| Specifications | |
| Location(s) | Tower St, Hull, HU1 4DP |
| Key Stages | EYFS, KS1, KS2, KS3, KS4 |
| Special Schools | Yes |
| Public Liability | Over 5,000,000 |
| Enhanced DBS | Yes |
| Fees | minimum charge of £96 for school parties of 12 students and under |
| Administration Service | Administered by the provider |
| Website | www.thedeep.co.uk |
More about this Workshop/Service and the Provider
School Trips
Looking for an engaging, interactive and educational school visit?
Bring your class to The Deep to experience our amazing marine life and gain a greater insight into the aquatic world.
Our experienced Education Team offer National Curriculum based workshops and hands-on activities, tailored for all Key Stages from EYFS to Post-16 and SEND.
What's Included
School visits are priced at £8 per pupil and include:
- An education workshop
- Self guided tour of the attraction
- Teacher preview visit (one teacher per class visiting)
- Free on-site coach parking
- Secure bag storage
- Dedicated lunch space
- Free teacher places at the ratios EYFS - 1:4 KS1 - 1:6 KS2 - 1:6 KS3/4 - 1:10
- Free 1:1 carer places
Additional adult places are £13.50pp.
Please note, there is a minimum charge of £96 for school parties of 12 students and under.
Class size
We have 4 classrooms available per day with a maximum of 36 pupils per classrom. (Excluding teachers/carers)
Should your school have more than 36 students visiting you will need to book additional classrooms accordingly.
Example:
Up to 36 students - Book 1 classroom
37 - 72 students - Book 2 classrooms
73 - 108 students - Book 3 classrooms
109 - 144 students - Book 4 classrooms
If the appropriate number of classrooms are not booked your booking may need to be moved to a different date in which appropriate space is available.
Special Educational Needs
Our education team are available to discuss the most appropriate learning sessions for special needs groups. It is possible, with sufficient notice, to modify most learning sessions to meet individual requirements.
Teacher Preview Visits
In order to make the most of your school visit we recommend that you take advantage of one of our teacher preview visits to familiarise yourself with the exhibits and our facilities.
Following your booking, please call our office on 01482 381000 to arrange the visit and we can book a timeslot for you and issue a complimentary ticket (one teacher per class visiting).
Reflective Vests
Recent research has shown that the reflective strips on fluorescent vests can change the way in which our animals behave. In order to avoid any potential problems we would like you to assist us by either:
- Removing reflective vests when in the attraction
- Turning reflective vests inside out whilst in the attraction
The Lunchbox Challenge
The Deep is an environmental charity and as such we ask schools to help us consider the environment when visiting. Where possible, please ensure that students:
- Bring a re-usable drinks bottle rather than one made from single use plastic
- Bring your packed lunches in re-usable boxes
EYFS
ENGLISH AND CITIZENSHIP: THE BIG BLUE SEA
Dive under the water to find out who lives in the big blue sea. Can you help our marine friends to give our story a happy ending? This story and play session allows children to develop their imaginative language skills.
SCIENCE AND CITIZENSHIP: SEASIDE SPRING CLEAN
People will keep leaving litter about. Can you help the seaside animals get free of all that rubbish? This story and play session encourages children to show care and concern for living things and for the environment.
ART AND DESIGN: TURTLE ART
Meet Rio the river turtle, and then make a mini–Rio. This story and art session allows children to learn about The Deep’s River turtles before making a turtle puppet of their own. This session allows children to develop skills in the area of expressive arts and design.
Key Stage 1
SCIENCE: STAYING ALIVE
How are our bodies like those of marine creatures? How are they different? Observe and compare animal characteristics in this enjoyable multi-activity workshop which uses live animals. The session links with KS1 Science Units ‘Animals, including humans’ and ‘Living things and their habitats.
SCIENCE: BESIDE THE SEASIDE
Last night there was a big storm in the North Sea and some of the seaside animals got lost - can you help them get home? This multi-activity workshop takes the children on a seaside journey where they investigate the diversity of the seaside habitats and the range of animals that make their homes there and why. The session links with the Science programme of study: Working Scientifically, Animals, including humans and Living things and their habitats.
SCIENCE AND CITIZENSHIP: CARING FOR OUR OCEANS
Take a trip with Kal the Killer Whale on a journey around the five oceans of the world in search of food and a family. During Kal’s travels, the whale encounters different animals who need help. Children explore the effect of plastics on the ocean, the animals that live there and begin to think about what action they can take to help the planet.
GEOGRAPHY AND SCIENCE: MY POLAR HOME
This multi-activity workshop allows children to investigate polar animals in their habitats, with a particular focus on penguins and polar bears. With the help of NASA images and the fantastic 3D revolving Magic Planet children understand where the cold places of the world are. This KS1 session links with science work on habitats and with geography work on oceans and temperature zones of the world.
Key Stage 2
SCIENCE: CSI SHARKY
Help us solve this dastardly crime! Identify our mystery criminal by discovering who’s eating who. This exciting multi-activity workshop is based on food chains and predator-prey relationships. This session is suitable for the whole age-range.
SCIENCE AND GEOGRAPHY: OUR WORLD'S PLASTIC PROBLEMS
Why are our world’s oceans so important? How are our oceans and the animals that live there being affected by plastics? Consider the impact of human behaviour on our oceans and ways in which The Deep, other organisations and you can reduce your plastic footprint.
SCIENCE AND GEOGRAPHY: LIFE ON THE REEF
View our ocean world with the help of NASA images and our amazing digital globe. Then take a closer look at one special ocean habitat – the coral reef. In this multi-activity workshop pupils investigate the location of reefs, the coral animal itself and explores the relationship between species who make the reef their home.’ Science: Living things and their habitats, Animals, including humans, Evolution and inheritance Geography: Locational knowledge, elements of physical geography.
Key Stage 3
ART: UNDERWATER ART
Create and sketch a coral garden and draw incredible creatures. Extend your skills by practicing imaginative drawing and drawing from life using our interesting private collection. Our collection has been donated by past collectors or has been ethically sourced in-line with our principles as a conservation charity. This practical workshop covers both imaginative drawing and drawing from life, and allows students to extend their skills as they work with our diverse collection of marine life resources. The Deep can supply HB pencils & A4 copy paper, but you are welcome to bring your own drawing materials too.
GEOGRAPHY AND CITIZENSHIP: DROWNING IN PLASTIC
Plastic in our oceans is a worldwide problem that needs solving. This session uses fun practical work and discussion to investigate: looking at why, where and what we can do about it.
SCIENCE AND CITIZENSHIP: CLIMATE CHANGE - CHANGING OCEANS
This informal interactive discussion based workshop explores the effects of global warming. Using the 3D magic globe and a simple practical, students are encouraged to consider the effects of increasing sea temperatures, rising sea levels, increasing acidity and oxygen loss. To conclude students consider their own personal impact, the overall impact of humans and the measures that could be implemented to aid ocean recovery and help save the planet.
Key Stage 4/Post 16
SCIENCE AND CITIZENSHIP: CLIMATE CHANGE - OUR OCEANS
This discussion based workshop explores and examines the effects of the 4 main concepts contributing to global warming. Using accredited data, the 3D magic globe and a practical, students will develop their understanding of increasing global oceanic temperatures and levels, acidification and deoxygenation occurring in the oceans. Finally students are encouraged to consider their own impact on the environment, and suggest possible personal, local and global solutions to lessen carbon dioxide output and allow the oceans the opportunity to recover.
SCIENCE AND CITIZENSHIP: CONSERVATION CHOICES
This workshop initially looks at the need for conservation and research work and how the two link together. Students are then asked to discuss six different conservation projects, all of which took place at the Deep. They make decisions on which is the most important, which should be funded and so on.
GEOGRAPHY AND CITIZENSHIP: DROWNING IN PLASTIC
Plastic in our oceans is a worldwide problem that needs solving. This session uses fun practical work and discussion to investigate: looking at why, where and what we can do about it.
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