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Key Stage 2
Key stage 2
• RE
• History
• Art
• Maths & DT
• Geography
• Magna Carta resource box free to borrow
To book a visit, call us on: 01722 555180 or email: [email protected]
‘The pupils loved being in the space and thoroughly enjoyed all the activities
we will definitely be back!’Year 6 teacher
Costs quoted are per pupilLook out for our annual special events available from July each year
Key Stage 2 – RE
Explore the Cathedral: Place of worship
Explore the Cathedral: The Bible
What does the Cathedral tell us about Christianity?
What makes the Bible sacred and why does it matter?
Explore this wonderful Cathedral looking at the furniture, the layout and how it is used for worship and compare it with other churches to see what it can tell us about Christianity.
Visit different locations in the Cathedral which link to parts of the Bible. Through storytelling and discussion explore how the Bible helps Christians learn more about God.
£2.50
£2.50
Locally agreed syllabus
Locally agreed syllabus
Explore the Cathedral: Symbolism
Why are symbols important in Christianity?
Explore the meaning of some key symbols and their use in the Cathedral and understand how these communicate without the use of language.
£2.50 Locally agreed syllabus
Exploring Advent
Why do Christians celebrate Advent?
Explore this important period, the start of the Christian year.
Tailored workshops using artefacts, craft, drama and music to bring the real meaning of Advent to life.
£5.50 for a whole day
Locally agreed syllabus
Exploring Easter What is the significance of Easter to Christians?
A drama, discussion and art-based day. During a tour meet a character who bore witness to the very first Easter.
Pupils will be able to share their experiences and respond to the challenging themes of Easter.
£5.50 for a whole day
Locally agreed syllabus
Key Stage 2 – RE
Get involved: Worship at the Cathedral
Get involved: Join in a pilgrimage
What is special about Cathedral worship?
Why is pilgrimage important to some believers?
Investigate some of the artefacts that make Cathedral worship special. Take part in a Cathedral procession and see first-hand how the clergy dress.
Join in an actual pigrimage to the Cathedral processing to the tomb of Saint Osmund, a popular pilgrimage destination in Medieval times. Pupils use a mini passport on their journey to help them reflect on their own lives and values and how pilgrimage impacts on the lives of believers. Pupils will make their own pilgrim badge fridge magnet as a souvenir.
£1.50
£5.50 for a whole day
Locally agreed syllabus
This is one of our most popular activities!
Get involved: Beliefs in action
Time out: Spiritual development
Window onto the world
How and why do believers care for others in the world?
Who am I and how best can I help others?
How will you prioritise the rights and responsibilities of the child?
With an emphasis on interactive sessions:a) Use the Cathedral and Salisbury diocese link to Sudan to explore how Christians help those in other parts of the world b) Use the Prisoner of Conscience window and the Amnesty Candle to explore how Christians help those who stand up for their beliefs.
Take part in a range of activities which encourage pupils and staff to think about some of the bigger questions in our lives: our relationship with ourselves, others, beauty and beyond, our own beliefs and those of others.
Linking with the Prisoner of Conscience window use this image-rich activity to discuss and negotiate the really important things in our lives. This session includes designing, voting, speaking and listening.
£1.50 each session
£5.50 for a whole day
£1.50
Tie these activities in with SMSC, British Values, Human Rights and Magna Carta.
Discuss your needs with a member of our staff and we will tailor a bespoke day.
Explore the Cathedral: Choose from
Local history
Tudor tales
Lost heroes
What is the evidence for the Cathedral’s own history?
Who are the personalities?
What stories do the wall plaques tell?
This tour will bring local, regional and national history alive for your local history project.
Be amazed by our princesses and pirates on this storytelling tour revealing colourful connections within the royal court.
Find lost heroes on this reflective tour relating to WWI, the Crimea and many more forgotten times.
£2.50
£2.50
£2.50
Why not add our special town tour into The Close and city beyond?
Why not add workshops or sessions for a bespoke, whole day visit?
Royalty
How have these significant people been involved in the Cathedral’s and the nation’s history?
From William the Conqueror right through to our Queen Elizabeth, pupils will learn about these famous monarchs and their special connections, and indeed visitations, to Salisbury Cathedral.
£2.50 A focus on special people and events.
Horrible histories Green Men
What is the evidence for the Cathedral’s more ‘horrible’ history?
A great way to explore the way folklore is present in Christian churches.
In this tour of Medieval mayhem pupils will hear about the more gruesome side of Cathedral history down the ages.
Find the Green Men and discover why they are in these unusual places around the Cathedral.
£2.50
£2.50
Marvellous fun but not for the faint hearted!
Why not add a Green Man art workshop?
Key Stage 2 – History
Explore the Cathedral: Choose from
Local history
Tudor tales
Lost heroes
What is the evidence for the Cathedral’s own history?
Who are the personalities?
What stories do the wall plaques tell?
This tour will bring local, regional and national history alive for your local history project.
Be amazed by our princesses and pirates on this storytelling tour revealing colourful connections within the royal court.
Find lost heroes on this reflective tour relating to WWI, the Crimea and many more forgotten times.
£2.50
£2.50
£2.50
Why not add our special town tour into The Close and city beyond?
Why not add workshops or sessions for a bespoke, whole day visit?
Royalty
How have these significant people been involved in the Cathedral’s and the nation’s history?
From William the Conqueror right through to our Queen Elizabeth, pupils will learn about these famous monarchs and their special connections, and indeed visitations, to Salisbury Cathedral.
£2.50 A focus on special people and events.
Horrible histories Green Men
What is the evidence for the Cathedral’s more ‘horrible’ history?
A great way to explore the way folklore is present in Christian churches.
In this tour of Medieval mayhem pupils will hear about the more gruesome side of Cathedral history down the ages.
Find the Green Men and discover why they are in these unusual places around the Cathedral.
£2.50
£2.50
Marvellous fun but not for the faint hearted!
Why not add a Green Man art workshop?
Key Stage 2 – History
Key Stage 2 – Art
Medieval life: Dress, dance and play (full costume supplied)
What was Medieval life like? How did people in Medieval society behave, dress and live?
In the authentic surroundings of the Cathedral, find out what rich and poor Medieval people wore and then dress up in costume to learn and perform a dance to Medieval music and play a genuine Medieval game which can be found even today in the Cathedral. Will royalty arrive?
£1.50 Will include a surprise visit by King John, Queen Eleanor or Queen Isabella.
Medieval life: Exploring pilgrimage (full costume supplied)
How do we understand the attitudes and religious beliefs of Medieval people?
The year is 1485 and King Richard III may attend.In full Medieval costume and with real and almost-real characters, pupils will take part in a role play exploring reasons for pilgrimage through drama and discussion.
£1.50 Meet our entombed knight in armour from the Battle of Bosworth.
Magna Carta Court: King John
Why did Magna Carta happen?
Depending on how grumpy he is feeling, pupils may just escape with their lives after this audience with King John himself. Just don’t ask him about Magna Carta!
£1.50 Pupils interact with the King and some even challenge his authority!
An audience with: Medieval Master Mason or his wife
How important was the role of a Master Mason?
On much safer ground, pupils can meet the Master Mason or his wife and find out the difference between his tufa and his corbels. Explore the materials in the Cathedral and find out how it was built.
£1.50 Bring your local history project alive with colourful characters.
Key Stage 2 – History
Explore the Cathedral and meet a character along the way:
What happened in the Reformation, who was there in the Civil War and how did the Cathedral survive with fire and flood?
Through the turbulent religious upheaval of the Reformation, the Cathedral has been witness to it all. This is the opportunity for pupils to hear all about it from someone who was there…
Pupils will be able to see evidence as they explore parts of the Cathedral. This tour will bring local, regional and national history alive.
£2.50
Tudors: Beliefs and practices as a stairway to heaven in times of change
How did religious disagreements lead to the split in the Church in Tudor times?
Discover the fascinating and slightly gruesome way of thinking about the world of the early Tudors and the pre-Reformation idea of getting to heaven. Use some spectacular faux relics and some genuine late Medieval and Tudor indulgencies held in the Cathedral to explore the idea of paying for your soul.
£1.50 It may be possible to meet the Archivist and actually see the primary sources of change in these unique documents.
Tudors: Putting the Tudors on trial (full costume supplied) Explore the Cathedral: Tudor focus on beliefs and practices, relics and artefacts
Why did the Protestant Church break away from the Roman Catholic Church?
What was the purpose of religious articles such as relics and how did they influence people’s lives?
Meet a key figure from the Tudor period. Find out why the church changed from Roman Catholic to Protestant during dramatic role-play.
A tour including faux Medieval artefacts once recorded in the Cathedral’s inventory to explore the nature of devotion and belief, symbolism and practice, use and purpose of these relics and artefacts abolished during the Reformation and the violation of property.
£1.50
£2.50
Mix your workshops to add excitement to your day!
It may be possible to meet the Archivist and actually see the primary sources of change in these unique documents.
Tudors: Pouncing portraits
How much control did Tudor monarchs have over their personal images and portraits?
Pupils will make their own portrait of a Tudor monarch using traditional ‘pouncing’ methods which ensure images of Queen Elizabeth I are all the same, just as she decreed.
£1.50 More fun than you’d ever imagine!
Crime and punishment: Ancient Roman laws, Magna Carta articles, Tudor terrors Victorian values and today
Can you tell the difference between your Roman citizen, Medieval monarch and viscious Victorian?
Using laws from ancient documents, compare the evidence in a workshop of discussion, negotiation and team work. With costumes for effect, watch as the pupils apply their 21st-Century values to life in the past.
£1.50 Develop your pupils’ speaking and listening skills as they delve into history, citizenship and today’s British Values.
Key Stage 2 – History
Tudors: Pouncing portraits
How much control did Tudor monarchs have over their personal images and portraits?
Pupils will make their own portrait of a Tudor monarch using traditional ‘pouncing’ methods which ensure images of Queen Elizabeth I are all the same, just as she decreed.
£1.50 More fun than you’d ever imagine!
Crime and punishment: Ancient Roman laws, Magna Carta articles, Tudor terrors Victorian values and today
Can you tell the difference between your Roman citizen, Medieval monarch and viscious Victorian?
Using laws from ancient documents, compare the evidence in a workshop of discussion, negotiation and team work. With costumes for effect, watch as the pupils apply their 21st-Century values to life in the past.
£1.50 Develop your pupils’ speaking and listening skills as they delve into history, citizenship and today’s British Values.
Key Stage 2 – Art
Clay: Medieval tile
Gargoyle Green Man
What techniques did the Medieval tile maker use?
What is the meaning and purpose of the gargoyle?
What is a Green Man?
Using two colours of air-dry clay create a tile using the Cathedral interior as a source for design inspiration.
Create a gargoyle or grotesque after studying the west front stone carvings.
Pupils will use air-dry clay to create their own green man ready to take away and decorate/paint at a later date back at school.
£1.50
£1.50
£1.50
Our most popular workshops to date!
Why not add a Green Men tour?
Where there’s a quill How did the scribe of the Magna carta manage to write over 3,500 words all 3mm tall?
Practise writing with real goose-feather quills, reed pens and ink and produce a personalised heirloom on parchment style paper.
£1.50
Heraldic call to arms
How did people identify their family, knights and horses in tournament and in war?
Using Cathedral floor stone rubbings, stencils and cut-paper, pupils will create their own coat of arms.
£1.50
Stained glass
Take one sheep
What is the purpose of stained glass and how is it made?
Do you know how Medieval books were made?
The Cathedral has many beautiful examples of stained glass from different historical periods to illustrate the techniques used to make this delicate art. Using symbolism or abstract design, pupils create a stained glass window using coloured film inspired by the Cathedral’s glass.
Take this opportunity to explore how Medieval books were made using animal skin. Pupils will use traditional methods and techniques to create an individual, especially made pocket book covered in faux leeather to take home.
£1.50
£1.50
Symbolism and storytelling still relevant in the 21st Century through traditional craft.
Key Stage 2 –Art
Repousse like a master crafts person
How did the Medieval metal workers create images on special plates and bowls for the King and Queen’s table?
Using the age-old technique of repousse, which means working from behind and pushing the design to the front, pupils will use their design skills to create a mini salt dish.
£1.50 Understand negative and positive imagery and explore repousse craft skills.
Printing How can we record some of the images and patterns of the Cathedral in a piece of art?
Using rotational symmetry or perhaps a repeated motif, pupils will explore the use of pattern and decoration and print their own piece of personal artwork using the Cathedral as a stimulus.
£1.50 Explore the designs and motifs around the Cathedral.
Textured rubbings What is the variety and meaning in the Cathedral’s stone decoration?
Using the wealth of textured stone surfaces in the Cathedral, pupils will compile a series of rubbings and create their own collage as a record of this beautiful environment.
£1.50
Key Stage 2 – Maths & DT
Cathedral construction What building techniques help the tower and spire to stand?
Learning about the skilled craftsmen who built this fantastic structure, the forces they understood and the strengthening techniques they used, pupils then face the challenge of building their own spire which has to withstand a fearsome ‘storm’.
£1.50 A team activity that encourages negotiation, design ideas and co-operation
Exploring the beauty of maths
What maths was involved in creating this Gothic masterpiece?
Find the maths used in designing, constructing and decorating this harmonious structure and understand the problems the builders faced.
Pupils tackle ‘real’ maths on a mighty scale in this outsize classroom.
Whether it’s shape, area and perimeter, Roman numerals or volume our workshops are tailored to your pupils’ needs and will bring the beauty of maths to life.
£5.50 for a whole day
Call us to discuss your requirements
Key Stage 2 – Geography
Settlement What is the Salisbury landscape like and why did the Cathedral move from Old Sarum to the site we enjoy today?
Exploring the topical geographical issues involved in building the new Cathedral, pupils will interact with maps and history and get involved in decision-making.
£1.50 Involves discussion, map analysis and logical thinking
To book a visit, call on 01722 555180 or email: [email protected]
