Amersham Field Studies Activity Environment Centre Field Studies Council

Field Studies Council offers fieldwork and outdoor learning for groups of all ages at centres across the UK. Trips use adventure and outdoor learning to expand children’s experiences and teach curriculum focused work to inspire everyone about the environment.

Primary field trips enable you to pick and choose from a range of exciting adventure or curriculum sessions to build your own trip. A visit to our centre will immerse primary school children in the natural world, taking in its sights, sounds and smells.

For secondary and A level groups we offer geography, biology and environmental science courses. Courses can be tailored to your own requirements to ensure you get the most from your visit and trips utilise the local environment to fully engage students.

Amersham Centre offers fieldwork and outdoor learning for groups of all ages. Students experience stunning locations, curriculum focused work, high quality teaching that inspires everyone about the environment of today.

Amersham has 30 acres of woodland, ponds and meadows to explore and use on your visit. Most activities, apart from river and settlement studies, take place within an easy walk of the field centre building. The centre is uniquely accessible, being eight miles from Junctions 16 and 18 of the M25 and six miles from Junctions 2 and 4 of the M40.

Outdoor Learning courses are created to complement the curriculum, and engage pupils with subjects in fresh, hands-on ways. With carefully tailored, age-appropriate experiences so that every child is supported to grow their knowledge and learn in new and exciting ways.

• All our day centres will provide you with:
• A qualified tutor to oversee your trip
• Pre-trip planning including itinerary, kit lists, and risk assessments
• We hold Learning Outside the Classroom’s Quality Badge so there is less paperwork for you

LOtC

The GA Secondary Geography Quality Mark

The GA SGQM Centre of Excellence

Geography:

We offer a range of sessions and courses covering human and environmental geography through fieldwork. We can deliver courses from KS2 to A level.

Teaching is delivered by fully trained and experienced tutors.

KS4 and A level we link our courses to the exam board requirements for each subject and can tailor the course to your specific needs.

KS2 pupils can use maps, stories and games to explore the woods.

Science:

We can offer a range of biology courses from KS2 to curriculum-based A level trips. Students undertake ecological investigations in a variety of inspiring habitats and complete relevant required practicals, from a range of a range of topics.

We also offer contextualised learning opportunities for KS3 science, where pupils explore a local environment, habitat or ecosystem, eg rocky shore, freshwater or woodland.

Students will look at a variety of plants and common animals using age appropriate classification keys to identify living things we find in our woodland and in our pond habitats.

Primary:

KS2 pupils can look at a range of habitats, learning about microhabitats and how they provide the basic needs for living things. Pupils can learn to identify the different structures of plants and name a variety of common animals. We will mini beast hunt and observe them in their microhabitats.

We have a wide range of activities such as minibeast hunt, pond dipping, hiking, low ropes, eco-activity, rock climbing, bushcraft, orienteering.

Identify basic survival needs, explore the woods, build a shelter and forage for wild foods. Follow a woodland trail and search for tracks and signs. A day filled with team building and problem-solving activities.

We can cater for groups of various sizes. Courses have a minimum of 10 students  upto 60 students, plus a yurt for small groups.

Our courses are created carefully to link to curriculum requirements. We can work with you to tailor content to fit in with work back in the classroom. Tailored resources will be supplied to use before and after your trip to prepare students and encourage follow-up work to be completed.

We provide a variety of resources to support outdoor learning, on the Field Studies Council.

A detailed risk assessment for activities and teaching sites is undertaken which forms the basis of a dynamic approach to assessment by trained staff whilst in the field.

Contact our team for latest prices and availability:

01743-852100

or enquiries@field-studies-council.org

We are always looking for ways to make trips affordable for all schools.

Off-peak pricing available 

– Different price bands are offered throughout the year to offer value for money. Many of our visiting groups take advantage of our off-peak prices between November and February. Talk to our team about the best options for your group.

Prices include: 

Course planning; fully risk assessed teaching sites; specialist tutors; teaching resources; fieldwork equipment; classrooms. The only thing you need to add-on is transport. We provide wellies for GCSE river studies.

Please contact us regarding your needs. We provide a full kit list here

All field teachers are trained in first aid and group management.

Capacity: Amersham has 2 classrooms which can take up to 30 students each. We also have a small yurt which can hold small groups and a Primary school class.

Car park – there is coach parking available and places for visitors to park close to the centre. (there are going to be some works on site which will reduce parking but we dont know by how much so vague is good)

Disabled facilities – There is parking next to the centre and an accessible toilet available.

Visiting teachers will be offered a hot drink at lunch time.

Wellington boots are available for students to use for GCSE river studies groups. (free of charge)

Toilets are available on site.

Disabled facilities – There is parking next to the centre and an accessible toilet available.

Visiting teachers will be offered a hot drink at lunch time.

Mon-Fri, 9am–5pm

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By road – Amersham Field Centre is located at Mop End on the A404 between Amersham and High Wycombe, close to Penn Street.

From Amersham: Follow the A404 west towards High Wycombe. After approximately 2 miles the road turns a large corner to the right. The turning for Mop End is on the right hand side soon after the junction for Penn Street. Follow the road straight ahead, through the gates and along the drive to the Centre. From High Wycombe: Follow the A404 north east towards Amersham. The turning for Mop End is on the left hand side approximately ¼ mile past the turning for Beamond End. Follow the road straight ahead, through the gates and along the drive to the Centre. Please ensure you turn down Mop End Lane off the A404 not Cherry Lane as some sat navs will indicate

By train – The nearest stations are: Amersham (on the Metropolitan Line and National Rail Network) Wycombe (National Rail Network) Both stations are approximately a 10-15 minute drive away and there are taxi services which operate from both stations.