SCHOOL VISITS

Inspiring workshops for EYFS, primary and secondary pupils Schools Brochure 2015 - 2016 A UNIQUE EXPERIENCE

Lincoln Castle is a truly inspiring venue for a school visit. The new national curriculum-linked Investigate programme for schools offers you and your pupils the chance to have fun, discover, learn and be inspired to learn more through a wealth of unique hands-on adventures and experiences.

FACILITATED WORKSHOPS SELF-LED VISITS In this brochure and on the website A self-led visit may include the Medieval Wall www.lincolncastle.com you will find a Walk £2.50 per pupil, Magna Carta and the broad range of pre-bookable facilitated Victorian Prison. £5.00 per pupil or an workshops led by our experienced learning all-inclusive ticket £6.00 per pupil. team. Workshops are designed to offer an immersive, action-packed school visit. Talk to MULTI-SITE VISITS us about your ideal school trip and we will do Experience two heritage sites on the same everything we can to make this possible. day. There are limited pre-bookable combined workshops available with The Collection Morning workshops from 10am or afternoon Museum or Lincoln Cathedral. £8.00 per pupil. workshops from 12.30pm will last around 1.5 hours to 2.5 hours. All day workshops are GUIDED TOURS 10am - 2.30pm. Times are flexible to suit your needs and if you need to stop for a break just Many of the facilitated workshops include let us know. All day £8.00 per pupil. tours relevant to their subject area. However, Morning or afternoon £4.00 per pupil. you can book a general guided tour in the bailey as part of your visit. £2.00 per pupil. MAKING THE MOST OF YOUR VISIT

The brand new learning centre has four bright and spacious flexible rooms, an Early Years room and a dedicated schools area of the Victorian Prison.

TRAVEL THROUGH CASTLE TIME

ACCESS SHOP Please let us know of any access requirements Our castle shop stocks a wide range of when you book your visit. We would strongly pocket-money priced items for children. recommend a pre-visit to the site if you have However if you feel you will be too particular access requirements. short of time for pupils to visit the shop on the day, you can book items from our RISK ASSESSMENTS goody-bag service in advance. You can download our hazard identification sheet to help you to fully complete your risk If you would like to use this service assessments on the website. please email: [email protected] for further details. LOAN BOX SERVICE Complement your studies of Lincoln Castle in the classroom with a box of real and replica objects, plus information on how to get the most from the box. See the website for further details. FACILITATED WORKSHOPS AT A GLANCE You can find out about our workshops in more detail on www.lincolncastle.com All the following workshops are morning, afternoon or, all day (where stated). Half day workshops can be extended as required.

EARLY YEARS Very young children have the chance to experience real foods and real artefacts with a little sprinkle of castle magic…

Meet Dennis the Dragon My Castle Home Dress up like a knight or a What was it like living in a castle princess from the magical world long ago? Prepare and enjoy a of castle stories and meet Dennis banquet, learn to be a knight or the (small and friendly) Dragon a lady, and more

Magic Spells and Potions Play the ‘Spells and Potions’ game with the giant cauldron. Touch and smell real herbs. Plant a seed to take away

KEY STAGE ONE My Castle Home Time Detectives - Dig it! Be a young scientist, What was it like living in a castle Examine the evidence from real archaeologist or explore long ago? Prepare and enjoy a excavations at Lincoln Castle. life in a medieval castle… banquet, learn to be a knight or Apply hands-on archaeology a lady, and more with mini-digs and complete your materials chart Young Castle Explorers Young scientists can find out Burglar Bill what a castle is made of, how This workshop will engage heavy a knight’s armour might very young children through be and how fast an arrow fires. lively activities using props and Investigation through real and costumes. Includes a mini-tour replica object handling of the Victorian prison KEY STAGE TWO Examine 2000 years of history and NATIONAL CURRICULUM historical interpretation through a A study of an aspect of wealth of hands-on experiences history or a site dating from a period beyond 1066 that is significant in the locality. Roman Invaders meet the Celts! Magna Carta to Learn about conflict and Children’s Charter understanding others through This exciting drama workshop this exciting all-day Romans examines the relevance of and Celts workshop working Magna Carta through across Lincoln Castle and The children’s issues Collection museum Comic Strip Magna Carta Anglo-Saxons: View the document and film then Pagans to Pilgrims create a continuous comic strip How did life change when the of Magna Carta. Learn how the Anglo-Saxons converted to document was made and have Christianity? Examine evidence a go at writing manuscript with from the Anglo-Scandinavian medieval - style pen and ink. Church, human remains and sarcophagus found on site. Take Magna Carta Drama: part in a fun Saxon mini-drama King John on Trial

Examine the evidence - just Time Detectives: how ‘bad’ was King John? Lincoln Castle Revealed This fun drama workshop Take a Time Detective Quest looks at some of the issues around Lincoln Castle to reveal of Magna Carta in detail some of its Roman, Saxon and Norman history mystery

Time Detectives: Dig it! Examine the evidence from real excavations at Lincoln Castle and build a chronological timeline of recent finds that reveal events and people occupying the site for more than 2000 years KEY STAGE TWO CONTINUED

Magna Carta WOW day Lock in! WOW day A Norman Castle: Immerse yourself into the drama Spend a day as a Victorian Power and Peasantry and conflict surrounding the prisoner, or try being the Learn about the Norman sealing of Magna Carta in this governor or matron in charge. Invasion and castle construction inspiring Lincoln Castle and Lincoln What will you eat? How dark here at Lincoln castle. What still Cathedral full day workshop. is the punishment cell? What remains of the original building? For two classes or more are your chores? Fun for two Why was it built here? Who classes or more built it? Prison Escape! Find out about the incredible Under Attack! Medieval Day in the story of Joseph Ralph who Using their ‘Under Attack’ pack, Life of a castle WOW day escaped from Lincoln Castle in two groups, French Attackers Enjoy an amazing, immersive Prison twice using amazing and Royalist Defenders - pupils day at Lincoln Castle including escape tactics. Play the will work out a winning strategy dressing-up, handle replica armour ‘Prison Escape’ game as you from real events as the enemy and weaponry, eat like a king and hunt for objects hidden in the looking for the weak points of more in this exciting WOW day Victorian cells the Castle’s defence, or defend for two classes or more the Castle against enemy attack Victorian Childhood: Poverty & Prison Knight School Which was worse for Victorian Find out how tough knight children? - being in prison or out training was and some of the on the street? You decide in this surprising duties you would immersive visit to the Castle’s have undertaken Victorian prison

PLEASE NOTE WOW days are limited to certain dates. Please check the website for more details KEY STAGE THREE History where it happened: Normans, crime and punishment, Magna Carta. Travel & tourism: a critique of Lincoln Castle Revealed

A Norman Castle: Magna Carta: Power and Peasantry Power to the People? Learn about the how Norman Examine views on the impact Invasion affected Lincoln. Find of Magna Carta in 1215 and its answers to the questions: Who significance now through built Lincoln Castle- how and hot-seating and debate why? What evidence remains of its original construction? Dungeons to Dark Cells: 1000 years of Crime and Punishment Under Attack! Prisoners have been held I’m a Victorian Prisoner… Find out how Lincoln Castle was at Lincoln Castle since its Get me out of here! defended and attacked through construction in 1068. Using Find out about the incredible battles during the Middle Ages, primary sources, this workshop story of Joseph Ralph who with a focus on Battle of Lincoln looks at how trial, imprisonment escaped from Lincoln Castle Fair in 1217, which significantly and punishment have changed Prison using amazing escape influenced British history. over time. tactics. Find out what ultimately happened to Joseph. Medieval Day in the Life Comic strip Magna Carta What if he had better life of a Castle WOW day View the document and chances - would he still have Enjoy an amazing, immersive films then design & create a turned to a life of crime? day at Lincoln Castle including continuous ‘comic strip’ of the dressing-up, handle replica armour story behind Magna Carta. Travel & Tourism: and weaponry, eat like a King and Lincoln Castle Revealed more in this exciting WOW day Dungeons to Dark Cells: 1000 Take a critical eye over the for two classes or more. years of Crime and Punishment main aspects of the ambitious Prisoners have been held Lincoln Castle Revealed project at Lincoln Castle since to create a word class visitor Magna Carta Drama: its construction in 1068. attraction. What would you King John on Trial Using primary sources, this have done differently? Why did King John agree to, and workshop looks at how trial, then reject Magna Carta? What imprisonment and punishment is significant about Charter have changed over time. of the forest? This workshop looks at some of the issues and interpretation in detail. N

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