St Albans Cathedral Nursery and Early Years RE Activities
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St Albans Cathedral’s activities for Nursery and Early Years students.
The Cathedral is used as a place of Christian worship every day of the year, but why was it built, how is it used and what do Christians believe?
St Albans Cathedral’s Signs & Symbols and Celebrations trails explore all of these themes and more in an interactive and engaging way. At Christmas and Easter, they also run their seasonal activities to explore these major Christian festivals.
They have a number of art and craft workshops to accompany these too, including Stained Glass and Clay Tiles.
Most schools combine two activities, usually a trail and a workshop, to make a whole day of their visit. Trails include drama and costumes to help students develop their learning, whilst most workshops allow them to create a piece of artwork to take home at the end of the visit.
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Covering a range of curriculum areas, they offer activities for students of all Key Stages including teaching about Romans, Saxons, Medieval, Tudors, Victorians, RE and learning about the Christian Faith, as well as Maths and Science.
Using role play, artefacts, experiential learning and the building itself, students encounter the stories and history of St Albans Cathedral and learn in new and inspiring ways through a variety of trails and workshops. A fascinating and thought-provoking day in this magnificent setting can provide new skills, deeper understanding and a stimulus for further study.
Sandford Award 2018 – 2023
The Sandford Award is an independently judged, quality assured assessment of education programmes at heritage sites, Cathedrals and museums across the British Isles. Now in its 40th year, sites can apply for the award every 5 years and, in 2018, the Learning Department received the Sandford Award for the 6th consecutive time!
“The programmes offered by the talented and experienced Education team are outstanding. Teachers organising school visits here can be confident that their pupils will be totally engaged and inspired.”
Sandford Assessor, June 2018
