School Workshops
Bring your students for a day out immersed in nature, science, and history! We offer full- or half-day trips, bringing the curriculum to life through hands-on activities, interactive displays, guided tours, and costumed characters.
Key Stage
Living Things and Habitats
Explore wildlife and micro-habitats on a half-day workshop where students hunt minibeasts, spot creatures, and discover how to classify them.
Rocket Launch Challenge
Pupils build and launch air-powered rockets while exploring forces, flight and engineering.
Charcoal Sketching in Nature
A creative outdoor workshop where pupils sketch the site’s historic buildings and natural landscapes using charcoal.
Discovery Tour (Tractor Ride & Exhibition)
A guided visit to the Gunpowder Mills combining a tractor-trailer tour of the 170-acre site with an exhibition visit, exploring the history of the site and its links to science, engineering, and industry.
Rocket Science & Forces
Blast off into rocket science with this full-day workshop, exploring forces and Newton’s laws through exciting demonstrations and hands-on rocket making.
WW1: Inside the Explosives Factory
Step inside a WW1 explosives factory with a munitionette guide to explore women in wartime industry, the science of munitions production, and handle real historical sources.