A
visit to Blakesley Hall offers
the opportunity to study a Tudor
home and learn about people’s
lives in Tudor and Stuart times.
Schools are invited to make a visit
and participate in FREE educational
sessions led by the on-site education
team. Sessions provide the opportunity
for pupils to investigate the home
life of the Smalbroke family who
lived at Blakesley in Elizabethan
times and explore the clothes,
toys, music and dance to the periods.
There are also opportunities for
classes to participate in Maths,
Science, Craft and Art activities.
Key
Stage 1 Options
- ‘A day in the life
of Blakesley Hall’ – an
investigation into the life of
the children living a the Hall
during the 17th century.
- ‘This is the House
that Richard built’ – a
comparison of their home with
a Tudor home.
- ‘Famous People in
the Past’ – including
Guy Fawkes and Shakespeare.
- ‘Night Night, Sleep
Tight’ – suitable
for Foundation Stage.
- ‘Here We Go Round
the Tudor House’ – using
nursery rhymes to investigate
the Hall and its garden.
- ‘Pass Times of Past
Times’ – a chance
to handle and use Tudor toys
and have a go at dancing!
Classroom activities can include:
- Artefact handling, toys
and object guessing.
- Brass rubbing.
- Simple maths activities – pattern-making,
measuring and estimating.
- Outside
the house study and observational
drawing.
- ‘How Does your Garden
Grow?’
- ‘Can Buildings Speak?’
- ‘Richard Smallbroke
Had a Farm’.
- ICT.
Key Stage 2 Options
- Tudor Kitchens and Entertainment.
- Lotions
and Potions.
- Drama and Role play.
- Local History.
- Music and dance.
Classroom activities can include:
- Artefact handling.
- Brass rubbing.
- Quill pen writing.
- Maths activities.
- Outside the
house study and observational
drawing.
- Herb garden investigation
and Tudor remedies.
- Geography activity.
- Wills and
Inventory Study.
- ICT.
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