Visitor Information
Any Group: 1: Book Your Visit
Please contact the Shuttlewood Clarke Foundation to arrange your booking. This can be done by telephone, e-mail or post.
Schools, Youth Groups and Organisations: 2: Prior to the visit
We advise that teachers visit the Yew Trail prior to the class visit; this can be arranged by contacting the Shuttlewood Clarke Foundation.
Pre-visit In-School activity / Friends of the Foundation
The broader work of the Shuttlewood Clarke Foundation, in addition to the Yew Trail, provides support, care and friendship to the elderly and adults of all ages with disabilities. To date over 100,000 people from throughout Leicestershire have benefitted from the varied activities undertaken by the Foundation.
All aspects of our charitable work link with a number of important areas of the curriculum which focus on the development of young people as individuals and members of their community:
Citizenship / PSHE:
• Preparing to take an active role as citizens
• Developing a healthy, safer lifestyle
• Developing good relationships and respecting the differences between people
• Developing confidence and responsibility
With cross referenced links to Geography and Science.
The aims of these subject areas, in KS 1 and 2 include a requirement for pupils to show they can take some responsibility for themselves and their environment and begin to learn about their own and other people’s feelings. In addition they are encouraged to become aware of the views, needs and rights of other children and older people, develop their sense of social justice and moral responsibility and begin to understand that their own choices and behavior can affect local issues and social institutions. They also start to learn how to take part more fully in school and community activities and make informed choices about their health and environment.
With this in mind the Foundation offers all schools the opportunity to become involved in its ‘FRIENDS OF THE FOUNDATION’ scheme.
A member of the Foundation’s team will visit your School either for an assembly or to an individual class and talk, to and with the pupils in an enjoyable and exciting way, about the meaning of ‘Charity’, the type of work that the charity undertakes, the importance of respect for the elderly, people with disabilities and the environment and also the Yew Trail outdoor classroom.
If you would like your school to become a Friend of the Foundation or would like to find out more, please contact Alan Norman on 01530 244914 or E-mail yewtrail@shuttlewood-clarke.org
Prior to the visit the following points will need to be considered / discussed:
• The number of children and accompanying adults visiting Yew Trail
• The dates and times of arrival/departure
• Parking requirements
• Facilities for cover in wet weather
• Route that children will take around the trail and type of activity to be carried out
• Restricted access areas
3: Teacher prepares class for visit
• Ensure that all children have suitable footwear, preferably Wellington boots
• Remind children and parents/guardians that warm clothing should be worn
• Provide Liquid Soap / Alcohol Gel
• Discuss with the children the rules for the visit and involve them in the risk assessment process
• Inform the children of what to expect when visiting Yew Trail and what the expected learning outcomes are
• The following publications may be useful to you when planning your visit each refers to educational visits outside the classroom
www.teachernet.gov.uk/wholeschool/healthandsafety/visits
4: Class Visit to Yew Trail
Yew Trail is a wild and natural landscape we therefore offer the following points for your consideration:
• Ensure that all adults accompanying the group are fully briefed
• Ensure that there is an adult supervisor with the children at all times
• Ensure that the children abide to the restricted access areas and keep to the marked paths.
• Do not allow the children to climb fences or gates
• Children must only eat or drink in the designated areas and after washing hands thoroughly with liquid soap / alcohol gel
• Ensure that the children and adults wash their hands thoroughly with liquid soap / alcohol gel after visiting Yew Trail
• Ensure that any litter is disposed of into the litter bin provided or taken away from the site.
• Ensure that all staff and children have read and abide by the Yew Trail Code
Please browse through the downloads section on the green bar below in order to find more information on the Yew Trail.
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