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Gallery and the city
Discover the history of the gallery and its relationship with its city. Cross-curricular art and history workshop for one or both curriculum areas or knowledge of careers in the art world.
Tags: KS3, KS4, KS5, Materials and Making, Portraits, Visual Literacy
23 October 2024
Mini Victorian Schoolroom
Mini Victorian Schoolroom Experience a Victorian Schoolroom workshop complete with handwriting practice using dip pens, arithmetic using slate boards and drill exercises under the watchful eye of the Victorian school Ma’am. This workshop is most suitable for KS1 pupils. Duration: 1 hour
04 October 2024
Portrait Conversations
Coinciding with an exhibition of drawn portraits, Silent Echoes, Spoken Truths: Curtis Holder, this workshop will foster confidence in expressive mark-making alongside learning about portraits.
Tags: KS2, Materials and Making, Portraits, Visual Literacy
01 October 2024
LEGO® Build the Change
Design, build, evaluate and share a solution to a real-world sustainability challenge using LEGO® bricks in this hands-on workshop.
15 July 2024
Sensory Story
A story with a difference! We bring the story book to life using things you can feel, smell, act out, dance along to and maybe even taste. You choose the theme according to your pupils’ interests.
21 November 2023
SEND: Hands-On Egypt
Pupils can sketch or photograph ancient artefacts, learn about the Ancient Egyptian mummified person and get hands on by embalming our large mummification dolls.
Estate Explorers
Become a nature detective and get hands on with local flora and fauna in our outdoor workshop investigating the natural and man-made habitats of the Lotherton estate.
Tags: Biology, Early Years, KS2, Lotherton, SEND
16 October 2023
Signs of the Seasons
Discover nature’s seasonal changes in this outdoor workshop for Early Years and Key Stage One. What adaptations are made by the local animals and plants at different times of the year?
STEM workshop: The Three Little Pigs
Come and meet our piggy pals at Home Farm and learn about our rare breed porkers, before embarking on a scientific challenge to help some pigs in plight!
04 October 2023
Plant Life Cycles
Explore the life cycle of plants, from germination to seed dispersal, and cover Key Stage 2 Science objectives in an outdoor setting on the Temple Newsam estate.
21 September 2023
Introducing Florence Nightingale and her friends
Meet the young Florence Nightingale, cousin to the Gascoigne family of Lotherton. Listen to her stories about deciding to become a nurse.
Tags: KS1, Local Leeds History, Lotherton, The Victorians
06 August 2023
WW2 Evacuation Role Play Day
Immerse yourself in a significant point of British history and evacuate your pupils back in time to the Second World War at Lotherton.
Tags: KS2, Local Leeds History, WWII
03 August 2023