Tudor Galleon Workshops

Architecture Workshops

Our Tudor Galleon workshop can be used if you rtopic is the Spanish Armada, or Sir Francis Drakes voyages on the Golden Hinde or King Henry VIII flagship Th eMary Rose, which famously sank outside of Portsmouth and was raised in the 1982.

These are structured workshops, using design technology, maths, and science to differing degrees. Students create large scale reconstructions of architectural landmarks.

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Where we travel to

We can visit your school in:

What activities are available during this school workshop?

Teamwork, Problem Solving, Resilience

Which curriculum topics do we cater for?

Maths

Logic and Problem Solving Shape Ratio and proportion

Because we use nothing more than dowel and rubber bands in all of our unique workshops the importance of triangulation in making all other two dimensional shapes strong is key in all the structures we build.

Design Technology

Materials

Construction Elements Included, where pupils have to follow instructions together to form the structure, so need to help and guide one another to ensure a successful build.

PSHE

Teamwork and resilience

Problem solving and resilience are endemic in all of our workshops, but particularly in the STEAM orientated ones, like Bridge, Maths & Design, Shelters, Skyscrapers, Olympic Sculptures. Pupils Work individually, in groups and altogether to create one large structure, or remaining in groups make their own structure. e.g. bridge, shelter, sculpture. The teamwork and resilience needed helps develop pupils cooperative intelligence.

Tudors

The Armada Henry VIII

The Tudor galleon workshop can be run as part of a study on the Spanish Armada attack, the voyages of Sir Francis Drake's and the Golden Hinde, King Hery VIII flagship The Mary Rose that sank outside of Portsmoth.

What size groups do we cater for?

2 x 120 minutes with 45 pupils in each workshopo or 3 x 90 minutes with 30 UKS2 pupils in one day

Access for visitors with disabilities

yes Please let us know more about your group and we will get back to you with more details about the suitability of what we offer.

Visitors with Special Educational Needs (SEN)

We are happy to work with SEN pupils who are part of a class, but if the percentage is greater than 25% we may have to adjust the total number accordingly. Likewise we can run workshops at specialist schools with smaller numbers.

Anything else?

My son, Erno, ran out of his classroom today exclaiming 'best day ever'. Thank you so much for what sounds like an inspiring session building. His eyes were glistening and he is still buzzing!
Thank you very much.

Who are Architecture Workshops?

The Architecture Workshops Association have been running fun and engaging workshops since 1996 that engage with pupils and providing catalytic support for teachers. Fitting with the national curriculum on numerous levels, not only the obvious STEM elements and History, but we help develop pupils Fine and Gross Motor Skills as well as a their independent thought and problem solving skills, thereby increasing their self esteem.