Southwell Minster Education Department
The Department runs educational visits for schools and other groups throughout the year, providing a variety of activities and workshops designed to enhance teachers’ curriculum planning. All the activities are based on aspects of Christian faith and the Minster building, including communion, baptism, stained glass, carvings and storytelling. View the Photo Tour of the Minster to see some of its interesting features, or read reports of school visits by following the blue links on the right of this page.
Programme for 2008/09 (download the PDF file in a new window)
Narnia
In the current academic year there will be the usual Year 6 Days and Time Travelling, with the Easter and Christmas Festival Days repeated due to popular demand. Is beauty skin deep?, a new event for secondary schools, takes place in November this year. In October 2008 there will be another new event, Narnia. This exciting addition to our programme will include three activity days for schools, a family fun day, Sunday service and a number of half-term activities—all based on C S Lewis’s The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.
Dates for 2007/08
Christmas and Easter Festival Days (KS1 and KS2)
- Christmas: 1st & 3rd December 2008
Time Travelling Pilgrimage
(recommended by Nottinghamshire Agreed Syllabus for RE)
- Key stage 2: 16th–27th March, 2009 (‘People’) £2.50 per child
- Key stage 1: 8th–12th June, 2009 (‘Senses’) £2 per child
Southwell Minster Flower Festival Celebration
August 22 to 25, 2008
- Children’s Art Competition
- Children’s activities: 25th August, 2008
Year 6 Days 2009: ‘Stepping out’
(making the transition from primary to secondary school)
- All schools: 6th, 7th, 8th & 9th July, 2009
- Year 6 2009: Booking Form (opens in new window)
Year 7 Conference 2008:
(making the transition from primary to secondary school)
- 17th–20th November, 2008
Narnia a new event for 2008 (for years 2 and above)
- Schools days: 22nd, 23rd and 24th October, 2008
- Family fun day: 25th October, 2008
- Half term events: 27th October, 2008
- Booking Form: (opens in new window)
- Risk assessment (opens in new window)
School mystery plays:
- 21st–24th October, 2009
For more detailed information, download the PDF file:
Programme for 2007/08 (opens in new window)
Special school visits arranged for 2008:
- 16 June 2008
- Frederick Harrison Infant School (Time Travelling!)
- 28 July 2008
- Chernobyl Children (provisional)
Contact Emma Anderton or Diana Ives to arrange a special visit for your school or group.
e-mail:
Advance dates for 2009
Mystery Plays event in partnership with Footprints Theatre Trust
- 21st, 22nd, 23rd & 24th October 2009
Special programmes
The Education Department is also able to offer for KS1 or KS2:
- Special tours focusing on a special aspect of the Minster or faith
- Tailor-made days to suit your curriculum requirements
- Workshops using the Minster as a stimulus for creative activity
How to contact us
For booking forms, other enquiries, or to discuss specific programme or curriculum requirements, please contact:
Minster Centre, Church Street
SOUTHWELL NG25 0HD
e-mail:
Direct line:
(01636) 819169 Messages: (01636) 812649 Fax: (01636) 817289
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