Make lessons come to life with a school visit...

Noah's Ark, Bristol can provide a truly rewarding educational experience as well as a fantastic day out!

Please visit the education section of our website to find out about our Animal Shows, National Curriculum Workshops and Outreach Programmes.

Noah's Ark is just minutes from the M5, take junction 19 or 20, 7 miles out from Bristol City Centre. Click here for maps and directions.

Enjoy free parking, risk assessments and worksheets to download, educational keeper talks about the animals, huge adventure play areas and many more amenities. Click here to see a selection of our attractions.

New!

Brass Rubbing Classes - Run by our onsite art teacher, these classes are suitable for groups, school classes and all age groups. Great fun with educational Brass Plates of various animals from the Zoo.

National Curriculum based ideas

Liven up your lessons with a hands-on school trip which teaches the following areas plus many more (see KS1 and KS2 workshops)

• Life cycles
  Illustrate the processes and stages of animal reproduction while handling newly hatched baby chicks. Discuss the reasons why organisms need to reproduce, while learning about our endangered South American tarmarin monkeys and how a captive breeding programme can help them.
  
  
• Animal variation and classification
  With a wide variety of animals to see and experience 'hands-on', children can be taught about the differences between animals (Mammals, Reptiles, Birds, Insects etc), and how to group and sort animals according to visual characteristics (four legs, no fur, wings etc). Children can handle rabbits and guinea pigs, and hand feed some of the bigger animals like the Goats, Llamas, Deer and Camels.
  
  
• Habitats
  Children can also explore the farm to identify and observe the many different natural British habitats such as the ponds, fields, trees, hedges, flower beds and grassy areas. Discussions can take place about how to provide habitats for animals from abroad such as the new South African rhinos.
  
  
• Food chains
  Some of our exotic animals (Monkeys, Meerkats, Storks...) have fascinating diets, eating Crickets, Meal Worms, dead baby Chicks, or vegetation.

What to do next...

How to book

To book a school trip, or for more information please contact the education department.

You can also download and send back our booking form which is complete with guidelines for teachers, or if you prefer, we can post you a booking pack.

Teacher downloads

Below are the recommended downloads for teachers and schools.

You will need Adobe PDF Reader, which is a free download.

KS1 booklet
KS2 booklet
infants booklet
risk assessment
saftey information for schools
Download guidance for teachers

To save a file to your desktop, right-click the link above, and choose 'Save Target As...'

Click here to veiw a selection of downloadable worksheets for pupils.