Key Stage 4 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.

Medicine

Suitable for all exam boards except OCR B SHP.

Discover how medicine has changed from Medieval times to the present day by meeting costumed characters, handling objects, and analysing sources from Medieval, Renaissance, Industrial, and Modern periods.

• More information about Medicine

Resources

• KS4 History of Medicine - Virtual pharmacy trail (PDF, 255 KB)
• Edexcel Medicine - The First World War British Sector handling and display objects (PDF, 159 KB)
  • Handling objects (PDF, 1 MB)
  • Mural of Western Front Casualties (PDF, 5 MB)
  • No Man's Land, Walking Wounded and Regimental First Aid Post (PDF, 1 MB)
  • Stretcher Cases (PDF, 103 KB)
  • Advanced Dressing Station (PDF, 1 MB)
  • Main Dressing Station (PDF, 1 MB)
  • Casualty Clearing Station (PDF, 1 MB)
  • General Hospital and Hospital Ships (PDF, 164 KB)
• Letters from the British Sector of the Western Front (PDF, 212 KB)
  • Cecil Upcher's Trench Sketches (PDF, 4 MB)

Crime and Punishment

Take a tour of the museum's Georgian former prison buildings, find out about punishment objects, go on a tour of the dungeons and take part in courtroom activities including a trial re-enactment. Suitable for all GCSE exam boards.

Please note: The courtroom remains closed so the courtroom activities will take place in another area of the museum.

• More information about Crime and Punishment 

Resources

• Medieval cell and graffiti (PDF, 149 KB)
• Bible from 18th Century showing baptisms in the prison chapel (PDF, 76 KB)
• Staff in uniform, 1876 (PDF, 435 KB)
• Courtroom (PDF, 192 KB)
• James Blomfield Rush's death head (PDF, 11 MB)
• Grave markings (PDF, 482 KB)

Anglo-Saxon and Norman England

Meet Saxon and Norman characters and compare and contrast their cultures. Re-enact the Battle of Hastings and the Saxon rebellions, and take a virtual tour of the Castle to discover why it was built, how it functioned and how important it was to the Normans. Also available for KS5.

Please note: This event will not visit the Castle Keep during the Royal Palace Reborn project.

• More information about Anglo-Saxon and Norman England 

Historic Environment - suitable for OCR B (SHP)

Explore Norwich Castle as an historical site for the OCR B SHP History Around Us topic. This event includes a virtual Castle Keep tour, prison buildings tour, courtroom workshop and museum highlights tour.

Please note: While the courtroom is closed for maintenance, the courtroom workshop will take place elsewhere in the museum. The Keep tour will be a video tour while the Keep redevelopment project is ongoing.

• View the OCR B (SHP) Criteria page
• More information about Historic Environment

Art tours

35 minutes, £3 per pupil, max 15 pupils, minimum fee £30

Take inspiration and motivation from the museum's buildings and its collections - which include art, decorative art, history and natural history - while accessing and researching exam themes. These tours can be combined with self-led time to explore and sketch.

GCSE Art Study Support Materials

Packs designed to support progress through GCSE Art and Design coursework.

Please note: During the Castle Keep redevelopment project, some artefacts mentioned in these materials may not be on public display.

• Natural Forms (PDF, 1 MB)
• Personal Identity (PDF, 1 MB)