Skegness Aquarium
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Skegness Aquarium, Tower Esplanade, Skegness, Lincolnshire, PE25 3HH
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AGE GROUPS SERVED
Listed under: Environmental Studies | Science | Day Trip Destinations | Aquariums & Sea Life Centres | STEM | Conservation | Marine Conservation
What we offer on a school trip
Skegness Aquarium offers a fun and educational visit for all. We offer a wide range of facilities including school trips with or without a workshop. We provide wet lab sessions where you can learn more about our local beach and sea life, a range of interactive talks and diver presentations throughout the day, as well as having lots of fun interactive activities around the venue. We also offer scheduled beach cleans. We are also one of a small handful of aquariums in the UK to offer a shark diving experience for ages 10+ and a snorkel ranger experience for ages 6-11 years. We can tailor any workshop to your needs and also incorporate a snorkel workshop with a small group of up to 9 pupils.
What makes us a great choice for education?
We are a great choice as we feel we offer a unique experience within the aquarium. Ranging from diving with our sharks and rays to an interactive sandpit, we tailor each individual workshop to every group, no matter what age or ability. We offer informative daily talks and diver feeds every day of the week. We have many repeated customers due to our friendly staff and atmosphere, plus all our many interactive facilities, which are always being updated. Skegness Aquarium also offers special interactive shows thorough the year including mermaids, dinosaurs and pirates.
What is typically included on our school trips?
- Guided tour of the Aquarium
- Visit to the wet lab
- Draw alive
- Interactive sand pit
- Play area for small monitored groups (teacher supervised)
- Viewing of a feeding demonstration
- Approx. 2 hours can stay longer if you wish.
- For additional £1 per student a workshop can be tailored into the visit which would typically take an extra hour on top of the normal package.
We are launching a brand new educational workshop focusing on the importance of shark conservation. This includes a fascinating and informative discussion on all things shark related as well as fun activities but also taking part in out “fantastic” shark snorkel ranger experience with our divers to see our very own sharks here at Skegness Aquarium! We aim to provide this experience to our younger visitors between the ages of 6-11 with us currently being able to offer this to small groups of up to 9 children at £30 per child. It is the perfect prize for a reward scheme within a school environment.
Group Sizes Catered For
We can cater for groups as small as 15 and as large as 65 per day or a minimum cost. Groups below 15 will not receive a workshop but we can offer a guided tour and wet lab visit. We can provide a work pack which can be completed upon teacher’s supervision.
Materials, Resources & Information Provided
We would provide all materials needed for each workshop so you don’t have to.
Photography, Filming & Audio Restrictions
Everyone is welcome to take pictures and videos but we do request no flash photography or lighting.
Risk Assessment Details
Risk assessments are available upon request of visitors/groups.
Individual schools are welcome to visit before to carry out their own assessments.
Education Officer Information
Please contact reception@skegness-aquarium.uk for bookings and queries.
Pricing Information
Nursery and reception - £5.50. One teacher free per 4 children.
Primary school - £5.50 (5-11). One teacher free per 6 children.
Secondary school - £5.50 (11-15). One teacher free per 10 children.
Further and higher education - (16+). One teacher free per 15 students.
Any additional teachers at a discounted rate of £5 each.
Clothing Requirements
No specific clothing as we are an inside venue, although if you have booked a beach clean then protective clothing may be required i.e. wellington boots, coat etc. We do provide high visibility jackets and gloves for beach clean.
First Aid Information
Skegness Aquarium has a minimum of at least 3 first aiders onsite. Emergency first response CPR/AED/first aid for adults and children plus additional O2 training (use of oxygen cylinders).
Available Facilities
Skegness Aquarium has a range of facilities including gift shop ranging from pocket money prices upwards (students are welcome to bring pocket money to spend).
We have a Bistro which is available to use. School trips are permitted to bring own lunches.
Accessibility & Disabled Facilities
We are fully accessible throughout the aquarium. We have ramps leading up to the main doorway. Fully accessible disabled toilet and a lift to the first floor. The venue itself is spacious enough to maneuver wheelchairs, pushchairs, etc.
Opening Hours & Information
We are open 10.00am till 6pm in the summer holidays.
10 am till 5pm during term time.
Winter hours November to February 10am until 4pm on weekdays and 5pm on weekends.
(last admissions are 1 hour before closing)
Testimonials
“Really knowledgeable staff with a wide veriety of things to see and do. Tactile exhibits and wide range of fish and creatures. Thank you for a wonderful day”
- HUNTING TOWER ACADEMY SCHOOL
“Thank you for a wonderful day. The children all enjoyed the experience and we will recommend Skegness Aquarium for future visits”
- WYGATE PARK ACADEMY
“Excellent,fun filled not a second to spare”
- ST THOMAS SCHOOL.
Other Information
As well as all our educational talks and workshops, we also provide a “sleepover experience” which is perfect for groups of 25+ from all ages, groups and schools. This includes a guided tour with our knowledgeable staff after hours, dinner then a movie of your choice with hot chocolate and cookies before bedding down for the night in front of our main tank where you can gaze at our many different species of fish and sharks as long as you like before waking up to a continental breakfast before leaving in the morning. You will have members of staff on hand all throughout the evening and night to assist you if needed. We can cater the evening to what you would like whether it be a quiz night or craft night. For special events we can also incorporate our snorkeling and dive experience into a 2 day event with a sleepover.
