trips - costing

Depending on the area and type of school, trips will vary greatly between the funding the school and parents will be able to provide for outings.

Transport

Transport for London provides free travel for children, but this would be up to the discretion of the teachers and school as to wether this would be suitable and wether the risk would be too high.

Coach travel is a much safer option however it is costly. On a quote for traveling to and from the natural history museum, a group of 30 would cost £250. On top of other costs parents may be reluctant or unable to pay. It is important that families financial capabilities are taken in to account.

Natural History Museum

The main natural history museum is free for all, however the butterfly house charges £2.50 for children and nothing for accompanying adults/ teaching staff. For 30 children this would cost £75.

Pocket money

Children enjoy buying souvenirs so it may be advisable to ask parents for a couple of pounds to buy something small to remeber the trip.



Total

The total cost would therefore be:

£250 travel
£75 exhibit
£60 pocket money
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£385

this should come to around £13 per child if there were 30 children.

Tower of London research

click here for web page.

Current exhibitions and things to do and see:

• Henry VIII - Dressed to kill (in white tower) - activity sheet available
  
• The White Tower
• The Crown Jewels - family trail - crowning glory pdf
  
• Yeoman Warder Tours
• Ravens - ravens leaflet
  
• Medieval Palace - family trail - palace secrets pdf
  
• Tower Green
• Prisoner Exhibition
• Lady Jane Grey graffiti
  
• Fortress and replicas of siege weapons
• Guardsmen Opening ceremony
• Audio guides
• Prisoners carvings and touch screen interactives
• Find out what happened to the princes
• historical re - enactments on offer
  

Follow up or preparation work:

white tower conservation project

joust for Henry VIII game

beat the jailer game - the game questions could be asked while on the visit and revised as a game on return to test knowledge collected on the prisoners and their fate

design shields with Cadwallader - zip file

Henry morph

school and college visits:
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ks2

worksheets:

Henry the VIII's 6 wives
The tudor dynasty
Tower of London timeline
Imprisonment and execution
Tudor Tower
Henry VIII at the tower


planning a visit teachers guide
health and safety info pack


design your own coat of arms lesson plan supplied by www.storyboardtoys.com
tudor rose collage supplied by www.activityvillage.co.uk
tudor crafts supplied by www.icteachers.co.uk
tudor games supplied by tartarus.org
cardboard knight template and instructions


Own ideas for follow up work:

making: armour, shields, swords - design and technology
drawing/ designing crown jewels - art and design
letters from prisoners - literacy

disclaimer:
I do not own copyright of these resources, and am merely using them as a collection for inspiration and academic purposes, all credit goes to authors of above materials.