Workshops

The website is currently being updated- if you would like more info on specific workshops please contact us and we will send them via email or post

The following are offered as examples of how we can meet the cross-curricular needs of schools, colleges and other organisations with some of the workshops designed to provide differentiated learning opportunities through onsite and outreach programmes.

• Beastie Safari - Key Stage 2 - Nenthead or Outreach  
  Enjoy fieldwork in the beautiful surroundings of Nenthead or in the grounds of your own school. Use magni-jars and identification keys to learn about animals and their habitats.
  
  
• Alternative Technology - Key Stage 2&3 - Nenthead or Outreach
  Understand why energy and power is so important in modern day life. Find out what life would be like without it and the alternative energies available. Finish the day with a waterwheel building competition.
  
  
• Classroom Dig - Key Stage 2 - Outreach
  This is a chance to practice being a real archaeologist in your own school, digging through various historical layers to discover, label and record artefacts that you find.



• Fantasies and Fairytales - Key Stage 1 - Dilston Castle
  Enjoy an interactive day of enchantment and storytelling in the beautiful surroundings of Dilston Castle and Chapel.



• Glow in the Dark - Key Stage 1 - Nenthead
  Observe and experience light and darkness inside a Victorian Lead Mine. Find out what life was like before electricity and take part in a creative ‘Glow in the Dark’ workshop.



• Victorian Life - Key Stage 1 - Outreach
  Come face to face with a Victorian Lead Miner from the North Pennines.             Examine his clothes, his tools and learn about his way of life.
  



• Off With His Head - Key Stage 3 - Dilston Castle
  
  
  
• Pennine Village - Key Stage 2&3 - Outreach
  This is a programme of activities developed to support the investigation of local history relating to silver and lead mining on Alston Moor, Cumbria and, in particular, the community of the village of Nenthead, providing the opportunity to make a comparative study of the village of Nenthead – how it   grew and changed over the years.



• Fossil Hunter - Key Stage 2&3 - Outreach
  Dig for fossils like a real palaeontologist and enjoy a range of fun activities that support this topic.
  
  
  
• Rock Safari - Key Stage 2&3 - Nenthead
  Search for examples of different minerals, crystals and metal ores washed down from our 18th century spoil heaps. Use sorting and branching database techniques to identify finds.
  
  
• The Power of Water - Key Stage 2&3 - Nenthead
  Visit Nenthead Mines and learn what life was like for the miners and their families. Learn about the Power of Water with our large interactive display and pan for minerals taking home your finds.
  
  
• Virtual History (1750-1900) - Key Stage 3 - Nenthead / Outreach
  Visit Nenthead Mines and Heritage Centre and use all of our resources to further research a related topic within your own classroom, supported by our Virtual Learning Environment.