Working with Schools
Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal encourages visits from school and educational groups
Download our Working with Schools information packChoose from the following school visit options
Guided activities:
KS1
- From Minibeasts to Mammals
- Sensory Trail
- Thomas Stories
KS2
- A Day in the Life of a Monk (dressed in monks’ robes - Tudor emphasis)
- Under the Bridges (monks use of water from the primary evidence)
- Sensory Trail
- Handling Evidence session (artefacts)
KS3
- A Day in the Life of a Monk (dressed in monks' robes - Medieval emphasis)
- Under the Bridges (monks' water usage from the primary evidence)
- Handling Evidence session
KS4 +
- Customer Care or Marketing whole day course for Leisure and Tourism or Business Studies students.
- Using sources - relating to the Pilgrimage of Grace and the Dissolution
Special Projects
KS2
- Whole day Art Workshops making mosaics, felt making, breeze-block sculpting
- Tudor period drama with North Country Theatre 'Monastery and Monarch', 'Lady Caroline's Cargo'
Self-led activities
KS1
- Thomas Stories
KS2
- Under the Bridges (monks use of water from the primary evidence)
- Maths Discovery Trail (Y, 3 & 4) (Y, 5 & 6)
- Mill Trail - investigate building use and see site artefacts (Pupil's trail) (Teacher's notes)
- Estate Trails (Group 1) (Group 2) (Group 3) (Group 4) (Group 5) (Group 6) (Group 7) (Group 8)
KS3
- Looking at the Evidence - the Abbey
- Looking at the Evidence - the Mill
- Under the Bridges (monks' water usage from the primary evidence)
- Estate Trails (Group 1) (Group 2) (Group 3) (Group 4) (Group 5) (Group 6) (Group 7) (Group 8)
- Mill Trail (Pupil's trail) (Teacher's notes)
All visits must be booked in advance with the Group Visits Organiser:
- tel +44(0)1765 643197
- email: fountainsbookings@nationaltrust.org.uk.
Useful resources:
For further details on activities and projects, please contact the estate's Learning
& Interpretation Department on
+44 (0) 1765 643166.
+44 (0) 1765 643166.
