Education

Information Pack

education@draytonmanor.co.uk

01827 252436

Contents

Drayton Manor Mission Statement

Education Department Aims & Overview

Planning Your Visit

Every Person Matters

Reception and KS1 Workshops

Primary Theme Park Workshops

Primary Zoo Workshops

Secondary & College Business Workshops

Secondary & College Theme Park Workshops

Education Activity Days

Prices

Example Timetables

Booking Form

Park Mission Statement

“To deliver the best family day out in the UK at good honest prices.”

Education Mission Statement “To deliver an outstanding programme of education for all our visiting school groups and guests, which promotes enjoyment, achievement

and active learning.”

Education Department-

Our Aims To educate the zoo visitation about animals, conservation, sustainability

and improve their social and environmental awareness where appropriate.

• To improve guest knowledge of the important conservation work that zoos

do and motivate them to be greener -raising awareness and understanding of

the living world and the responsibilities we have to care for it.

• To provide a welcoming and caring environment for all visitors to the

Discovery Centre.

• To support the work of schools through the delivery of high quality

educational workshops that support the National Curriculum, key skills and the

Every Child Matters agenda

• To promote the use of Drayton Manor as an educational facility by

creating exciting, challenging and inspiring experiences for all involved through

a variety of different workshops and activities.

Overview of Drayton Manor Education

Drayton Manor is more than just a great day out. We are also a giant physics experiment, a

diverse business case study, a rollercoaster resource, and an exciting dinosaur discovery!

We are passionate about education and have been committed to offering exciting,

interactive sessions for visiting school groups for over 10 years. Our engaging lessons cover

a wide range of topics from biology, conservation and physics, to ICT, business and ride

design, all in accordance with the National Curriculum.

Bringing education to life is a task that teachers’ face daily. An education session at Drayton

Manor is the perfect way to inspire and motivate your pupils, enhancing their outdoor

education by learning in context.

Our detailed business sessions offer an exclusive insight into how we ensure our business is

successful and are ideal to support coursework projects. If your topic is all about

rollercoasters, we have an exciting array of sessions covering our rides, how they work and

the forces that make them so exhilarating. We also offer a wealth of animal sessions, where

pupils can discover the fascinating world of dinosaurs, and animals in their natural

environment, even meeting a live animal or two!

We strive to ensure our education is hands on, with interactive tasks and pupil-led

discussions to promote active learning and enjoyment. We are happy to slightly tailor any

workshop you book to meet your specific learning goals, and will even create a brand new

session just for your school (for a small charge), if it is possible to do so.

Education sessions are available all year round, even when the theme park is closed. During

this time, we offer our Education Activity Days, which are exclusive experiences based

around a topic of your choice, available for up to 3 classes. These action-packed days are a

unique experience to remember!

In addition to our school’s programme, we offer fun educational activities and experiences

for guests visiting the zoo to educate and inspire them about animals and conservation,

both locally and globally. Make sure to visit the Discovery Centre during the school holidays

and see what events are happening, as well as check out our website for any additional

details!

Planning Your Visit

Group Size

When visiting Drayton Manor for an education talk, minimum and maximum numbers for groups will

apply. Our classroom can accommodate 36 pupils sat at tables, and up to 55 students in lecture style for a

business session. For larger groups, we can sometimes book an alternative room to deliver up to 180

students in the same workshop. However, these conferences rooms have limited availability, so we cannot

guarantee that one will be available, or that your session will be delivered in the same way.

Staff to pupil ratio

For primary and reception school pupils, we suggest that there should be a minimum of 1 staff member

per 5 pupils. For secondary/college pupils and groups, we suggest that there should be a minimum of 1

staff member per 10 pupils, but 1 in 5 free staff tickets are given for all. This is our ratio of free staff.

Additional staff will be charged – please see the ticket section of the website for details. A staff member

must be present in the education session at all times.

Policies and procedures

The Drayton Manor Education team hold the Learning Outside the Classroom (LOtC) Quality Badge which is

the only nationally recognised indicator of good quality educational provision and effective risk

management. As a holder of the Badge, schools can be assured that we have passed a robust assessment

designed to ensure that we are meeting schools’ learning and risk management needs, so teachers do not

need to carry out their own risk assessments regarding the activities provided. However, if you do require

to complete your own risk assessment, schools are entitled for free RA tickets each year. Please see details

below.

We have a health and safety policy statement that is downloadable from our website, as well as a risk

assessment completed by the Education Department. The call centre can also provide our Liability of

Insurance document if required. If your session includes animal handling, there will be hand wash

available, but we advise the pupils to wash their hands thoroughly with soap & water both before and after

the workshop.

Pre-visits

For every booking made, we release up to x2 free tickets (per school per year) for school staff to attend

the park prior to their visit, to carry out a risk assessment and plan their day. These tickets can only be used

in Staffordshire term time on a week day. If you cannot attend during this time, then x1 free ticket is

available for weekends and school holidays – this offer is only available to schools booking an education

session, and can only be organised through the Education Department once full payment for your visit has

been received. Please let the education officer know upon booking if this is something you require.

First Aid and Lost Child Points

We do have an on-site first aid team that will be available for the duration of the visit. They are located

next to the 4D Cinema which can be pointed out to you on arrival if requested, but we also advise that at

least one staff member attending the visit should be emergency first aid qualified and carry their own first

aid equipment in case of emergencies. Lost Children will be cared for by Guest Services and any missing

children should be reported at this blue building (by the Bounty Pirate Ship) as soon as possible.

We have an emergency contact form that we ask you to complete upon arrival which can be collected and

handed in at guest services. This is so that if a student requires your attention, or we find one of your

children lost, you can be easily contacted on the day.

Every Person Matters

At Drayton Manor, we want EVERY visitor to be able to enjoy and achieve irrespective of ethnicity,

attainment, age, disability, gender, ability or background.

We will always work together with class teachers and SENCOs to emplace the necessary measures to

ensure that every visitor has a successful and enjoyable experience during our education sessions.

We offer a broad and balanced education programme and have high expectations of all our students,

tailoring our education sessions to match the school’s learning objectives and pupil learning needs where

appropriate to ensure we are as inclusive as possible.

Reception and Key Stage 1 Workshops

We have a number of workshops designed for younger children. They are interactive and hands-on, with

learning points broken up by fun activities and discussions. We do not advise that these workshops are

suitable for nursery children, please ask us for more information.

Animal Encounter-30 minutes

A chance for children to meet and interact with the animals in our Discovery Centre. The education officer

will introduce the animals along with some fun facts about them! Children will get to touch some of the

animals and handle our biological artefacts which could include leopard fur, hippo teeth, snake skin,

ostrich eggs, alligator heads, elephant tusks and much more.

Fur, Feathers and Scales – 45 minutes

This is an interactive session where children can investigate the appearance of animals, using live animals

and a variety of artefacts. We will look at the features of furry animals, feathery animals and scaly animals

through hands-on experiences and a selection of group activities.

Dinosaur Discovery – 45 minutes

In the role of paleontologists, pupils will investigate a range of dinosaurs to discover what they ate, how

they moved around, what they looked and felt like, and the fact that they are now extinct. They will then

conduct their own fossil dig to find and assemble a 2D dinosaur skeleton. Within this interactive workshop

pupils will even meet one living reptile!

Primary School Zoo Workshops Children will explore some biological artefacts and live animals to really enhance these subjects! The

information below refers to session content for children in Key Stage 2; however, all these sessions are

available at Key Stage 1 with a reduced content that can be negotiated with the class teacher. Please

contact the Education Officer for more details.

Animal Encounter. Session covers: Please note: 30 minutes long (max 25 in each session)

A chance for children to meet and interact with the animals in our Discovery Centre. The Education Officer

will introduce the animals along with some fun facts about them! Children will get to touch some of the

animals and handle our biological artefacts. Links will be made to a variety of topics, including adaptation,

conservation and eating.

1 hour sessions, max 36 pupils per session:

Dinosaur Discovery. Session covers:

This session will explore the exciting topic of dinosaurs through practical activities, discussions and the use

of real live reptiles alongside a variety of zoo artefacts. We will begin by looking at the dinosaur timeline

and explore the different habitats and dinosaurs around during each Period. Following on, students will

investigate dinosaur diets and how their teeth match their feeding strategy, and think about dinosaur body

design too, touching on the idea of adaptation. We will then cover how dinosaurs became extinct and

introduce pupils to the work of a paleontologist. Pupils will understand the process of a fossil dig by

performing a mini one themselves, and discuss how we use fossils to reconstruct dinosaurs!

Variety of Life. Session covers:

This session gives an overview of the main groups in the Animal Kingdom. Children will learn the difference

between vertebrates and invertebrates, as well as the main characteristics of the mammals, birds, reptiles,

amphibians, fish and insects. Pupils will look at the smallest and largest animal in each group and think

about how the groups are different from each other. We will also look at some weird creatures!

Habitats and Adaptation. Session covers:

This session gives an overview of habitats and animal adaptation, using case studies to demonstrate these

principles. Children will learn what a habitat is and the different world habitats, characteristics of the

rainforest, grasslands, and desert, as well as looking in depth at how some of our Discovery Centre animals

are adapted to these familiar habitats. We will also take a quick look at some weird creatures!

Teeth and Eating. Session covers:

This session gives an overview of the main different types of feeding strategies an animal can have:

carnivore, herbivore and omnivore. It also looks at how an animal’s teeth are adapted to their diet, with

the use of real skulls to demonstrate mammalian teeth. We will then cover food webs and how the natural

world is interconnected, and the important jobs that certain animals perform e.g. detritivores such as

woodlice.

Colours and Senses. Session covers:

This session provides an overview of animal colours with the reasons behind them, and a look at the use of

animal senses, including super senses that humans do not possess. Pupils will think about the different

types of camouflage and communication that animals use in order to catch prey or hide from predators,

linking to adaptation. Children will also be able to test their own senses and compare these to an animals.

Conservation. Session covers:

This session provides an overview of conservation, looking at the problems and the solutions. Children will

learn what conservation and biodiversity is, and why it is important to protect. They will be introduced to

the five main threats to world biodiversity, followed by how we are trying to protect it. Children will learn

what Drayton Manor is doing to conserve the environment as well as what they can do to help at home.

30 minute ‘Wow’ Workshops, max 30 pupils per session:

These are designed to enrich a school visit in a short burst, and are great for reward visits, or if you visit

during our busier months like June and July.

Meet the Animals

Get up close to our lizards, snakes and bugs, and handle bio-artefacts like antlers, leopard fur and

green turtle shells!

Animal Presents

Make new toys for our leopards, gibbons, meerkats or parrots, and watch them enjoy it!

Primary School Theme Park Workshops

1 hour workshops, max 36 pupils per session:

Rollercoaster Design Session covers:

- How rollercoasters work- k’nex loop experiment

- Where rollercoasters come from and cost

- How rollercoasters are designed

- Design a rollercoaster in groups

- Share ideas

Rollercoaster Forces. Session includes:

- What is a force?

- How rollercoasters work-energy and gravity with k’nex loop experiment

- Discussion about G forces

- Air resistance on rollercoasters- k’nex loop experiment continued

- Friction on rollercoasters-look at real wheels

- Using magnets on rollercoasters

1.5 hour workshops, max 36 pupils per session:

Creative Coasters: Session includes:

- How rollercoasters work-energy and gravity with k’nex loop experiment

- Air resistance on rollercoasters- k’nex loop experiment continued

- Friction on rollercoasters-look at real wheels

- Where rollercoasters come from and cost

- Constructing a rollercoaster

- K’nex building challenge in groups

Design a Diner. Session covers:

- Overview of Drayton Manor Park and our catering department

- Introduction to business concepts-target market, USP, profit, special offers, customer service)

- Pupils decide theme of their new diner

- Pupils create a logo and slogan for their diner

- Pupils decide a meal deal with price

- Pupils design their diner building

- Share ideas

30-minute Wow Workshops, max 36 pupils per session:

These are designed to enrich a school visit in a short burst, and are great for reward visits or if you visit

during our busier months like June and July.

K’nex Challenge

In this exciting workshop pupils find out some of the science and mechanics behind rollercoasters

through a series of fun k’nex challenges!

Secondary School and College Business Workshops

1 hour workshops, max group size may apply: All talks are interactive, involving several group tasks to help engage students.

Drayton Manor Park as a Business: Session covers:

- Basic background info on the business

- Mission statement & objectives

- Organizational structure & functional areas

- Recruitment & selection process incl. interviews & training

- Marketing department & campaigns

- Advertising methods

- Retaining customers – good customer service and its importance

- Finance overview

Customer Service: Session covers:

- Background of the business

- Mission statement and organizational structure

- What is customer service?

- Why customer service is important

- Meeting customer needs & expectations

- Market research

- How we ensure good customer service

- Staff training & motivation

- Handling customer complaints

- Improving our business based on customer feedback

Marketing: Session covers:

- Basic background info on the business

- Mission statement & objectives

- Competitors

- Marketing Campaigns & Strategies

- Market Research & Personalized Marketing

- Promotional and advertising methods

- Importance of Digital Advertising

- Marketing Mix (4 P’s)

- Ensuring customer loyalty

- Product life cycle

- SWOT and PEST (additional if requested, other content will be removed)

We also offer a Marketing and Customer Service combined session

Human Resources: Session covers:

- Basic background info on the business

- Mission statement & objectives

- Difference between seasonal and permanent staff

- Role of HR Department

- Recruitment and selection process

- Applications and Interviews

- Training and Motivating the team

- Maintaining standards – monitoring & disciplinary procedures

ICT at Drayton Manor: Session covers:

- Basic background info on the business

- Mission statement & objectives

- Role of ICT department

- Information systems in the park: ticket and till systems

- Website design & maintenance

- Graphic design OR Park network (teacher picks)

- ICT use on the rides-PLCs

Finance at Drayton Manor: Session covers:

- Basic background info on the business

- Setting the annual park budget

- Funding capital projects e.g. new rides

- Where do we get our finance from?

- Profit and Loss Accounts

- Balance Sheets

- How we do our Cash Flow Forecasting

- Break Even Analysis

- The process of buying goods

- A look at our documentation: purchase order, purchase invoice, delivery note, goods received note,

credit note and supplier statements

During our peak month of July, we do not recommend booking a 1hour workshop due to the issues of time

students spend queuing for rides and also the heat as a distraction in sessions.

Instead we have 30-minute snapshot sessions that give the students a brief outline of information.

Please enquire for subjects covered and for more information.

Secondary School and College Theme Park Workshops

Sustainability and Land Use: Session covers:

- Mission statement and organizational structure

- The Peel Estate

- Restoring Drayton Manor’s land

- Early years of Drayton Manor Park

- Ride and rollercoaster history

- Recent and future changes at Drayton Manor

- Sustainability and the impacts of tourism

- Drayton Manor and being green

- Sustainability of our business as a tourist attraction

Supporting Child Development through Leisure: Session includes: - Importance of play & leisure

- Supporting physical, intellectual, social and emotional development in the park

- Promoting inclusion

- Ensuring a healthy environment

- Scenarios relating to first aid, lost children, and ride situations (e.g. breakdown)

- Expansion of Thomas Land: how can we support child development with our new rides?

Ride Mechanics

Session covers: We can tailor slightly to focus more on engineering or physics. Engineering sessions go into

more detail of the mechanical systems.

- Kinetic & potential energy on rollercoasters and rides

- G forces (only in physics focused sessions)

- Rollercoaster: chain lift mechanism, planetary gearing in reduction gear boxes, safety features

- Rollercoaster: friction brakes & fail safe pneumatic RAM vs eddy-current magnetic brakes

- Rollercoaster wheels: how do they work?

- How rides are controlled by PLC systems

- Air race operation: slew rings and pinion gears

- Centrifugal and centripetal forces (only in physics focused sessions)

- Apocalypse operation: winch drum with counter weight, hydraulic RAMs

Rollercoaster Design –max 36 pupils per session

Larger groups can be supported but the workshop content will change slightly due to resource limitations.

Please enquire for more details.

Session covers:

- How rollercoasters work- k’nex loop experiment

- Where rollercoasters come from and cost

- How rollercoasters are designed

- Design a rollercoaster in groups

- Share ideas

1.5 hour workshops, max 36 pupils per session:

Creative Coasters: (KS3 recommended only) Session includes:

Larger groups can be supported but the workshop content will change slightly due to resource limitations.

Please enquire for more details.

- How rollercoasters work-energy and gravity with k’nex loop experiment

- Air resistance on rollercoasters- k’nex loop experiment continued

- Friction on rollercoasters-look at real wheels

- Where rollercoasters come from and cost

- Constructing a rollercoaster

- K’nex building challenge in groups

Design a Diner: (KS3 recommended only) Session covers:

- Overview of Drayton Manor Park and our catering department

- Introduction to business concepts- target market, USP, profit, special offers, customer service)

- Pupils decide theme of their new diner

- Pupils create a logo and slogan for their diner

- Pupils decide a meal deal with price

- Pupils design their diner building

- Share ideas

During our peak month of July, we do not recommend booking a 1hour workshop due to the issues of time

students spend queuing for rides and also the heat as a distraction in sessions.

Instead we have 30-minute snapshot sessions that give the students a brief outline of information.

Please enquire for subjects covered and for more information.

Education Activity Days

Join in the fun during our exclusive winter education days, which are available between November-March only, even

if our theme park is closed!

More

These days will run from approximately 10.30am – 3.00pm for up to 3 classes and will be a selection from the

following activities:

1 education workshop per class

A guided zoo tour

Making presents for our zoo animals e.g. black leopards

Dino Trail activities

Meet the Animals experience e.g. snakes, lizards, bugs

Theme Park Detectives activities

Sketching the rides

Private viewing in the 4D cinema (if available on your date)

Chance to ride 2 small attractions (if the park is open for our Christmas event on the date selected)

Please note that if you visit when the theme park is closed, NO shops or cafes will be operational so please do not

allow the children to bring spending money and ensure children have a packed lunch and teachers bring their own

drink.

There may also be large vehicles moving around the park, so we will be required to wear high visibility vests.

Please see the price list or enquire for more details by emailing education@draytonmanor.co.uk

PRICE LIST 2015-2016 season

Education Workshop Prices 1 hour Education Workshop (min 12 pupils, max 36 pupils)

£40 per session

1.5 hour Education Workshop (min 12 pupils, max 36 pupils)

£60 per session

Additional pupils (for going over capacity) £1.50 per pupil

30 min Animal Encounter (min 12 pupils, max 25 pupils)

£30 per session

30 minute wonder workshops (July) Meet the animals Animal presents K’nex building challenge Business snapshot – maximum 55 pupils

£30 per session

Uniformed groups (selected dates only) Creative Coasters-10.30-3.00 Animal Agents- 10.30-3.00 Scales and Tails 5.45-7.15 pm Additional Adult

£350 £250 £60 £5.00

Per session Max 25 Max 15 Max 25 Per Person

Education Activity Day NOV-MARCH ONLY (min 12 pupils, max 36 pupils per class) £350 £665 £975

for 1 class for 2 classes for 3 classes

Power point £15.00

Resources (digital) £5.00

Outreach (only available to local schools within off peak months)

Half day (up to 2 x1hr talks) (session restrictions may apply)

£150.00 total

Full day (up to 4 x1hr talks) (session restrictions may apply)

£270.00 total

Theme park tickets Primary & Secondary Peak July Additional teachers (1 in 5 free) Nursery (up to 3 years) Additional nursery teachers (1-1 ratio) Additional nursery teachers above 1-1 ratio Parent helpers for nursery groups Group rate (outside staffs school term time)

£14.50

£16.50

£18.50

£7.00

£12.00

£18.50

£19.00

£19.00

Per person

Payment Details: Payment for your booking will be due in advance of your booking. Preferably 2 weeks in advance in case of any accounting issues. If this payment is not received on time, then you may lose your visit date to another school

under periods of high demand.

Examples of a Visit Time Table

Example 1

Education Activity day booked: November-operational day at Christmas (theme park open)

62 pupils so split into 2 groups: - £665 for 2 classes, Year 5

Requested: Rollercoaster Design 1 hour session (for each group)

10.00 – 10.30am Arrival & toilets

10.30am – 11.30pm Rollercoaster Design workshop 4D cinema and Ben 10 ride

11.30pm – 12.00pm Lunch

12.00pm – 1.00pm 4D cinema and Ben 10 ride Rollercoaster Design workshop

1.00 – 2.00pm Theme park detectives activities

incl. discussion of forces on

rides

Theme park detectives activities

incl. discussion of forces on

rides

2.00 – 2.30pm Tour of the zoo Tour of the zoo

2.30pm – 2.45pm Toilets and leave

Example 2

1 hour workshop – requested Drayton Manor as a Business

85 pupils: May visit. £40 per session (for up to 36 students) 49 additional students x £1.50 = £113.50 for

education session (theme park tickets purchased separately)

Conference room available to book to accommodate larger group in this instance

10.00am – 10.30am Arrival and meet Education Officer to be escorted to conference room

10.30am – 11.30am Drayton Manor as a Business workshop

11.30am Free to explore park & zoo

Education Workshop Booking Form 2016

CONTACT DETAILS

Visit Leader Name Please write in these boxes…

Mr/Mrs/Miss/Ms

School Name

School Address

Post Code

School Telephone Number

Visit Leader Mobile Number

Visit Leader Email

Emails of other class teachers attending Drayton Manor (if multiple classes are visiting us)

VISIT DETAILS

Intended Visit Date

Number of Students altogether, and

number in each class (if multiple

classes are visiting us).

Number of Adult Staff

Year Group of Visitors

Please state if there are any pupils

with additional/special needs and

what those needs are

Has your school visited us before for

education?

Y N

EDUCATION PACKAGE

Please select the education package you would like by placing an X in the correct column.

1 hour workshop & park tickets

1.5 hour workshop & park tickets

30 min session

Activity Day (available Nov - March ONLY)

Outreach

EDUCATION SESSION

Please state which education session you require

(Please see the full list located on the website under the ‘schools’ page www.draytonmanor.co.uk)

Please complete this form and return it in order to provisionally reserve your visit date and education workshop.

Email: education@draytonmanor.co.uk

Postal Address: Education Officer, Drayton Manor Theme Park, Tamworth. Staffordshire B78 3TW

PRIOR LEARNING

TAILORING: IF YOU WOULD LIKE ALTERNATIVE CONTENT IN YOUR SESSION TO THAT OUTLINED ON THE

WEBSITE, PLEASE CONTACT THE EDUCATION OFFICER TO SEE IF IT IS POSSIBLE TO TAILOR THE WORKSHOP.

WHAT PRIOR LEARNING WILL

YOUR STUDENTS HAVE

COMPLETED ON THE SUBJECT?

ADDITIONAL EDUCATION MATERIALS

Please select if you would like any additional education materials. The power point is recommended for

business sessions due to the amount of detail given.

Education power point

(given to you on a disc or emailed as a PDF)

£15

Worksheets from the session on disc £5

VISIT PAYMENT

Please select how you would like to pay for your visit. All payments MUST be made in ADVANCE. A method

must be chosen for your booking form to be processed.

Credit or Debit Card

BACS

School Cheque

Cash

Name & Contact Email for Finance Correspondent

* ESSENTIAL – PLEASE FILL THIS IN *

RISE ASSESSMENT TICKETS

Your school is entitled to free risk assessment tickets each year. You may have 2 tickets on a weekday in

term time, or 1 ticket at a weekend or in the school holidays. These tickets can only be released to you

once your visit has been paid for in full, and you can only receive one set of tickets per school per year.

Would you like tickets? Y / N

What date would you like to visit?

EDUCATION MARKETING

How did you hear about Drayton Manor’s Education

Department?