Working with Schools
Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal encourages visits from school and educational groups
Download our Working with Schools information pack
Choose 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
- Mill Trail - investigate building use and see site artefacts
- Estate Trails
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
- Mill Trail
All visits must be booked in advance with the Group Visits Organiser:
- tel +44(0)1765 643197
- email: fountainsbookings@nationaltrust.org.uk.
For further details on activities and projects, please contact the estate's Learning
& Interpretation Department on
+44 (0) 1765 643166.
+44 (0) 1765 643166.
