Taught Workshops

Sessions last approximately 90 minutes, if selecting an optional extra this time will increase to 120 minutes.

Time-Travel Toys!

Key Stage One

Pupils will be encouraged to think about life before electricity and batteries. They will handle and play with a range of moving toys that need no batteries and discuss how these toys work and the forces involved.

Cost: £60
Optional extra: Make a cup and ball toy or a thaumatrope, £20

Houses and Homes

Key Stage One

Mr or Mrs Pickford will welcome pupils to the house and take them on a guided tour discussing the role of each room and the sorts of activities they and their family do there. Pupils will be encouraged to make comparisons with similar rooms in their own homes and to investigate a number of household objects from the past.
Cost: £60
Optional extra: Make a clay house plaque, £20

Victorian Voyage!

Key Stage Two

Pupils will be put in role as prospective applicants for a new servant post at Pickford's House by our Victorian Housekeeper. All pupils will be given items of costume to wear and encouraged to participate in a range of hands-on activities.
Cost: £60
Optional extra: Make a Victorian pegdoll, £20

Children at War

Key Stage Two

During this highly interactive workshop pupils will experience what it was like to shelter in the Pickford's House cellar during an air raid attack. They will also be trained as Air Raid Wardens and learn how to deal with several different scenarios including gas attacks, incendiary bombs, and civilian casualties. Pupils will explore the causes and effects of rationing on people’s lives during the Second World War using original examples of ration books and replica foodstuffs and posters.
Cost: £60
Optional extra: Make a miniature Anderson shelter, £20

Discovery Boxes
£10 per day

'Victorian Life', 'Houses and Homes'

Booking and Facilities

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