KS2 Art, Design and Technology Activities
Framing Nature
New for 2013
Go on a hunt for natural treasures around our meadows and use these to explore willow work techniques. The willow frames will need time to dry and must be collected at a later date.
Curriculum Links: Art & Design 1, 2, 4, 5, PE 11
Availability: March to November
Maximum group size: 35
Price: £100 per group of up to 35
Sensory Sculpture Trail
New for 2012
Indulge your creativity during a day of making and composing inspired by our unique art installations. Make music, write poetry, create dragonflies and earth imprints.
Curriculum Links: Art & Design 2 & 5, English 3
Availability: March to November
Maximum group size: 70
Price: see the standard price structure on this page
Natural Art Gallery
Using your senses, explore the natural world as a medium for artistic expression and then help create a gallery in the meadows.
Curriculum Links: Art & Design 2, 3 & 5
Availability: March to November
Maximum group size: 70
Price: see the standard price structure on this page
Buildings Old and New
Compare old and new by exploring our innovative 21st-century building and nearby Stokesay Castle, a medieval manor house.
Curriculum Links: Art & Design 1, 2, 4 & 5
Availability: All year round
Maximum group size: 70
Price: £50 for groups of 26 to 35; £100 for groups of 36 to 70
Make Wild Music!
Create a sound CD and an orchestral score inspired by sounds heard around the meadows. Make your own instrument from natural materials.
Curriculum Links: Music 1, 2, 4, and D&T 2
Availability: All year round
Maximum group size: 35
Price: see the standard price structure on this page
Secret Hills Exhibition
Take a fascinating journey through Shropshire's past: meet a mammoth; explore an Iron Age roundhouse; and take off with our film panorama that drifts across the local landscape like a hot air balloon. Focus tasks will also challenge the children during their time in the exhibition.
Free to any school booking a led activity, otherwise £2.75 per child aged five or over; one adult to every ten children free of charge, additional adults £3.25.
Prices
The standard price structure for the led activities is:
- 25 children or fewer – £75
- 26 to 35 children (or one class, whichever number is larger) – £100
- 36 to 50 children – £150
- 51 to 70 children – £200
Further information and booking
You can download a leaflet from this page with the above information. For further details of individual activities, to discuss your individual requirements and/or to make a booking, please call, fax or email Laura or Stephanie. Contact details can be found on this page.