Key Stage 3 education at Norwich Castle
For more information, enquiries and bookings email our Norwich Bookings Coordinator at norwichcastle.bookings@norfolk.gov.uk, or call 01603 493636.
Events
Visit us for immersive museum-based events in which you'll meet different characters and take part in a range of activities.
10am - 2pm and £6 per pupil, unless otherwise stated. Minimum fees apply. Maximum 120 pupils per day, except Crime and Punishment, which is maximum 60.
Please see the current schools programme for up-to-date information on individual events.
Storming the Castle: A Maths and History Investigation
Work with medieval costumed characters to solve a real-life problem. Devise the best ways to attack and defend the Castle using maths skills (estimating, measuring, costs and coinage, weights and measures).
Please note: This event will not visit the Castle Keep during the Royal Palace Reborn project.
William I: Hero or Villain?
Investigate both sides of the Norman Conquest, which changed Saxon Norwich forever. Students will take a virtual tour of the Castle; analyse the Domesday Book; examine Norman and Saxon weapons, war tactics, and attitudes to crime and punishment; and compare and contrast Saxon and Norman society.
Please note: This event will not visit the Castle Keep during the Royal Palace Reborn project.
Crime and Punishment
Take a tour of the museum's Georgian former prison buildings, find out about punishment objects, take a tour of our newly redesigned dungeons and take part in courtroom activities, including a trial re-enactment.
Please note: The courtroom remains closed so the courtroom activities will take place in another area of the museum.
Transatlantic Slavery
Explore local links to transatlantic slavery and its abolition through objects and paintings, as well as documents from Norfolk Record Office. What does Norwich Castle Museum and Art Gallery tell us about transatlantic slavery? What doesn't it tell us?
The Changing Face of Norwich: A Geography investigation with History and Religious Education
A proposal has been made to develop the site of a disused medieval church in the city. Consider the different viewpoints of a town planner, a rescue archaeologist and a Medieval monk or nun before making a recommendation to the planning enquiry.
Please note: This event will not visit the Castle Keep during the Royal Palace Reborn project.
Norwich in the Industrial Revolution
Discover Norwich's industrial past and examine historic tools and documents used by Norwich industries including our most famous export, Colman's Mustard. Follow a museum trail and take a teacher-led tour of nearby post-industrial sites (map and details included).
Please note: this event takes place at Norwich Castle and the Museum of Norwich.
First World War
Delve into the lives of Norfolk soldiers by reading letters and other original documentation and trying on and handling authentic and replica First World War soldiers' and nurses' clothes and equipment
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