Why a Workshop Tops a Field Trip
Feeling the economic pinch? We are the perfect school trip alternative – and we have six reasons why!
1. Cut out the coach
Don’t spend hundreds of pounds hiring a coach – we bring the learning to you! The children need not travel further than your school hall to enter an inspiring realm of immersive learning. We offer 14 time periods the children can travel to in their own hall, from a Pharaoh’s court in Ancient Egypt to a Coronation street party in 1953 England.
2. No lost learning time
How much time would it take to get to a historical site? By the time you account for travel to and from a site, bathroom breaks and lunch, how much learning time do the children actually have?
Because we come to you, there is no lost learning time with one of our history workshops – it is a full day! We start about 9:15 and continue to about 2:50 (accounting for your break and lunch schedule, of course).
3. Better learning at a lower cost
You have paid for the coach, you have paid for admission, you have gone to all the trouble to get the children to a site. But are they taking in what they see? Is the learning accessible to them? Or are they looking slack-jawed at “old stuff”?
Our primary history workshops bring history to life for the children. They are immersed in a cross-curricular environment in which they become part of the story: they take on personas for the day, try the arts and crafts for themselves and act out events. Our workshops wrap art, drama, role-play, design and technology, social history and more into a creative package that any child can access on their own terms.
4. Greater WOW factor
Ask a child about the best part of the field trip, and they might answer “lunch” or “the coach”. Our workshops, however, are memorable for years after – adults can still recall the day History Off the Page came to their school when they were children.
5. No chance of leaving a child behind
Skip the travel buddies and the head counts. Need we say more?
6. Great parental engagement
The one thing we share in common with a history trip is the need for parent helpers. But rather than have them juggling children in a foreign environment, we make them part of the action. They can help the children try new crafts and lead them in dramatic performances. They can join the fun and see first-hand what their children are learning.
Don’t get us wrong – we love museums and historical sites. But they are places. You have to find a way to get children to them. When rising costs impact both school and family budgets, that can be a big ask.
So let us come to you, either with an in-school or a virtual history workshop. Contact us for details.