Kenilworth Castle and Elizabethan Garden School Trip
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Kenilworth Castle has been a major military stronghold, a royal palace, and an inspiration to writers and artists. It's the perfect destination to bring learning outside of the classroom and cover a wide range of curriculum subjects.Support your teaching in a fun and engaging way, with a visit to Kenilworth Castle.
KS1-3 History: A local history study
KS1 History: Significant historical events, people and places; study of castles
KS2 History: A study of an aspect or theme in British history that extends pupils' chronological knowledge beyond 1066
KS3 History: Development of Church, state and society in Medieval Britain 1066-1509
GCSE History: Study of the historic environment
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We can visit your school in: West Midlands
What activities are available during educational visits?
Book a free education visit and lead your visit in your own way. A visit to Kenilworth Castle can support learning across the curriculum, from a study of the historic environment to stimulus for story writing or art.
Let us bring the history of Kenilworth Castle to life for your students with an immersive, award-winning Discovery Visit led by one of our experts. Sessions are available for up to 30 students, to support KS1, KS2, KS3 and GCSE History groups and offer excellent value.
You can also download our free teaching resources to help support learning before, during and after your visit.
Let us bring the history of Kenilworth Castle to life for your students with an immersive, award-winning Discovery Visit led by one of our experts. Sessions are available for up to 30 students, to support KS1, KS2, KS3 and GCSE History groups and offer excellent value.
You can also download our free teaching resources to help support learning before, during and after your visit.
Which curriculum topics do we cater for?
Medieval School Trip
Medieval Society and Feudalism Castles
Click to read full text MEDIEVAL – Explore Kenilworth Castle to discover the story of this medieval castle, and the siege of 1266. Download the Teachers’ Kit, available from the English Heritage website, with activities to support learning before, during and after your visit. To enhance learning, book an expert-led Discovery Visit workshop to investigate medieval life through hands-on activities:
• MEDIEVAL SIEGE EXPERIENCE (KS2-3) – investigate medieval castle life and defences and learn the story of the 1266 siege, in this full day of exploration and activities
• MEDIEVAL CASTLE QUEST (KS2-3) – discover Kenilworth Castle’s medieval architecture and history, with handling objects and hands-on challenges
• LIFE IN A CASTLE (KS1) – look for evidence that this castle was once home to many people and compare life in a medieval castle to the way we live today
Elizabethans School Trip
Famously built to impress Elizabeth I, see the grand buildings Dudley, Earl of Leicester built at Kenilworth Castle, and the recreated Elizabethan gardens. Download the Teachers’ Kit, available from the English Heritage website, with activities to support learning before, during and after your visit.
Human Geography School Trip
Settlement and land use Natural resources
Investigate the strategic significance of Kenilworth Castle, and the reasons why it was built in the ‘Why build here?’ activity in the downloadable Teachers’ Kit, available on the English Heritage website.
Monarchs
Tudors
Civil War
What size groups do we cater for?
There are generally no limits to the size of education group, provided the group meets our ratios for leaders to learners. Our Discovery Visit workshops are suitable for groups of up to 30. Please see our school visit terms and conditions on our website for further details.
On-site classroom facilities?
Many of our sites have education rooms that can be booked. Please check the relevant schools property page before making a booking.
Is there first aid on site?
Yes.
Access for visitors with disabilities
Yes – please see our website for further details.
Visitors with Special Educational Needs (SEN)
Our facilities have been designed to be as accessible as possible in order to meet the different needs of our visitors. A summary of the facilities provided can be found on our schools property pages.
If you or anyone in your group has particular access needs, please let us know at the point of booking or get in touch with our bookings team before you visit. Please note that some facilities may require booking in advance.
Who are English Heritage?
English Heritage cares for over 400 historic buildings, monuments and sites - from world-famous prehistoric sites to grand medieval castles, from Roman forts on the edges of the empire to a Cold War bunker. Through these, we bring the story of England to life for over 10 million people each year, over 300,000 of whom are education visitors.
We’re the largest heritage provider of school trips and provide a wealth of free educational resources, alongside expert-led, paid-for workshops for KS1-4. The high-quality of our education provision has been recognised most recently with a number of Sandford awards. Caring for our places and their collections, for the benefit of this and future generations is a cornerstone of everything we do.
We are a charity, no. 1140351, and a company, no. 07447221, registered in England.
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