A relatively recent period of history, but how much do we know about the life of a child in Victorian Britain? Let’s experience it together at the Weald and Downland!
With a focus on hands-on learning, our workshops can accommodate a wide range of schools, SEND and home education groups. From science and design and technology to English and history our sessions aim to stimulate communication and thinking skills, develop creativity and encourage team working.
To find out more about each workshop click on the links below.
Tours Through Time
Duration: 1 hour
Cost: £50 for 15 pupils
Join us on an interactive journey through time where your tour guide will take you on a whistle-stop tour of 4 different houses from 4 different time periods. Pupils will be challenged to spot the difference between the houses and take part in an immersive hands-on activity at each stopping point along the way which will help bring the history of each house to life and enable a better understanding of what it was really like to live in the past!
Choose from the following tour options:
1. Saxon to Tudor Tour (stops at Saxon House, Hangleton, Boarhunt and Bayleaf)
2. Victorian to Medieval Tour (stops at Whittakers, Victorian school, Bayleaf and Boarhunt)
Expect to take part in historical crafts, horrible chores, lessons in apothecary and become time travelling detective along the way.
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Workshops
Spit and Polish: Victorian Chores KS2
Duration: 45 minutes
Cost: £40
Immerse your class in Victorian home life with this activity-packed workshop.
After exploring our Victorian cottage, pupils roll up their sleeves to get stuck in to some typical chores. From doing the laundry to cleaning the house, they learn about life before electricity and the tiring tasks children like them had to do every day. Will they get everything done on time?
What will they do?
- Explore a Victorian cottage
- Test and try out Victorian gadgets
- Victorian washday challenge using a dolly and mangle to get the washing done
- Spit and polish activities – beating rugs, sweeping and polishing
How to Book
Please complete our Online Booking Enquiry Form
Alternatively, call our schools team on 01243 811459 or email schoolbookings@wealddown.co.uk
Victorian Cooking KS2
Duration: 145 minutes
Cost: £40
What’s for dinner? Pupils begin this session by investigating food sources, diets and mealtimes in Victorian times.
They then learn about weights and measures before working in teams to gather ingredients and follow a recipe to make a treat for dinner. If all goes well they then get to eat the results!
What will they do?
- Grocery basket activity – discover where the Victorians got their food
- Investigate original kitchen utensils and equipment from the Victorian period
- Use Victorian scales, weights and measurements
- Follow a receipt (recipe) to mix ingredients and make drop scones on a griddle over an open fire
How to Book
Please complete our Online Booking Enquiry Form
Please call our schools team on 01243 811459 or email schoolbookings@wealddown.co.uk
Sit up Straight! Victorian Schoolroom KS2
Duration: 45 minutes
Cost: £40
Transport your class back in time to the reign of Queen Victoria for a lesson they won’t forget.
This immersive role-play session will instruct pupils in the 3Rs and a physical drill giving them a genuine taste of Victorian classroom learning and discipline. Who knows they might even be happier about their real lessons after this. Remember to sit up straight!
What will they do?
- Experience a lesson in a real Victorian Schoolroom using slates
- Take part in a physical drill exercise
- Undergo good manners training
- Complete short activities linked to the 3Rs – Reading, wRiting and aRithmetic
How to Book
Please complete our Online Booking Enquiry Form
Please call our schools team on 01243 811459 or email schoolbookings@wealddown.co.uk
