Cambridgeshire Environmental Education Service (CEES)

CEES Stibbington Centre
Church Lane
Stibbington
Peterborough
Cambridgeshire
PE8 6LP
England

Website

www.cees.org.uk

E-mail

cees.stibbington@cambridgeshire.gov.uk

Telephone

01780 782386

Fax

01780 783835

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.

Cambridgeshire Environmental Education Service (CEES) aims to bring learning to life by working with schools to:
Improve knowledge and understanding about the environment
Offer first hand experience in the environment
Develop skills through the environment
Encourage informed concern and action for the environment and for sustainable lifestyles.

We offer a wide range of curriculum-linked courses for every class at our specialist Environmental Education Centres at Stibbington, Upware, Wisbech and Coldham.

We also offer support for Eco Schools and Sustainable Schools, learning resources for teachers, workshops in schools, a school grounds development service, professional development opportunities for adults, regular newsletters and occasional special events, and the hire of our residential centre at weekends and school holidays.

Venue Type:

Environmental or ecological centre, Association or society

 Links

CEES Stibbington Centre
Church Lane
Stibbington
Peterborough
Cambridgeshire
PE8 6LP
England

Website

www.cees.org.uk

E-mail

cees.stibbington@cambridgeshire.gov.uk

Telephone

01780 782386

Fax

01780 783835

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.
Resources listed here may include websites, bookable tours and workshops, books, loan boxes and more. You may need to scroll down or click on headers to see them all.
 Face to face resources

Exploring a Locality

http://www.cees.org.uk/keystage1_courses.htm

Exploring the rural locality (or urban at Wisbech) around the Centre and using photographs and a map to collect information and data about the locality, including buildings, traffic and land use.

How to obtain

All Day Courses: £260 per class (including tuition fee £200). Courses are tutored by CEES’ specialist, experienced, qualified teachers. Fees are based on a ratio of one member of CEES teaching staff per class of up to 34 pupils, with free places for adults at CEES’ recommended ratios. 2 classes may be accommodated daily at Stibbington and Upware, and one at Wisbech and Coldham.

The charges quoted here are applicable to all Cambridgeshire Local Authority Schools. Other schools and organisations are very welcome to use CEES Courses and Services on payment of a single subscription fee per year.
For more information call 01780 782386, email cees.stibbington@cambridgeshire.gov.uk or fill out the booking enquiry form on our website.

Investigating a Rural Locality

http://www.cees.org.uk/keystage2_courses.htm

Introducing techniques and methods for investigating a rural locality, and collecting a variety of data for comparison with the school locality, including buildings, land use, environmental quality and traffic.

How to obtain

All Day Courses: £260 per class (including tuition fee £200). Courses are tutored by CEES’ specialist, experienced, qualified teachers. Fees are based on a ratio of one member of CEES teaching staff per class of up to 34 pupils, with free places for adults at CEES’ recommended ratios. 2 classes may be accommodated daily at Stibbington and Upware, and one at Wisbech and Coldham.

The charges quoted here are applicable to all Cambridgeshire Local Authority Schools. Other schools and organisations are very welcome to use CEES Courses and Services on payment of a single subscription fee per year.
For more information call 01780 782386, email cees.stibbington@cambridgeshire.gov.uk or fill out the booking enquiry form on our website.

Investigating Change in an Urban Locality

http://www.cees.org.uk/keystage2_courses.htm

Investigating the urban locality of central Wisbech and comparing the older parts of the town centre with the new developments around the harbour area.

How to obtain

All Day Courses: £260 per class (including tuition fee £200). Courses are tutored by CEES’ specialist, experienced, qualified teachers. Fees are based on a ratio of one member of CEES teaching staff per class of up to 34 pupils, with free places for adults at CEES’ recommended ratios. 2 classes may be accommodated daily at Stibbington and Upware, and one at Wisbech and Coldham.

The charges quoted here are applicable to all Cambridgeshire Local Authority Schools. Other schools and organisations are very welcome to use CEES Courses and Services on payment of a single subscription fee per year.
For more information call 01780 782386, email cees.stibbington@cambridgeshire.gov.uk or fill out the booking enquiry form on our website.

Urban Locality, Past, Present and Future

http://ww.cees.org.uk/keystage3_courses.htm#

Data collection course for Key Stage 3 and 4 pupils in the old town centre and in the new harbour development at Wisbech, including land use classification, environmental quality, field sketching and using historical documents.

How to obtain

All Day Courses: £260 per class (including tuition fee £200). Courses are tutored by CEES’ specialist, experienced, qualified teachers. Fees are based on a ratio of one member of CEES teaching staff per class of up to 34 pupils, with free places for adults at CEES’ recommended ratios. 2 classes may be accommodated daily at Stibbington and Upware, and one at Wisbech and Coldham.

The charges quoted here are applicable to all Cambridgeshire Local Authority Schools. Other schools and organisations are very welcome to use CEES Courses and Services on payment of a single subscription fee per year.
For more information call 01780 782386, email cees.stibbington@cambridgeshire.gov.uk or fill out the booking enquiry form on our website.

CEES Stibbington Centre
Church Lane
Stibbington
Peterborough
Cambridgeshire
PE8 6LP
England

Website

www.cees.org.uk

E-mail

cees.stibbington@cambridgeshire.gov.uk

Telephone

01780 782386

Fax

01780 783835

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.

Related teaching activities

Key stage 2 maths, 1 lesson

Ma3 Shape, space and measure

Look at the 2-D and 3-D shapes that you can see in your school grounds and record your findings.

Key stage 2 science, 1 lesson

Sc1 Scientific enquiry

Working in small groups, investigate ways that you can improve your school, listing relevant data collected from your classroom and school grounds.

Key stage 3 design and technology, Small project

1.1 Designing and making

Design a new environmental for your school grounds. The area should be multi-functional and suitable for use across subjects such as science, maths and geography.

Key stage 3 citizenship, 1-2 lessons

2.2 Advocacy and representation

Use Cambridge Environmental Education Service to carry out research and draft an article to campaign for greater knowledge and understanding of the environment.

Key stage 3 ICT, 1-2 lessons

2.1 Finding information

Carry out an investigation of your school. Look at buildings, land use, environmental quality and traffic and present your data using software.