Literacy

(1 hour sessions)

Narrative Y1T3 Stories about fantasy worlds
Narrative Y4T1 Historical stories
Narrative Y4T2 Imagined worlds
Narrative Y6T2 Using different genres as models for writing.

Storytelling

An interactive tour of the house telling the story of Tudor Hall Place using objects from our collection and costumed Teddy Bears. Tour includes the Great Hall, Tudor kitchen, Minstrel's Gallery and a bedroom. This session is designed for younger children developing skills for speaking, listening, interaction and drama.

Activities:

• Guided tour/story telling
• Object handling
• Hunt the Teddy Bear

Mystery Writing

A costumed tour of the mysterious Tudor Hall Place using appropriate descriptive language of the building, people and objects to inspire adventure/mystery(time travelling)/spooky story writing back at school. Suitable for KS2 children.

Activities:

• Guided tour
• Object handling

Colours with Hall Place (1 hour session)

Especially designed for younger children, this session looks at the differences between colours used in Tudor times and those around us today.

Activities:

• The rainbow song using Chinese ribbons
• The mystery colour bag