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Hertfordshire Zoo


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Reviews

The following reviews have been added by visit leaders using the EVOLVE system.
Overview
4.7
80 reviews


Excellent
 
78%

Very Good
 
18%

Average
 
5%

Poor
 
0%

Awful
 
0%

(November 2024 - Primary School)




(October 2024 - Primary School)




(October 2024 - Primary School)




Good size for age group and variety of animals. (July 2024 - Primary School)




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(December 2023 - Primary School)




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(November 2023)




Very well documented. Excellent teacher session. (October 2023 - Primary School)




All excellent (October 2023)




(July 2023 - Primary School)




(July 2023 - Primary School)




(June 2023 - Primary School)




Paradise Wildlife Park is very accesible for younger children. It is big enough for them to see lots of animals and small enough for them to go around in plenty of time. Lots of shaded areas to eat and plenty of toilets. (June 2023 - Primary School)




(June 2023)




The talks was very educational and the children enjoyed learning about different facts about the animals. The talk was all about the animals and interactive but there were no animals present during the talk for the children to touch or see. (June 2023 - Primary School)




(May 2023 - Primary School)




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(January 2023 - Primary School)




(December 2022 - Primary School)




(December 2022 - Primary School)




(November 2022 - Primary School)




The writing aspect of the trip is useful for English with the competition at the end for additional motivation. It would be good to make stronger links between science as there were lots of informative talks given at the park. (October 2022 - Primary School)




(October 2022 - Primary School)




(July 2022 - Primary School)




(July 2022)




(July 2022 - Primary School)




Early Years areas of learning: Communication and Language Understanding the World Personal, social and emotional development (July 2022 - Primary School)




Brilliant trip! Children all enjoyed and learnt lots of new facts about animals. Children were able to recall what had happened and what they had seen. (July 2022 - Primary School)




Valuable visit to support children's science knowledge. (June 2022 - Primary School)




(June 2022 - Primary School)




(June 2022 - Secondary School)




Extremely interesting educational talk (June 2022 - Primary School)




(May 2022 - Primary School)




(March 2022 - Primary School)




(July 2021 - Primary School)




A great day out. The park is a perfect size for primary age children. Great to be outdoors, though we were lucky with the weather. Lots to see and do. (July 2021 - Primary School)




An excellent experience - the only slight issue for a big group is that there weren't many toilet cubicles so it took a while to get all the children through (June 2021 - Primary School)




A very enjoyable trip, however the organisation from the Paradise Wildlife Park had a knock on effect for our school as they had made errors with payment, meaning time was lost whilst this issue was resolved. The dinosaur park was extremely worthwhile for the boys, acting as a great tool for the boys to recap and share prior knowledge. This created a real buzz for learning. (May 2021 - Primary School)




(March 2020 - Primary School)




Limited shaded area for lunch. (January 2020 - Primary School)




Super, safe and educational (January 2020 - Primary School)




A fantastic location, very little attention paid to the young people and not enough time to see the animals (October 2019 - Primary School)




The Park itself was amazing and the children loved going around after/before hours and getting up close to the animals. However the sleeping arrangements were less than desirable: 70 children and 9 adults in one big marquee did not work well. Children who wanted to get to sleep early couldn't as there was nowhere quiet for them. Also there were no blinds on the windows so as soon as it was light (around 4am), children were waking up and were unable to get back to sleep. The food provided was not great and was basic: a snack box was provided in the evening (crisps, chocolate bar, jelly, apple, drink) and for breakfast there was a cereal bar followed by a cheap sausage or egg bap. There were no drinks provided for adults and we had to provide our own tea/coffee and also our own mugs! 4 toilets for 70 children was also not enough. Adults had to use a disabled toilet to change for bed and had little privacy. (August 2019 - Primary School)




Took a while to get in, but overall was a great experience. Animals were close enough for children to see and there was other attractions on site. (August 2019 - Primary School)




Excellent range and variety of activities (July 2019 - Secondary School)




(July 2019 - Primary School)




(July 2019 - Primary School)




(June 2019 - Primary School)




(June 2019 - Primary School)




(May 2019 - Primary School)




(May 2019 - Primary School)




(April 2019 - Primary School)




The new dinosaur park really engaged the children. The children were able to observe a large variety of animals. (March 2019 - Primary School)




A lot of work happening in the animal section of the park. (March 2019 - Primary School)




It was a great day, the park offers a wide selection of attractions. (March 2019 - Primary School)




Lovely range of activities to keep children from 4-11 entertained. (February 2019 - Primary School)




Some of the talk were delivered by elderly volunteers, who did not always pitch their language according to the age of the children they were speaking to (February 2019 - Primary School)




Not many animals to see (December 2018 - Primary School)




Fantastic and enthusiastic approach to the workshop. The children were very engaged and enjoyed the sessions. (November 2018 - Primary School)




(October 2018 - Primary School)




(October 2018 - Primary School)




Well organised visit with age appropriate activities available. (July 2018 - Primary School)




We had an excellent day at the park. Our students thoroughly enjoyed it and loved seeing and touching some of the animals. There were plenty of amenities and staff were helpful and polite. Overall I would definitely recommend it to other schools. (July 2018 - Secondary School)




(July 2018 - Primary School)




(July 2018 - Primary School)




(July 2018 - Primary School)




(June 2018 - Primary School)




(April 2018 - Primary School)




Description

No further information has been added by this provider.

Contact

Hertfordshire Zoo
Paradise Wildlife Park
White Stubbs Lane
Broxbourne
Hertfordshire
EN10 7QA
LOtC

Reviews

The following reviews have been added by visit leaders using the EVOLVE system.
Overview
4.7
80 reviews


Excellent
 
78%

Very Good
 
18%

Average
 
5%

Poor
 
0%

Awful
 
0%

November 2024 - Primary School




October 2024 - Primary School




October 2024 - Primary School




July 2024 - Primary School
Good size for age group and variety of animals.



July 2024 - Primary School




June 2024 - Primary School




June 2024 - Primary School




June 2024 - Primary School




April 2024




April 2024 - Primary School




March 2024 - Primary School




March 2024 - Primary School




December 2023 - Primary School




December 2023 - Primary School




December 2023 - Primary School




November 2023 - Primary School




November 2023 - Primary School




November 2023




October 2023 - Primary School
Very well documented. Excellent teacher session.



October 2023
All excellent



July 2023 - Primary School




July 2023 - Primary School




June 2023 - Primary School




June 2023 - Primary School
Paradise Wildlife Park is very accesible for younger children. It is big enough for them to see lots of animals and small enough for them to go around in plenty of time. Lots of shaded areas to eat and plenty of toilets.



June 2023




June 2023 - Primary School
The talks was very educational and the children enjoyed learning about different facts about the animals. The talk was all about the animals and interactive but there were no animals present during the talk for the children to touch or see.



May 2023 - Primary School




March 2023 - Primary School




March 2023 - Primary School




January 2023 - Primary School




December 2022 - Primary School




December 2022 - Primary School




November 2022 - Primary School




October 2022 - Primary School
The writing aspect of the trip is useful for English with the competition at the end for additional motivation. It would be good to make stronger links between science as there were lots of informative talks given at the park.



October 2022 - Primary School




July 2022 - Primary School




July 2022




July 2022 - Primary School




July 2022 - Primary School
Early Years areas of learning: Communication and Language Understanding the World Personal, social and emotional development



July 2022 - Primary School
Brilliant trip! Children all enjoyed and learnt lots of new facts about animals. Children were able to recall what had happened and what they had seen.



June 2022 - Primary School
Valuable visit to support children's science knowledge.



June 2022 - Primary School




June 2022 - Secondary School




June 2022 - Primary School
Extremely interesting educational talk



May 2022 - Primary School




March 2022 - Primary School




July 2021 - Primary School




July 2021 - Primary School
A great day out. The park is a perfect size for primary age children. Great to be outdoors, though we were lucky with the weather. Lots to see and do.



June 2021 - Primary School
An excellent experience - the only slight issue for a big group is that there weren't many toilet cubicles so it took a while to get all the children through



May 2021 - Primary School
A very enjoyable trip, however the organisation from the Paradise Wildlife Park had a knock on effect for our school as they had made errors with payment, meaning time was lost whilst this issue was resolved. The dinosaur park was extremely worthwhile for the boys, acting as a great tool for the boys to recap and share prior knowledge. This created a real buzz for learning.



March 2020 - Primary School




January 2020 - Primary School
Limited shaded area for lunch.



January 2020 - Primary School
Super, safe and educational



October 2019 - Primary School
A fantastic location, very little attention paid to the young people and not enough time to see the animals



August 2019 - Primary School
The Park itself was amazing and the children loved going around after/before hours and getting up close to the animals. However the sleeping arrangements were less than desirable: 70 children and 9 adults in one big marquee did not work well. Children who wanted to get to sleep early couldn't as there was nowhere quiet for them. Also there were no blinds on the windows so as soon as it was light (around 4am), children were waking up and were unable to get back to sleep. The food provided was not great and was basic: a snack box was provided in the evening (crisps, chocolate bar, jelly, apple, drink) and for breakfast there was a cereal bar followed by a cheap sausage or egg bap. There were no drinks provided for adults and we had to provide our own tea/coffee and also our own mugs! 4 toilets for 70 children was also not enough. Adults had to use a disabled toilet to change for bed and had little privacy.



August 2019 - Primary School
Took a while to get in, but overall was a great experience. Animals were close enough for children to see and there was other attractions on site.



July 2019 - Secondary School
Excellent range and variety of activities



July 2019 - Primary School




July 2019 - Primary School




June 2019 - Primary School




June 2019 - Primary School




May 2019 - Primary School




May 2019 - Primary School




April 2019 - Primary School




March 2019 - Primary School
The new dinosaur park really engaged the children. The children were able to observe a large variety of animals.



March 2019 - Primary School
A lot of work happening in the animal section of the park.



March 2019 - Primary School
It was a great day, the park offers a wide selection of attractions.



February 2019 - Primary School
Lovely range of activities to keep children from 4-11 entertained.



February 2019 - Primary School
Some of the talk were delivered by elderly volunteers, who did not always pitch their language according to the age of the children they were speaking to



December 2018 - Primary School
Not many animals to see



November 2018 - Primary School
Fantastic and enthusiastic approach to the workshop. The children were very engaged and enjoyed the sessions.



October 2018 - Primary School




October 2018 - Primary School




July 2018 - Primary School
Well organised visit with age appropriate activities available.



July 2018 - Secondary School
We had an excellent day at the park. Our students thoroughly enjoyed it and loved seeing and touching some of the animals. There were plenty of amenities and staff were helpful and polite. Overall I would definitely recommend it to other schools.



July 2018 - Primary School




July 2018 - Primary School




July 2018 - Primary School




June 2018 - Primary School




April 2018 - Primary School