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Here at Horton Kirby we pride ourselves on making your visit as stress-free as possible. We do this by providing experienced staff to lead your day, organising transport on your behalf and we provide all the equipment and resources needed for your visit.

At the end of each visit we ask the Group Leader to fill in an evaluation form telling us about their experience, this form can also be downloaded from this page of our website.

From September 2008 to July 2009, 100% of Group Leaders said they were either ‘Very Satisfied’ or 'Satisfied' with their day. Here are a few of the other comments from our evaluation forms from the last school year.

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Staff Comments

'Fantastic that we could book the coach through the centre, it made it so much easier to organise’ Reception Teacher	*‘Our visit exactly matched our curriculum needs. Highly recommended.'* Y6 Teacher	'The children were taught a valuable skill and were able to put it to use in a fun way’ Y5 Teacher
’Parents who came with us expressed how well the day went and noticed the benefits to the children.’ Pre-school Teacher	*'Well planned day with good balance of hands on and theory.’* Y5 Teacher	‘It was great to observe my class, I have been making mental notes and assessments all day!' Y3 Teacher
'Transport was clean, comfortable and perfect timing.’ Y5 Teacher	*'The day stimulated all their senses, using their imagination and creativity.'* Pre-school Teacher	*'All children felt included and had ample opportunities to be involved.’* Y5 Teacher
‘A great day, clearly organised. When do I book for next year?' Y3 Teacher	'The centre coped well with the rain and had prepared ideas for wet weather.' Y3 Teacher	'It was lovely to be able to be able to enjoy the trip under the expert guidance of the centre teacher.’ Reception Teacher
'A truly brilliant day, what a find Horton Kirby is! We shall definitely be back.’ Reception Teacher	'Very stress-free.' Y3 Teacher	'We always enjoy coming. It covers the curriculum in a fun way.' Y4 Teacher

Childrens' Comments

'Fun, exciting, knowledgeable, wet!' Y5 class studying Rivers	*'This is the best school trip ever'* Y4 child taking part in our Romans day	'I liked the conkers, I found them for the squirrels' YR child taking part in our Discover the Senses day
'The wood was brilliant. It was really peaceful and nice to get away from the big city' Y3 child commenting on Mother Nature's Art	'It was really fun going into the woods, playing games and hunting for bugs' Y6 child taking part in Science Revision	*'The leader was nice and we learnt a lot. I really liked the measuring'* Y6 child studying Rivers
'I enjoyed the day because we did new things. I liked painting the trees' Y3 child studying Rocks and Soils	'I liked going in the forest looking at all the different leaves' Y5 child studying Plants	*'I thought I was really in WW2 time for a few moments! It made me realise that evacuation isn't just a big holiday'* Y3 child studying WW2
*'I liked making the clay houses'* Y1 child commenting on the 3 Little Pigs day	'I liked when we found the bear, it was the best part ever' Pre-school child who went on a Bear Hunt	*'Can we come back?'* Y5 class taking part in our Routefinding day

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