Children’s clubs

Simon’s session was excellent. As a qualified and experienced teacher myself I was impressed!
Guide group, April 2009

It was a really good session. I could see the children were really engaged with  Claudy.
Scout group, March 2009

Session details

Availability: Sessions are available Monday to Friday all year round. Also look out for our Discovery Days for Brownies, Rainbows, Cubs and Beaver Scouts.

Duration: 55 minutes but this is flexible.

Classrooms: We will use one of our four themed classrooms to create an exciting learning environment.

Animals: You may meet up to three live animals per session (unless otherwise stated). Animals include tame reptiles, small mammals and invertebrates

Biofacts: We use items such as skins, furs, tusks, horns, shells and stuffed specimens in most sessions (many are confiscations from HM Revenue and Customs).

Multimedia: Short film clips are often shown to support your chosen topic. Close-up cameras may be used to show extra detail of our smaller animals.

Flexible sessions

When completing your booking form please include as much information as you can about the areas you would like us to cover, and we will do our best to accommodate them. If your group is studying a specific topic or working on a badge then look up the session descriptions under the different key stages and age groups.

Gaining badges

Book an education session to help your group achieve an activity badge. A ‘pets and animal care’ session may help your group achieve their ‘animal carer’ activity badge (cubs and scouts) or ‘friends to animals’ badge (brownies). An ‘endangered species and habitats’ session can help brownies achieve their ‘environment’ badge. 

Or, let the Zoo come to you

We want to make our education programme available to everyone. Call 0117 9747363 (or 0117 9747365) or email zootoyou@bristolzoo.org.uk if you’d like to know more about the zoo visiting you.