and birds that we can see- and learn how the monkeys live with them.