Educational Visits

Wembury assistant delivering talk on beach to pupils from woodfield primary school in Plymouth

Wembury Marine Centre is a Sea Green accredited provider – we offer year round bespoke sessions at Wembury beach and deliver classroom sessions on a range of topics.

We offer sessions for all ages from Pre-school right through to adult (U3a) and all educational Key Stages in-between.

In addition, we work with mainstream schools, special educational needs providers and alternative education providers such as home education groups and pupil referral units.

A very well organised trip, with very knowledgeable staff and volunteers

Plaistow Hill Infant School, Plymouth

Wembury Beach based activities include:

Rockpool Rangers

Guided rockpooling sessions at Wembury Beach for schools and educational groups of all Key Stages.

Coastal Detectives

Guided activities for KS1-3 exploring the coastal area, including stream dipping, wildlife wanders and geography workshops.

Photo of seashore crafts at Wembury Marine Centre

Seashore Crafters

Guided beach art and seashore craft session, exploring the creative use of natural beach items. Ideal for EYFS-KS2.

Ocean Defenders

Guided marine conservation workshops including beach cleans & marine litter surveys, suitable for all Key Stages.

Seashore Survivors

Guided beachcraft sessions, including fire lighting & den building, for KS3 & above.

Underwater Explorers

Guided snorkelling sessions at Wembury Beach for schools and educational groups, KS3 and above.

For all enquiries, please get in touch here.

Wembury Marine Centre also offer a wide range of educational talks:

We offer a broad programme of educational talks for school classroom delivery which we can offer in-person or virtually. Our Marine Wildlife Champions project offers schools and other educational groups the opportunity to work with us for a full academic year on a range of marine conservation topics. Head to our Wildlife Champions page for more info.

An array of curriculum-linked learning resources are also freely available below:

Educational Talks

Find out more about our school and classroom talks

Marine Wildlife Champions

Find out more about our Wildlife Champions project for schools

Wild learning & activities

Learning Resources

Devon Wildlife Trust's education team have an array of inspiring activities for you to enjoy learning about wildlife.

Our classroom talk was engaging and interactive - a great introduction to rockpool creatures with valuable information to prepare the children for our beach visit. Thank you all.

Wembury Primary School

All sessions are curriculum, STEM and Ocean Literacy linked and can be tailored to your needs.

We also offer a range of events and evening talks for adult/community groups.

A charge applies for most of our educational sessions and costs vary depending on the activity - please Contact Us to discuss in more detail.

We would love to work with you and your students - whatever their age and whatever your topic, please Contact Us to discuss your requirements in more detail or BOOK NOW