History Workshops for Primary Schools
Including larger than life, interactive performances, open-ended workshops and more intimate classroom-based sessions, our unique range of History Workshops and Shows for Primary Schools offers pupils privileged perspectives on the lives of people in the past – and asks important questions about ways that the past has affected the present. And there are four exciting options awaiting you: The Brilliant Britons, Time Travel Theatre, Time Travel Tourists and Historical Maths.
Our workshops are available as in-person sessions and live streamed workshops – all of which are listed below.

History Workshops
Florence Nightingale – Legacies of the Lady with the Lamp
Using a range of age appropriate, drama-based techniques, Florence will help pupils learn about her life, times and achievements.
Time Travel Tourist – the Apollo Adventurers
School Workshops It was in July 1969 that Neil Armstrong stepped onto the lunar landscape and uttered the…
Journeys into Space
School Workshops It’s more than fifty years since the first humans walked on the moon – and Journeys…
The Story of Flight
School Workshops Looking at ways that Science Investigators have helped humankind fulfill its dream of taking to the…
The Women of Space
This workshop brings to life the women who have played such an important role in humanity’s journey to the stars:
Exploring the World of Explorers
School Workshops From Leif Erikson to Neil Armstrong, this workshop introduces KS1 /P1 – P3 pupils to some…
1066 and all that: A History of Britain
School Workshops Extending children’s learning beyond the national curriculum, while also exploring British values, this KS2 / P4…
Homing in on the Home Front – WWI
Exploring ways that war touched on every aspect of life – including food, clothes, and precautions against invasion.
Ruby Slippers’ Tour of British History!
School Workshops A unique way to explore both history and British Values – in just one day! There…
The Brilliant Britons
Take in over ten thousand years of British history in a fast-paced and action-packed hour and a half!
History: A Victorian Christmas
School Workshops The roots of Christmas as we know it today stretch less than 200 years into the…
World War One Schools Play and Workshops – Living with the War
A schools’ play specifically designed to support the exploration of World War One at Key Stages 1-4.
Themed Big History Workshops
A themed Big History Day provides you with the perfect platform to generate a real “history buzz” across the whole school.
London History Day – History School Workshops
Specially developed to support children’s understanding of the important part London plays in history.
Historical Maths
School Workshop Historical Maths These uniquely cross-curricular programmes see children using a range of age-differentiated mathematical skills to…
A World of World Views
Teaching children that “world views” are not always tied to religion or spirituality and to explore some wider world views
The Best of British Women in STEM
A drama-based workshop bringing to life the achievements of British women who have pushed the boundaries of science.
History Through Drama
A History Through Drama day can accommodate the whole of up to a two-form entry school in a single day!
VE Day School Workshops – 80 Years Since VE Day
Our VE Day School Workshops open with a whole-school, interactive assembly exploring VE Day and why it was important.
VE Day – Family Friendly Workshops
Family Workshops May 2025 will mark eighty years since VE Day – when the nation united in rejoicing at the…