St Albans Cathedral’s The Story of St Alban Workshop Trail
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St Albans Cathedral’s special Worksheet Trail exploring the story of St Alban.
Suitable for Key Stage 2, this activity teaches students about the story of St Alban, whilst allowing them to explore the Cathedral building to find out more for themselves.
The trail starts with a 30-minute introduction from the Learning Team, during which students learn about the world in which Alban lived, and have the opportunity to try on and handle some Roman armour and weapons too!
Led by their own class teachers, the students then explore different parts of the Cathedral, including the Nave and the Shrine of St Alban, as they use stained glass windows and medieval wall paintings to learn more about the life of St Alban and how he is remembered today.
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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
