All KS2 (Ages 7-11) articles
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News & IdeasWindermere Lake Cruises gearing up for busy autumn and winter season
Ashurst Primary School pupils from St Helens in Merseyside were the latest to enjoy a lesson on England’s longest lake, as Windermere Lake Cruises expects a much busier autumn and winter season following the pandemic.
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Ultimate STEM School Trip returns to Winchester Science Centre
The Ultimate STEM School Trip has returned to Winchester Science Centre with explosive activities, live shows and immersive exhibits all promised as part of the visit.
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Schools invited to discover more about Reading Abbey for its 900th anniversary
Schools are now able to book an educational workshop at Reading Museum, giving pupils the chance to learn more about the nearby ruins of Reading Abbey in its 900th year.
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Post-apocalyptic school adventure ‘The Bioasis’ welcoming bookings
’The Bioasis’ is described as a new post-apocalyptic adventure, set in 2074 in a secret location in the south west of England, giving schools across the country the chance to escape the classroom.
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Shakespeare’s Mary Arden’s Farm reopens exclusively for primary schools
Mary Arden’s Farm in Warwickshire has reopened exclusively for primary schools this year, offering pupils an authentic Tudor learning experience in a safe and secure environment.
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Leighton Hall unveils new learning programmes and facilities
The new packages at Leighton Hall in Lancashire include outdoor learning programmes with facilities such as an outdoor kitchen, weatherproof woodland log circle and an insect corner.
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Natural History Museum unveils ‘Homework Club’ for pupils
The Natural History Museum has launched its #NHMHomeworkClub initiative, which invites children learning at home to join in with weekly educational activities covering different topics.
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Live nature lessons for primary school pupils broadcast by Field Studies Council
The UK outdoor education charity, the Field Studies Council (FSC), wants to help with home-schooling for primary pupils and their parents with a new programme of live nature lessons.
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RAF Museum introduces online lockdown workshops
With schools and the museum both currently closed, the team have adapted the sessions usually on offer to video format, with accompanying teacher sheets providing ideas to use with their class before and after.
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Bring Shakespeare to life for children at home with free resources
The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust has compiled more than 300 education resources and activities to support teachers and inspire home learners during the national lockdown.
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Ocean Conservation Trust provides free weekly online lessons & virtual tours
The lessons are being broadcast from the National Marine Aquarium, part of the trust, and also aim to provide children and their parents and teachers with some of the wellbeing benefits linked to watching aquatic life.
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WST Travel develops new range of school day trips for 2021
WST Travel has released a new programme of day trips for 2021, to help engage children in a variety of different subjects.
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KidZania London searching for ‘Ambassador Schools’ to help spread the word
KidZania London is on the hunt for three new Ambassador Schools to help support the attraction in its mission to offer the best educational experiences possible.
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Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust’s new sessions link to climate change & plastic pollution
The Wildfowl Wetlands Trust (WWT) will offer schools new sessions linking to climate change and plastic pollution at a variety of its centres across the UK for future visits.
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Anglia Tours aims to bring history closer to home with new packages
Anglia Tours is offering a range of options to help support classroom-based teaching, taking pupils to range of historically significant places across the UK.
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Access to Midlands Air Ambulance Charity education programme expanded online
The Sky Champs’ Education Programme includes reading, writing and mathematical tasks, as well as three school assembly plans and is now available to more schools through an online learning management system.
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School trips will return to Winchester Science Centre with new exhibition & workshops
Winchester Science Centre will be in a position to welcome back schools early next year following a four-month construction programme to completely transform its experience for visitors.
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KidZania London launches pre-visit classroom sessions
KidZania London, the indoor city for children aged 4-14, has launched two new pre-visit classroom sessions to complement the pupils’ experience when they visit the attraction.
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Case Studies
How the Heart of England Forest helped a school to ‘check-in’ with pupils
The Heart of England Forest charity in Warwickshire has been helping local schools by offering limitless space outdoors for learning and play.
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Knowsley Safari introduces Wellbeing Through Wildlife session and virtual tour
The learning and discovery team at Knowsley Safari in Prescot, Merseyside have launched an on-site Wellbeing Through Wildlife workshop to support children’s mental health, along with a virtual tour for schools unable to visit yet.
