Protecting Our Seashore Habitats

 
 This Project is Funded* by the 
Stronger Shores Community Fund 
There are 8* admission funded days during 
academic year 2025/26.

* All 8 funded places have now been allocated, however any schools who would like to choose this visit can still do so with the usual £3 per pupil admission charge.

 Itinerary
  • Beginning with a classroom based presentation, pupils will learn about our seashore habitats and the ways they are being protected. Including existing sea defences and new projects being developed; the pupils will consider the impacts climate change and rising sea levels will have on our local coastline. We will discuss how habitats can be changed, protected or damaged through human impact. Throughout the day, themes of global climate change and local action will be discussed.
  • This is followed by a visit to Teesmouth National Nature Reserve at the North Gare Beach, to explore different coastal habitats and look at natural sea defences (sand dunes) in action.
  • After lunch activities will include a selection from the following, depending on the age of the group:           zero-waste packed lunch challenge; watching a short video about global climate change; Warming the  Planet game; Food chain games; Who Wants to be a Millionaire Climate Quiz.
Learning Objectives 
Science & Geography National Curriculum Links
  • Recognise that environments can change, including human impact, and how this can pose dangers to living things.
  • Construct and interpret a variety of food chains, identifying producers, predators and prey.
  • Identify coastal features local to the area. 
  • Identify the three coastal habitats of sand dunes, beach and rocks found at Teesmouth. To learn about the different plants and animals who live there. 
  • Learn about human impacts on the coast including erosion due to climate change, fires in the sand dunes and litter on the beach. 

Booking Information


  • Cost of visit - this project was initially funded by the Stronger Shores Community Fund, however the funded places have been allocated. The visit can be booked at our usual admission charge of £3 per pupil, or a minimum daily charge of £80 if fewer than 27 children attend.
  • Maximum number of pupils - 40 per day.
  • Visits begin at 9:30 am and groups usually leave at 2:30pm, depending on return to school journey time.
  • Please be aware that when booking a coach, it needs to stay with the group for the whole day as we use it to take us to the beach as part of the visit.
  • Packed lunches can be taken in the Field Centre classroom or on picnic benches outside, weather permitting. Groups will need to take any rubbish from lunch back to school with them.
  • Toilets, hand washing basins and a fully accessible toilet are available within the Field Centre building.
  • The visit will be led by Field Centre Staff, who all have enhanced DBS checks.
  • Risk assessments will be sent out with booking information.

To book or make an enquiry, please email: teesmouthfieldcentre@gmail.com or call: 01429 853847