Built Environment

Explore Clitheroe Castle: activity cards for school

A set of six activity cards for teachers to download and print. Aimed at Key Stage 2 school groups visiting Clitheroe Castle, these activities focus on the castle keep and its setting, helping your class to explore together.

By completing these fun, hands-on activities, pupils will learn about the history and purpose of the keep, and its role in the lives of local people for hundreds of years.

They will also investigate the rock it stands on and is constructed from; and use non-standard units of measurement to assess its strength.

Pupils may also pick up some new architecture vocabulary, as well as inspiration for their creative writing.

Supports science (particularly rocks and soils), geography, history and literacy.

Explore Haworth Art Gallery: activity cards for schools

A set of six activity cards for teachers to download and print. Aimed at Key Stage 2 school groups visiting Haworth Art Gallery, these activities focus on the exterior of the building and its setting, helping your class to explore outside, together.

By completing these fun, hands-on activities, pupils will learn about the history of the building and the people who lived here. They will investigate the exterior of the building and use drawing and writing to record their observations and do some creative work.

Pupils may also pick up some new architecture vocabulary, as well as fresh inspiration for further art and design and literacy work.

Supports history, art and design, and literacy.

Explore Helmshore Mills Textile Museum: activity cards for schools

A set of six activity cards for teachers to download and print. Aimed at Key Stage 2 school groups visiting Helmshore Mills Textile Museum, these activities focus on the exterior of the buildings and their setting. Supports geography, history and literacy.

By completing these fun, hands-on activities, pupils will learn about the history of the wool and cotton mills here, and its role in the lives of local people for hundreds of years. Pupils will also use maps to discover the importance of local water sources for power; and investigate materials and design through hands-on activities.

Pupils may also pick up some new architecture vocabulary, as well as inspiration for their creative writing.

Supports geography, history and literacy.

Explore Gawthorpe Hall: activity cards for schools

A set of six activity cards for teachers to download and print. Aimed at Key Stage 2 school groups visiting Gawthorpe, these activities focus on the building and its setting, helping your class to explore together.

By completing these fun, hands-on activities, pupils will learn about the history of the hall, the people who lived here and the famous architects who designed and redesigned the building – Robert Smythson, Sir Charles Barry and Augustus Pugin.

They will explore the use of symmetry and pattern in architecture and interior design. They will also examine how the hall displayed identity, wealth and taste in 17th and 19th century Britain.

Pupils may also pick up some new architecture vocabulary, as well as fresh inspiration for their own art and design work.

Supports history, art and design and maths.

Explore Queen Street Mill Textile Museum: activity cards for schools

A set of six activity cards for teachers to download and print. Aimed at Key Stage 2 school groups visiting Queen Street Mill, these activities focus on the building and its setting, helping your class to explore together.

By completing these fun, hands-on activities, pupils will learn about the history of the building and the people who worked here. They will investigate how the design of the building and the materials it is constructed from helped the mill to run effectively. They will also examine how the mill shaped the local area; using historic maps and their creative skills to explore its impact on the landscape and on local lives.

Develops skills and knowledge for history, literacy, science and geography.

Explore Towneley Hall: activity cards for schools

A set of six activity cards for teachers to download and print.

Aimed at Key Stage 2 school groups visiting Towneley Hall, these activities focus on the ground floor of the building and its setting, helping your class to explore together.

By completing these fun, hands-on activities, pupils will learn about the history of the Hall, the people who lived here. They will explore architecture that reflects the influence of ancient Greek and Roman style. They will also examine historical maps and images.

Pupils may also pick up some new architecture vocabulary, as well as fresh inspiration for their own art and design work.

Supports history, art and design, geography and literacy.

Explore The Whitaker: activity cards for schools

A set of six activity cards for teachers to download and print. Aimed at Key Stage 2 school groups visiting The Whitaker, these activities focus on the ground floor of the building and its setting, helping your class to explore together.

By completing these fun, hands-on activities, pupils will learn about the history of the Whitaker, the people who lived here when it was a Victorian family home, and the 19th century businessman who gave the building and grounds to the local people.

Pupils will learn about local history by investigating architecture, fragments of buildings and historic maps. They will also discover fossils and rocks as they take a closer look at what the building is made from.

Pupils may also pick up some new architecture vocabulary, as well as fresh inspiration for their own art and design work.

Supports history, geography, science and art and design.

Explore Turton Tower: activity cards for school

A set of six activity cards for teachers to download and print.

Aimed at Key Stage 2 school groups visiting Turton Tower, these activities focus on the building and its setting.

Supports history, geography and art and design.

Explore Ribchester Roman Museum: activity cards for schools

A set of six activity cards for teachers to download and print. Aimed at Key Stage 2 school groups visiting Ribchester Roman Museum, these activities will help your class explore both the museum and the remains of the Roman fort close to it.

By completing these creative, hands-on activities, pupils will learn about the history and the legacy of the Roman buildings that once stood on this land: the Roman fort and the vicus (village) that grew next to it.

The activities support KS2 history, focusing on Roman architecture and archaeology.