All programmes begin at 10am unless requested otherwise.

If you’re organising a school trip, the last thing you need is a group of grumpy, hungry kids. That’s why we’ve put together a nutritious, filling menu just for kids, so everyone gets the sustenance they need. Smaller groups choose one meal option to enjoy each evening, while groups of over 20 can pick a second option as well.

You’ll get:

• Your choice of meals
• Healthy, balanced dishes
• A minimum of fat, sugar and salt
• Vegetarian and special dietary requirements catered for

There’s even a bedtime snack available for students to help themselves if they’re feeling peckish at the end of a long day.

No. Prior payment in full is required to cover your event’s expenses incurred in advance of the day. All instructors are booked in especially for your group and they cannot be cancelled at short notice.

There is no such thing as bad weather, only bad clothing. All events will go ahead unless gale force winds or lightening force us to cancel. We will contact you to arrange an alternative date if this is the case.

We have a Tuck Shop containing sweets, crisps and fizzy drinks.

Our minimum group size is 8. The maximum on-site depends on the challenge but we haven’t said no to any group sizes yet.

Our instructors are qualified in first aid; however, if special medication needs to be provided to participants it would be advisable to have your own first aider to administer that.

Our site is not particularly suitable for people with mobility problems. Please phone us for more information.

We put a programme together as soon as we know the topic for the new study so 5^th years can do their GI as soon as possible.

We supply all experimental equipment as well as waders and some wellies. We also have a few raincoats in case students forget theirs or their raincoats are too light. Clipboards are in short supply so if you have your own, please bring them.

All students need to bring their worksheet supplied in advance by email, a pen and preferably a pencil as pencils will write on damp paper but biro won’t. Wear warm clothing; bring a packed lunch, a change of clothes, a good quality raincoat and, in winter, hat and gloves. In summer, please bring insect repellant and sun cream. Always wear long sleeves and trousers to keep warm in winter and to keep midges from biting in summer.

Yes. We are happy to accommodate students who missed their own school’s day by slotting them in with another school. However, if they are under 18 years of age a parent/guardian will need to accompany them for the whole day for child safety reasons. It will not be the responsibility of the teacher from the other school to watch over this student unless it is done by prior arrangement between both schools.

No, our expertise is in the experimental field work and keeping students and teachers safe on the day since we carry out the study almost every day of the school year. However, we do go through the structure of the report and explain in detail how it should be done. As the report itself takes a while to put together, and the teachers know their students so well, we feel this is where the teacher’s expertise wins out.