All KS2 (Ages 7-11) articles
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News & IdeasFree school sessions at RAF Museums in London & Shropshire from September
The RAF Museum is offering free sessions, with activities to meet social distancing guidelines, until January 2021.
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Hay Festival’s digital programme for schools unveiled
An inspiring series of broadcasts for KS2, 3 and 4 pupils studying at home or in classrooms are among the events for this month’s first Hay Festival Digital.
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Hands-on history at 400 English Heritage sites
See how big a castle really is, delve into secret wartime tunnels and marvel at the wonders of Stonehenge. Bring your teaching to life and inspire your students on a school trip to one of English Heritage’s 400 historical sites across the country.
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Hands-on & interactive activities with ZSL Whipsnade Zoo’s adaptation trail
ZSL Whipsnade Zoo’s new Interactive Adaptation Trail aims to provide teachers with a route around the site to visit as many enclosures as possible, with special activities along the way.
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Engaging sensory trail to open at the Yorkshire Arboretum
Visitors to the Yorkshire Arboretum near Castle Howard will be able to take part in a specially designed Sensory Trail when the 120-acre site reopens in March.
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Nature-friendly focus for schools at New Forest’s Exbury Gardens
A Dragonfly Pond learning zone is currently being built at the gardens, with a range of other activities planned to get children interested in the flying insects and the wider world around them.
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Discovery Visits to Marble Hill House include clay tile workshop
English Heritage’s Marble Hill House near Richmond will offer unique Discovery Visits from March to examine Georgian life through the story of Henrietta Howard, King George II’s mistress.
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Children can explore natural surroundings with Zip World’s new programme
Children and teachers can escape the classroom and bring lessons outside with the launch of Zip World’s ‘Gravity in Geography’.
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Prehistoric discoveries at new Mystery Warrior exhibition
Schools can learn about a newly discovered Iron Age warrior at the Novium Museum in Chichester, and pair a visit with a themed workshop.
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Fortnight of STEAM activities planned at British Motor Museum
Warwickshire’s British Motor Museum has announced it will host a STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering Art Maths) activity fortnight to celebrate British Science Week.
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New education package at Winchester Science Centre turns children into heart heroes
Winchester Science Centre and Planetarium has launched a new interactive biology workshop about the heart and how to keep it healthy.
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KidZania London announces action-packed 2019/20 programme
KidZania London - the indoor city run by kids at Westfield London, Shepherd’s Bush - has released details of its new schools programme including a special series of events.
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The art of drawing: Bristol Museum & Art Gallery
Discover how a day at the gallery inspired a whole class to become more interested in Art.
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Lee Valley launches new discovery day for Mental Health Awareness Week
Lee Valley’s Youth and Schools Service has launched a new Mindfulness and Natural Art Discovery day to get pupils engaged in the natural world.
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Exciting Science: London Museum of Water & Steam
Take your pupils to learn about the water cycle at the London Museum of Water Steam.
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Life-saving skills: Safety Central in Cheshire
Teach children how to be safety aware at Safety Central in Cheshire.
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All aboard the learning express: Kirklees Light Railway
Teacher Helen Ford from St Aidan’s Academy, Skelmanthorpe, reports back about a terrific trip with her class in Yorkshire.
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National Memorial Arboretum launches new Stick Man trail
Based on the popular children’s story, the new trail at the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire will encourage school children to get outside and explore.
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Giant ‘nerve cell’ science education centre lands in London’s East End
‘Neuron Pod’ - a striking 23-metre long and 10-metre high free-standing structure – has opened its doors as an informal science learning centre at Queen Mary University of London’s Whitechapel campus.
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One school’s journey from inadequate to number one
After being voted number one school in Surrey, Shannon Clark spoke to St John’s C of E Primary School’s head teacher Mark Richards to find out what part learning outside the classroom had in their transformational journey.
