All teachers need to know about onsite school sessions at the National Maritime Museum and the Queen's House. Browse our list of sessions below and find tips and practical information for planning your visit in our Early years and primary schools guide. Download Primary schools guide_NMM_CS_PPMCC_2023-24_.pdf pdf, 678.32 KB Book an onsite school session Book a digital session 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 primary school sessions 2023-24 Expand each title for more information EYFS Monster Hunt (AUTUMN TERM ONLY) Location: National Maritime Museum Curriculum links: Literacy; Understanding the World Session times: Wednesday, 10.15-10.55, 11.15-11.55, 12.30-13.10, 13.20-14.00 Capacity: 15 pupils per session Price: £45 for a group of up to 15 children Embark on an epic monster hunt and follow the clues to find the monster hidden in the depths of the Museum. This multi-sensory session has been inspired by Michael Rosen’s classic story We’re Going on a Bear Hunt. Children will: explore Museum objects using songs and role play use imagination to travel across different landscapes from the big blue ocean to a tall rocky cliff develop communication skills EYFS Story House (FROM JANUARY 2024) Location: Queen's House Curriculum links: History, Literacy, Drama, EYFS: expressive arts and design Session times: Wednesday, 10.30 - 11.15, 11.45 – 12.30 and 13.00 - 13.45 Capacity: 30 pupils per session Price: £90 Explore the architecture and key artworks in the Queen’s house and join us in an educational, fun and immersive journey. Pupils will: Learn new vocabulary through song, rhyme, roleplay and repetition explore and respond creatively to artworks spot shapes and patterns in architecture KS1 Explorers through time Location: National Maritime Museum Curriculum links: History - lives of significant people Session times: Monday and Friday, 10.30 - 11.30 and 13.00 – 14.00 Capacity: 30 pupils per session Price: £90 Come with us into our amazing exploration galleries to learn about how explorers lives have been strangely similar and incredibly different across time. Find collections items in the galleries and handle replica objects to discover and compare the lives of explorers through time. Pupils will: learn about explorers and think about of the problems they have to overcome to have a successful voyage make comparisons between different historic and modern explorers and discuss why they are similar and different Choose to investigate the voyages of Polar Explorers (Ernest Shackleton and modern Polar Scientist Prem Gill) or journeys around the world (Francis Drake and Astronaut Helen Sharman) develop historical skills of enquiry, communication and comparison, thinking how these explorers were similar or different KS1 Meet a Pirate Location: National Maritime Museum Curriculum links: Literacy, History, Geography Session times: Thursday and Friday, 10.15-11.00, 11.30-12.15, 13.00-13.45 Capacity: 30 pupils per session Price: £90 Ahoy me hearties! Meet female pirate Alice Leghorn and hear tales of her adventures on the high seas. For the full pirate experience, we encourage all children and teachers to come dressed in appropriate swashbuckling attire. Pupils will: meet a female pirate who will teach them everything they need to know to succeed on the high seas develop enquiry skills as they go on a treasure hunt around the Museum collect ideas and inspiration for writing their own pirate stories. KS1 and KS2 Sketching the Sea Location: Queen's House Curriculum links: Art, History Session times: Tuesday and Wednesday, 10.15 - 11.45 and 12.30 - 14.00 Capacity: 30 pupils per session Price: £90 Immerse yourself in the Queen’s House galleries and learn how the sea has inspired spectacular artworks, past and present. Work alongside an artist educator and learn how to use experimental mark-making, texture and colour to create captivating impressions of the sea. Pupils will: learn about an artist studio and the tools artists use develop their observational drawing skills experiment with mark making to build light, shadow and texture create their own art inspired by our spectacular collection KS1 and KS2 Portraits and power Location: Queen's House Curriculum links: Art, History Session times: Tuesday and Wednesday, 10.15 - 11.45 and 12.30 - 14.00 Capacity: 30 pupils per session Price: £90 Explore how pose, costume and background combine in portraits to send messages of power and privilege. Who had access to these avenues of expression and what does it mean to portray power? Pupils will: develop their observational and investigational skills analyze famous and lesser known artworks discuss what power means and how it is explored in art KS2 Tudors and the Sea Location: National Maritime Museum Curriculum links: History, Geography Session times: Wednesday, 10.30 - 11.50 and 12.30 – 13.50 Capacity: 30 pupils per session Price: £90 Uncover the lives of Tudor sailors, investigate mysterious objects and learn about seafarers, including Drake and Diego, in this hands-on session. Pupils will: consider some of the motivations for sea voyages in Tudor times handle replica artefacts and clothing to step into the shoes of a Tudor seafarer develop enquiry, reasoning and communication skills KS2 Polar Explorers Location: National Maritime Museum Curriculum links: History, Geography, Literacy Session times: Wednesday and Thursday, 10.30 - 11.50 and 12.30 – 13.50 Capacity: 30 pupils per session Price: £90 Set sail on an adventure to uncover the stories of Arctic explorers such as Matthew Henson, Robert Peary and Ann Bancroft. Investigate objects, diaries and artworks to unlock clues about the past. What can these sources tell us? What don’t they tell us? Navigating your way through our Polar Worlds Gallery you will discover how Inuit knowledge was essential for explorers to survive in extreme polar regions. Pupils will: carry out hands-on investigations in the gallery learn about significant polar explorers understand the geography and challenges of polar environments discover the tools and equipment needed for a polar expedition N.B. Key Stage One teachers wishing to do a session on polar exploration please see Explorers Through Time above KS2 Titanic (AUTUMN TERM ONLY) Location: National Maritime Museum Curriculum links: Literacy, History Session times: Friday, 10.30 - 14.00 Capacity: 2 classes of 30 pupils per day Price: £90 per class All aboard RMS Titanic! Spend an action-packed day as a passenger or crew member on board the world’s most famous ship before it sinks to the depths of the Atlantic Ocean. Pupils will: investigate real objects and archival documents relating to the Titanic immerse themselves as real characters from the ship and meet historical actor characters along the way develop their imagination and literacy skills KS2 Diversity, Art and Citizenship Location: Queen's House Curriculum links: Art, History, Citizenship Session times: Tuesdays, 10.15 - 11.45 and 12.30 - 14.00 Capacity: 30 pupils per session Price: £90 Voyage through our galleries to discover how contemporary Black artists such as Kehinde Wiley and Yinka Shonibare CBE convey important messages about diversity and citizenship in their work. Analyze famous artworks up close and piece together the story of Olaudah Equiano to learn how he, and other Georgians, campaigned for equality and to make a big change. Pupils will: develop their observational drawing skills analyze famous artworks discuss topical issues linked to diversity and citizenship broaden their understanding of Black British History. KS2 Our Ocean, Our World Location: National Maritime Museum Curriculum links: Science, Geography Session times: Thursday, 10.30–12:00, 12.30–14.00 Capacity: 30 pupils per session Price: £90 Work together to consider the role and importance of our Ocean, not only to our lives today but also in the past as well as the future. What is the connection between our ocean, life and human culture? What conditions are important for life here on Earth and what advancements have we made in considering our future on planet Earth. Pupils will: Explore objects that show the significance of our world Ocean and sea life Consider the conditions required for life in an ocean world Develop skills and understanding in relation to ocean and climate science KS2 Vikings Location: National Maritime Museum Curriculum links: History, Geography Session times: Monday and Thursday, 10.15-11.15, 11.30-12.30, 13.00-14.00 Capacity: 30 pupils per session Price: £90 Dig up the past to examine Viking graves, vessels and artefacts, and step into the shoes of a Viking to discover how their seafaring talents took them far and wide across the globe. Pupils will: investigate what made the Vikings unique as raiders, invaders and traders handle replica artefacts and clothing to step into the shoes of a Viking develop enquiry, reasoning and communication skills 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 Secondary and Post 16 School Sessions 2023-24 Historical enquiry days and practical art sessions Cutty Sark Onsite School Sessions 2023-24 Interactive tours and cross-curricular sessions aboard our Victorian Clipper Ship Onsite SEND School Sessions and Resources 2023-24 Inspiring cross-curricular experiences which develop social and career skills for learners with SEND Digital Schools Workshops 2021-22 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.