With a Bugfest visit, you only get the best!

The best delivery

The best ethos

The best experience

We have presenters in Wakefield, North Wales, Dorset and Hampshire with more regions coming soon.

We are sure to have someone nearby.

We are looking for highly motivated, highly qualified, self-employed individuals to fly the Bugfest banner not just nationwide, but internationally!

Think you might fit the bill? Get in touch with us!

How much will a bug visit to school cost?

Because every school has different needs, numbers of classes and timing requirements, it isn’t always easy to give a ball park figure.

For a no obligation quote, please use our contact form.

Travel costs are applied for all destinations over ten miles from each of our presenters’ bases of operation to cover fuel, vehicle depreciation and paid travel time for staff, this is incorporated into your quote.

Only Bugfest can provide you with the highest qualified professional visits.

Our presenting team are all professionally qualified with degrees, post-graduate degrees and doctorates, internationally respected and recognised fellowships of Royal institutions, and fully qualified teachers with many years of experience in the classroom.

When it comes to bug visits to schools, there are many important reasons why you should choose an educational visit company like Bugfest, run by experienced fully qualified professionals, over outfits run by amateur hobbyists.

Our team is comprised of presenters who hold the following accolades:

A PGCE qualified teacher

A fellow of the Royal Entomological Society

A member of the Verrall Association of Entomologists

Published nature author

PhD in Biological sciences

University lecturer (Biology)

Twenty years of youth leadership and management

EYFS teaching

Forest school teaching

All of whom can demonstrate the following essential skills:

Proven classroom management skills

Proven lesson planning skills

Proven differentiation and extended questioning skills

Knowledge and ability to apply foundation, KS1 and KS2 curriculum to topics and animals

Subscription based teacher’s DBS

Ability to adapt to any learning environment

Always prepared for the curve ball questions that come from the children – with an appropriate answer

The Best Bug Visits to Schools EVER!

Children love the active delivery of the sessions we provide and the “Horrible Histories” style of delivery. Your class sessions are highly interactive, allowing children, and teaching staff the opportunity to engage with and handle the animals.

Bespoke sessions directly linked to your curriculum areas such as:

Africa

Rain forests

Habitats

Eco-systems

Endo/exo-skeletons

Humans and animals

Christian values and ethos respected and supported

Bugfest literally takes the stress away! Planning a zoo visit takes up a lot of your time, a coach can cost up to £800, it is nearly impossible for you to enjoy the day, and your itinerary is so rushed and hurried, the children are lucky to get any quality learning out of it as well.

A Bugfest visit is a fraction of the cost, and the children can get to learn about the amazing invertebrates we bring into your classroom up close – and in many cases get to handle them – with the exception of tarantulas and scorpions; we take child protection very seriously and want to protect them from potential skin and eye irritation from kicked tarantula hairs.

With over a thousand presentations the presenters of Bugfest brings an exciting and exuberant approach to learning. Children are quickly engaged by their appropriate senses of humour, and those of a nervous nature are fast to find their courage and face their own creepy crawly fears.