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A royal christmas celebration

About this session

Early Years Foundation Stage & Key stage 1 | Subjects: History | Topics: Tudors, Stuarts, Victorians | Session Type: Seasonal

Experience Christmas like the royals! Discover how royalty celebrated at Hampton Court Palace in the past, through games, storytelling, and craft. 

The session includes a tour of the Tudor palace and the opportunity to make a crown to take home. 

This session is also suitable for Reception.

What to expect?

  • This 45 minute session takes place in both the palace spaces and in a classroom. There will be a mixture of standing and sitting.  
  • Teachers will be asked at the start of the session about pupils' previous knowledge, learning needs and access requirements.  
  • Your group will be led to different locations around the palace.  
  • The session will be led by a historical character in costume who will interact with pupils in a lively and responsive way.  
  • Your pupils will be encouraged to take an active part in the session through role-play, games and craft activities.  
  • Teachers will be required to actively support the facilitator and engage with the session. 

Learning objectives

Children will:

  • Learn that Christmas hasn’t always been celebrated the way we celebrate it now.
  • Discover that some of our modern Christmas traditions have their beginnings a long time ago, and some are much more recent in origin.
  • Find out that in the past, Christmas was a celebration more centred around religion than it is now.

National Curriculum links

This session supports:

History

  • Understanding historical concepts such as continuity and change, cause and consequence, similarity, difference and significance.
  • Understanding significant historical events, people and places in their own locality.

Booking information

Availability
10.30, 11.45, 13.15

Thursday 20 November 
Friday 21 November
Wednesday 26 November
Thursday 27 November
Wednesday 3 December
Friday 5 December
Wednesday 10 December
Thursday 11 December
Friday 12 December

Duration
45 minutes

Capacity
Up to 35 pupils

Price
£105 plus admission

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