School Workshop Ideas

Enrich your class topics with engaging school workshops that will really inspire young children. Experts in the subject areas you are studying can bring innovative learning through everything from theatre to problem solving.

Looking for in-school workshops that come straight to your UK classroom to make learning feel like an adventure?

In-school workshops bring qualified experts to you with everything from science explosions and history role-play to creative art sessions and coding challenges, delivering high-energy, curriculum-linked experiences that save time on transport and get your primary or secondary pupils buzzing with excitement.

You can work with the workshop provider to tailor the experience for your pupils, all you need to do is provide the space, whether that is the classroom, or a school hall. These creative topics that are thought provoking and sure to get your pupils enthusiastic about the subjects you are teaching. During a school workshop, specific resources and planning are taken care of for you, freeing up your time, and simply allowing the children to enjoy the experience.

Some school workshops only operate locally, but most can visit all UK regions. We have indicated on the workshops below how far they will travel. To find more inspiring workshops for the following subjects, please view the following pages:

History Workshops
Science & STEM Workshops
Computing Workshops
Maths & Numeracy Workshops
Art Workshops
English & Literacy Workshops
PSHE & Citizenship Workshops
Online Workshops
GCSE Workshops
WOW Days
Black History Workshops
London School Workshops

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children in school hall enjoying an augmented reality WWII history game
WW2 AR Escape Room - Puzzle Locker
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Does your class have what it takes to top our leaderboard? Transform your school hall into an immersive World War II escape room where pupils solve puzzles, collect virtual artefacts and uncover the stories of wartime Britain!
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Charles Darwin
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Drama days and workshops are a great way for children to make memories and retain topic information for years to come! Drama allows children to explore scientific discoveries and theories through the use of creative roleplay, enabling a clear understanding of how things are discovered.
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Victorians
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Through out the day the children will take a look at life as a Victorian child. The workshop leader will be in dramatical character as a Victorian teacher and Chimney Sweep. There will be times for the children themselves to get involved using drama as a medium.
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Virtual Reality Day - PrimeVR
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PrimeVR inspires young explorers by transporting pupils across the globe to discover famous landmarks, breathtaking landscapes, incredible wildlife and fascinating cultures. Using virtual reality,...
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Online Safety: Into The Screen
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Exploring sensitive issues such as Online Safety can be tricky in a classroom setting. Our dynamic approach utilises the performing arts to deliver key messages in a safe, positive and fun...
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Educational Dance Workshops
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Our workshops help many pupils with team building and depending on the chosen style will include partner work.
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weapons and warfare workshop about the vikings in britain
Viking Workshop & Wow Day
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Dan Tastic Education uses a wide array of props, historical items, videos, group discussion and teacher in role style student participation to cover the following topics during a Viking Wow Day:...
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Bridge Building For KS1
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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.
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History VR Day - PrimeVR
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Immersive experiences create memorable writing opportunities. By travelling through different periods of history first-hand, pupils gain the ideas, vocabulary and inspiration needed to produce...
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Animals VR Workshop - PrimeVR
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Immersive experiences create memorable writing opportunities. By exploring a variety of habitats around the world first-hand, pupils gain the ideas, vocabulary and inspiration needed to produce...
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Maya Workshops
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Travel back in time with our professional actor who takes on the role of Sally Spade, our enthusiastic archaeologist to explore lots of key themes from this fascinating period of history.
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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
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This Literacy workshop for KS1 and KS2 introduces young pupils to the magical tale of L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. Led by a professional drama facilitator, children will explore the...
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Early Islamic Civilisations
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Our drama sessions support the development of inter-personal skills including team work, problem solving, confidence and creativity. Exploring history through drama helps children to empathise with others and develop their understanding of their place in the wider world.
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recreation of an egyptian tomb with hieroglyphics
Ancient Egyptians!
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Our Ancient Egyptian workshops cover a wide range of aspects this ancient civilisation was known for from the Pantheon of Egyptian Gods, through mummification & the after life to everyday life, war and the ancient technology of the pyramids.
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Rainforests VR Workshop - PrimeVR
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Immersive experiences create memorable writing opportunities. By exploring the Amazon Rainforest first-hand, pupils gain the ideas, vocabulary and inspiration needed to produce engaging creative...
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primary school children dressed as roman soldiers
The Romans!
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Based around the Romans in Britannia, our workshops cover the comparisons between the Roman Invaders and the Celtic tribes they met, how the legions fought and conquered, everyday life in Roman Britannia and so much more.
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school hall workshop for anglo saxon building
Anglo Saxon Workshop
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All of our hands-on workshops contain every aspect of STEM learning, from number and counting to shape and space the real word Maths involved is focused on the importance of triangulation in construction. From a Saxon Roundhouse to a Skyscraper
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biological illustrations
NatureLab Naturalist Maria Merian: Life Cycles
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Discover Maria Merian and her pioneering work on butterfly life cycles. Find out about modern naturalists and follow in their footsteps.
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Viking swords and clothing on a table
Vikings, Valkyries and Valhalla - Victorious in defeat
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From the dawn of time we have been learning the key concepts of citizenship. From what we perceive as being the lawless uncultured past of our Neanderthal cousins we are beginning to discover a...
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Ancient Sumer
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Drama days and workshops are a great way for children to make memories and retain topic information for years to come! Drama allows children to empathise with characters of the past and create a sense of what life may have been like for The Ancient Sumer Civilisation.
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