School bookings for 2023-24 School bookings for 2023-24 September - December 2023 visits: bookings now open. January - July 2024 visits: bookings open from Wednesday 18 October 2023 Come and visit the world famous Cutty Sark! We offer a range of facilitated sessions as well as self-guided visits. Please browse our list of sessions below and click on the link to make a booking. Useful tips and practical information for planning your visit can be found in our downloadable schools guides. Download Primary schools guide_NMM_CS_PPMCC_2023-24_.pdf pdf, 678.32 KB Download SEND schools guide_2023-24.pdf pdf, 2.15 MB Download Secondary schools guide_2023-24.pdf pdf, 2.47 MB Book an onsite school session Find out about Cutty Sark SEND sessions here. Find out if your school is eligible for a bursary here. You are also welcome to make a self-guided visit to our sites. Please see our self-guided school visits page for more information. Onsite school sessions Expand each title for more information Self-guided school tour Location: Cutty Sark Curriculum links: History, Geography, Literacy, Humanities, Science, Design and Technology, Numeracy Session times: Monday - Friday, flexible times from 10.30 - 16.30 Capacity: 30 pupils per group Price: Up to 30 pupils - £90 | up to 15 pupils - £45 A self-directed trip allows you to tailor your visit to the needs of your class. The ship’s stories, as well as its original fabric and structure offer a wide range of opportunities to link a visit to the curriculum. There are particularly strong opportunities to link a visit to literacy, humanities, science, design and technology or numeracy topics and we are developing resources to support these curriculum areas. Visits are subject to availability and must be pre-booked. On average, a visit to the ship will last around 60-90 minutes. EYFS Sea sing (FROM JANUARY 2024) Location: Cutty Sark Curriculum links: EYFS: expressive arts and design, language and communication, understanding the world Session times: *Available from January 2024. Monday, Tuesday, Thursday 10.15-11.15, 12:30-13:30 Capacity: 30 pupils per group Price: Up to 30 pupils - £150 | up to 15 pupils - £100 Scrub the deck and sing along! Join us for a musical journey on the world's last remaining tea clipper. Pupils will: Use music and singing to communicate and express themselves Discover life on board a Victorian sailing ship Try out some sailor skills EYFS / KS1 Story ship Location: Cutty Sark Curriculum links: History, Literacy, Drama, EYFS: expressive arts and design Session times: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday 10.15-11.15, 12:30-13:30 Capacity: 30 pupils per group Price: Up to 30 pupils - £150 | up to 15 pupils - £100 Discover how Cutty Sark got its name through this interactive story-telling session. Use song, dance, and drama to tell Robert Burns’ poem ‘Tam O’ Shanter’ and hear how Nannie the Witch ended up as Cutty Sark’s figurehead. After story time, explore the ship using one of our Story Ship trails! Pupils will: Explore the meaning behind Cutty Sark using creative thinking, song, movement and role play Develop communication, language and literacy skills Collect ideas and inspiration to write their very own story about their figurehead Take our craft pack and use imagination and arts and crafts to create their very own figurehead back in the classroom KS1 Animal adventure Location: Cutty Sark Curriculum links: History, Geography, Literacy Session times: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday 10.15-11.30, 12.30-13:45 Capacity: 30 pupils per group Price: Up to 30 pupils - £150 | up to 15 pupils - £100 Join us on an interactive guided tour using the ship’s animals to discover why Cutty Sark is such important part of Greenwich. Students will discover the stories of Cutty Sark from 1869 to present day by taking part in a historical journey through the ship, led by one of Cutty Sark's learning team. The guided tour covers Cutty Sark's past, life on board and Cutty Sark as a significant place in local history today. Pupils will: learn about the ship’s history through some of the animals which lived on board Identify similarities and differences between ways of life in different periods Hear what life was like for a sailor on board a Victorian sailing ship KS1 Adventure at sea Location: Cutty Sark Curriculum links: History, Literacy, Citizenship, Geography, Careers, Drama Session times: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday 10.15-11.45, 12.30-14.00 Capacity: 30 pupils per group Price: Up to 30 pupils - £150 | up to 15 pupils - £100 Set sail on an exciting adventure at sea from London on board the world's last surviving Clipper Ship. Once you've picked your bunks and learnt the ropes, settle in for a ship's supper whipped up by Cutty Sark's cook, James Robson. Find out what life was like for sailors 150 years ago in this immersive session. Pupils will: Learn how we find out about the past Hear real life accounts from sea by Clarence Ray, a 14 year old apprentice Find out what it takes to be a sailor 150 years ago and compare it to their lives today KS2 Victorian Sailor Location: Cutty Sark Curriculum links: History, Literacy, Citizenship, Geography, Careers, Drama Session times: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday 10.15-11.45, 12.30-14.00 Capacity: 30 pupils per group Price: Up to 30 pupils - £150 | up to 15 pupils - £100 Set sail on an exciting adventure at sea from Victorian London to China in this unique Victorian setting. Using maps, handling objects and real-life letters from an apprentice, find out what life was like for merchant sailors in Victorian times. Pupils will: Develop enquiry skills as they use real-life letters from a Victorian apprentice to find out what life was like on board Cutty Sark, sailor skills and jobs on board Develop an understanding of how historic letters can help us learn about the past (historical enquiry) Handle replica objects to explore Victorian navigation Use imagination, creative thinking and simple drama techniques to help build a story and share information and ideas, exploring feelings through historic letters, relating this to their own experiences. KS2 Global Trade Location: Cutty Sark Curriculum links: History, Citizenship, Geography, Careers, Session times: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday 10.15-11.45, 12.30-14.00 Capacity: 30 pupils per group Price: Up to 30 pupils - £150 | up to 15 pupils - £100 Climb on board the world’s last surviving tea clipper and discover what's needed for a successful trading voyage across he globe. Chart your course from London, having investigated the weather, trade routes and potential cargo loads, before taking part in a race back home. Pupils will: Develop an understanding of Cutty Sark’s role as a cargo ship and the importance of trade and interdependence Use weather recording techniques and instruments to take a weather reading on the day of their visit Use maps to gain understanding that natural resources available, land mass, and climate of a country determine what types of food you can export and import KS2 Science on board Location: Cutty Sark Curriculum links: History, Design Technology, Science and Maths Session times: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday 10.15-12.00, 12.30-14.15 Capacity: 30 pupils per group Price: Up to 30 pupils - £150 | up to 15 pupils - £100 Explore this Victorian clipper ship and investigate the science involved in making a successful cargo voyage. During the session, schools will visit each level of the ship and discover its history and design. On the main deck, students will have a unique opportunity to move part of the ship which demonstrates how forces work on board (moving either the capstan or the yard arm) The students then make their own all-important winch or pulley. Pupils will: gain a basic understanding of the ship’s history, including its destinations understand how forces work on board a cargo ship discover the reason for the design of the ship and materials used make a winch or a pulley KS2 Mystery tour Location: Cutty Sark Curriculum links: History, Geography, Literacy Session times: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday 10.15-11.30, 12.30-13:45 Capacity: 30 pupils per group Price: Up to 30 pupils - £150 | up to 15 pupils - £100 Become detectives and investigate mystery objects on this guided tour of Cutty Sark. KS2 students will discover the stories of Cutty Sark from 1869 to present day by taking part in a mystery object exploration throughout the ship. Led by one of Cutty Sark's learning team, the guided tour covers Cutty Sark's past, life on board and Cutty Sark as a significant place in local history today. Pupils will: Use mystery historical sources to work out the chronology of certain events central to Cutty Sark Identify similarities and differences between ways of life in different periods Hear what it was like to be a sailor on board a 19th Century sailing vessel KS2/KS3 Careers Location: Cutty Sark Curriculum links: History, Careers, PSHE Session times: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday 10.15-14.00 Capacity: 30 pupils per group Price: Up to 30 pupils - £300 | up to 15 pupils - £200 Join us for a day exploring a historic ship and discovering some of the jobs on board. Meet some of the members of the Cutty Sark team and discover how their careers developed. Try your hand at scrubbing the deck, giving a guided tour, making an announcement and much more! KS3/KS4/KS5 Guided tour Location: Cutty Sark Curriculum links: History, Geography, Science, Engineering, Careers Session times: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday 10:15-11:15, 12:30-13:30 Capacity: 30 pupils per group Price: Up to 30 pupils £150 | Up to 15 pupils £100 Led by one of Cutty Sark's learning team, the guided tour covers Cutty Sark's past, life on board and Cutty Sark as a significant place in local history today. SEND: Life on board Location: Cutty Sark Skills focus: Experiential, communication, social and cognitive Session times: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday 10:15-11:15, 12:30-13:30 Capacity: up to 15 pupils per group Price: FREE Come and join us on board! We will explore the ship and it's objects, sing some songs and roleplay life on the high seas! Our learning outcomes (GLOs) are: Understand that the ship carried different cargo around the world Acquire new vocabulary related to the ship and it's history Develop communication and social skills Have fun Be inspired to explore the collection further Appreciate the importance of working as a crew Empathy for those who sailed on the ship Respond to the activity Other onsite and digital school sessions School sessions See our schools offer at the Royal Observatory, Cutty Sark, National Maritime Museum, Queen’s House and Prince Philip Maritime Collections Centre National Maritime Museum and Queen's House Onsite Primary School Sessions 2023-24 Inspiring cross-curricular experiences and object focus learning National Maritime Museum and Queen's House Onsite Secondary and Post 16 School Sessions 2023-24 Historical enquiry days and practical art sessions Onsite SEND School Sessions and Resources 2023-24 Inspiring cross-curricular experiences which develop social and career skills for learners with SEND Digital school sessions 2023-24 Can't get to Greenwich? Let us bring our collections and activities to you virtually Resources and trails Find fantastic school resources for all ages, key stages and subjects. Download our gallery trails to use in the Museum. Schools resources – National Maritime Museum, Cutty Sark and Queen's House From the National Maritime Museum, Queen's House, Cutty Sark and Prince Phillip Maritime Collections Centre. Gallery Trails Download our gallery trails to support discussion and ideas development in the Museum. Printed trails are also available for groups to pick up on arrival. Please ask our bookings team to arrange this.