Weoley Castle offers
a wide range of FREE teaching session
for Key Stage 1-2 and Key
Stage 3 pupils. The
sessions available are show below
or alternatively download the Teaching
Sessions Leaflet.
Key Stage
1 and 2 options include:
Castle Capers
Pupils begin the session in school,
handling archive material and
replica artefacts to introduce
them to the difference between
lifestyles of people in the past
and today. They will then meet
on site to investigate the ruined
castle and use clues, observation
and costumed role-play to build
up a picture of what the site
was like in the past. The session
ends with pupils making up their
own costumed role-play vignettes
using artefacts that they have
studied and the castle ruins
as their inspiration.
Location: Schools and site
Length of session: 2 hours
Supports QCA: History Unit 2: What
were homes like a long time ago?
Where’s
Weoley?
Pupils use old maps and photographs
of Weoley Castle and the surrounding
area to build up a picture of
the local environment over a
period of time with the help
of structured worksheets.
Location: School
Supports QCA:
Geography Unit 1: Around our school – local
area. Geography Unit 6: Investigating
our local area.
Which Way’s
Weoley?
Pupils use a compass and pacing
as a unit of measurement to write
directions to guide people from
their schools to the site. Then,
following a site briefing, pupils
write instructions and descriptions
to navigate themselves around
the site from room to room. The
second half of the session teaches
pupils to produce scale plans
and composite drawings of the
site and individual rooms and
walls.
Location: school and site
Length of session: 2.5 hours (this
could be split)
Supports QCA: Numeracy
Archaeology is Rubbish
The sessions provides an introduction
to basic archaeological techniques
using a special collection of
modern rubbish, to look at diversity
between households. Activities
include data collection and analysis
of the range of different product
types and materials to answer
questions regarding food, health,
diet as well as age and lifestyle.
Location: School or site
Length of session: 2 hours
Supports QCA:
Citizenship Unit 5: Living in a
diverse world. Science Unit 1a:
Ourselves. Science Unit 1c: Sorting
and using materials. Science Unit
2a: Health and growth. Geography
Unit 8: Improving the environment.
Gargoyles and Garderobes
Pupils collect visual information
about castle construction and
design elements using the ruins
and artefacts excavated from
the site which can be used as
a basis for their own artwork.
Location: Site
Length of Session: 2 hours
Supports QCA: Art and Design Unit
2c: Can buildings speak? Art and
Design Unit 6c: A sense of place.
Heraldry
The session gives a general introduction
to medieval brain and the concepts
of chivalry. Children learn about
the significance of parts of
coats of arms and heraldic devices,
including key symbols and their
meanings. They brainstorm positive
symbols that can be used to construct
and make coats of arms which
can be drawn up for individuals,
for a class or for a whole school.
Samples of this work will go
on display at the castle at the
summer open day.
Location: School and site
Length of Session: 2 hours
Supports QCA Citizenship Unit 1:
Taking part. Art and Design Unit
3b: Investigating pattern.
Key Stage 3 options include:
Manorial Rolls
Pupils use copies and transcripts
of the Weoley Manor Court Rolls
and replica artefacts to explore
what life was like on the estate
and associated deer park during
the medieval period. The session
starts in schools with pupils
researching a character from
the Rolls and making a period
hat which their character would
have worn and ends on site with
a costumed role play of one such
Manorial Court hearing.
Location: School and site
Length of session: 4 hours (which
can be split)
Supports QCA: History Unit 2: How
did medieval monarchs keep control?
History Unit 3: How hard as life
for medieval people in town and
country?
Please note that the Key Stage
1-2: 'Archaeology
is Rubbish' and 'Heraldry'
sessions can also be adapted for
KS3 pupils.
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