St Albans Cathedral’s Maths Trails

St Albans Cathedral, St Albans

Maths Trails to accompany your school trip to St Albans Cathedral.

Suitable for: EYFS, KS1, KS2, KS3, KS4

Subjects: Art & Design, Maths, Religious Studies

Type: At Venue

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St Albans Cathedral’s Maths Trails, for your students during your visit.

Drawing inspiration from the Cathedral building, we have a number of activities that develop skills in Maths, ranging from 2D and 3D shape, measuring and pattern & symmetry. For EYFS and Key Stage 1, their Buckets Full of Shape & Colour and Shape & Measure trails are best suited, whilst for Key Stage 2 and 3, their Maths trail is ideal. To compliment these, their Stained Glass and Clay Tile workshops are perfect.

Most schools combine two activities, usually a trail and a workshop, to make a whole day of their visit. Trails include drama and artefacts to help students develop their learning, whilst workshops allow them to create a piece of artwork to take home at the end of the visit.

Key Information.

Suitable for: EYFS, KS1, KS2, KS3, KS4

Ages: Under 5, 5-7, 7-11, 11-14, 14-16

Subjects: Art & Design, Maths, Religious Studies

Topics: History Around Us, Shapes, Christianity, Pattern & Symmetry

Type: At Venue

Duration: As long as you need

Cost: Full day visit with two activities: £8.50 per student; Half day visit with one activity: £4.50 per student

Dates: Ongoing

Min. Students: N/A

Max. Students: 120 students

SEND: Yes - suitable for students with SEND

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About St Albans Cathedral.

St Albans Cathedral Learning Department offers an award-winning school program, with options for guided, worksheet and self-guided visits to the Cathedral, as well as virtual and outreach activities.

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

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