THE LEARN BOX
“When you know better, you do better” Maya Angelou
Educational, Fun & Engaging Workshops for Primary Schools
We offer action-packed, fun-filled, interactive, creative workshops, suitable for Key Stages 1 & 2.
Enriching and embedding learning in a dynamic and highly effective way to complement your teaching across the curriculum.
Storytelling Workshops – Key Stages 1 & 2
The Learn Box will introduce your children to the mystical, magical art of storytelling.
Storytelling is used as a medium for passing on knowledge and entertainment in every culture worldwide. Our traditional storytelling workshops focus on improving children’s speaking and listening skills in a fun and engaging way.
Our very own master of tale-telling will transport your children into another world as they listen and get involved with dynamic traditional stories, modern fairy tales, myths and legends from Britain and all over the world.
These workshops are perfect to enhance your whole school topics throughout the year and an excellent addition to World Book Day celebrations.
We can run sessions to engage children with:
Black History Month
Healthy Eating Week
World Book Week
World Day/Global Focus Week
Anti Bullying Week
eSafety Week
If your topic is not listed or you have a specific story to focus on, we can design a totally unique workshop specific to your school's needs.
Music Workshops – Key Stages 1 & 2
We offer sessions led by professional musicians, giving the class a chance to write a fun, educational and catchy song with a performance at the end.
As well as developing topic based vocabulary and ideas, pupils learn about musical terms such as tempo, structure, pitch, duration, texture and musical notations, different genres of music and explore how music is created.
Music is a universal language that embodies one of the highest forms of creativity. We encourage children to sing, create and compose music and develop a love of music; delivering learning in verbal, aural and kinesthetic mediums.
The Chinese philosopher Confucius once said, “Music produces a kind of pleasure which human nature cannot do without”
Humanities Workshops – Key Stages 1 & 2
History and Geography are inextricably linked and our workshops reflect that. We help children understand the geography of our planet and how human ingenuity has worked with geographical features and resources to shape our planet over time.
The workshops are listed under a specific subject area, but each pull strands from both to provide an engaging, cross-curricular learning experience.
History
Our main aim with these workshops is to inspire pupils’ curiosity to know more about the past. We provide
interactive workshops that help reinforce your pupils' knowledge and understanding of the past from local and British history to the wider world. Main topics we currently offer are:
Key Stages 1 & 2
The Great Fire of London
How did it spread and how was it stopped? Recreate the timeline of the fire with music and drama.
Children become immersed in the experience; dramatise Pepys' accounts and main events and be asked to imagine themselves there.
Famous Figures From History
Where did they come from? What did they achieve and why are they important to us today? We use drama, music, quizzes and props to engage and inspire.
Choices include Martin Luther King, Rosa Parks, Florence Nightingale, Christopher Columbus, Edith Cavell, Queen Victoria and more – please ask.
Key Stage 2
The Roman Empire
We dramatise an invasion timeline and Boudicca's revolt and explore why the Romans invaded then settled. Why did the Romans believe they were more civilised than the Celts? How was Roman life different and what was their legacy?
Ancient Egyptians
Children take part in preparing Tutankhamun's body for burial and its discovery in 1922. We use drama and storytelling to embed knowledge and explore the Ancient Egyptians' belief in the afterlife and explore why artifacts are important to us today.
Ancient Greeks
Explore the divide between history and myth: Children will compete for the facts, act out myths and discover what life was like in reality, versus the stories the Ancient Greeks created.
WW2 and the Children's Evacuation
With Air Raid Precaution Practice and songs to keep their spirits up, children experience the danger of London, how children were evacuated and explore the need for community spirit and strength.
Changes in Britain from the Stone Age to Iron Age Britain
An interactive timeline and artifacts, drama and activities help your tribe of children explore human development, the discovery of fire and technological advancement and how that impacted on humans' lifestyle.
London
What stories lie behind the landmarks? Find out about the famous characters from the area and piece together the puzzles of the past with maps and music.
Geography
We provide you with high quality, interactive, art and music-based workshops that inspire in pupils a curiosity and fascination about the world and its people which will remain with them for the rest of their lives. We incorporate music and drama, use giant maps and props to transport children and help them experience and remember.
Key Stages 1 & 2
Cities of the UK
We use drama and games to travel around the country, visiting cities of geographical and historical significance, identifying landmarks and learning their stories.
Around the World
Children will be locating the world’s continents and oceans, identifying climate and different types of habitat, as well as key cities and cultural identities: An engaging workshop full of movement and music which can be tailored towards KS1 or 2.
Key Stage 2
The River Nile
Using music and drama, we travel up the Nile from source to mouth, exploring the river's course, the habitat it creates and opportunities it provides, from past to present. Where would Egypt be without its river?
Rivers of the World
Explore the journey of a river from source to mouth, embedding key vocabulary using drama and storytelling. Recreate how it is formed, the routes it takes and discover the animals and people it sustains. Compare the Thames with the Amazon and the impact of flooding to the populations and ecosystems of both rivers.
Countries of the World
Tailored to your current country/continent topic We delve into their climate, culture and lifestyle; explore famous landmarks, fascinating histories and why tourists are drawn there. Props and drama help children understand the rich diversity of the world the live in and the similarities and differences between children in the UK and around the world.
Science
Key Stages 2
Our workshops can enhance your science curriculum; embedding key scientific vocabulary and developing learning with music and theatre, storytelling and thought provoking discussions. An experience and learning they'll never forget!
Shadow Puppetry
Building on the children's knowledge of light, we incorporate your class' literary theme (such as Myths and Legends, or a specific class book like Fantastic Mr Fox or Peter Pan) and together build a theatre, create a script and put on a wonderful performance of light effects and drama!
Earth & Mars
We take your pupils on a journey to Mars via the art of music, poetry, physical theatre and comedy.
What would life be like on Mars? What might we find there? The children then complete tasks, sing along to original songs and are encouraged to look more closely at the natural and human world around them and compare conditions on Earth and Mars.
A highly entertaining, fun-packed, interactive piece of theatre. Written by singer/songwriter Gemma Rogers and award winning spoken word artist Deanna Rodger.
Earth_the show has been performed at the Camden People’s Theatre, Battersea Arts Centre and had a sell out show at the Brighton Dome
More about LEARN BOX
We can provide you with a more detailed explanation of each workshop on request, listing activities, key skills and subject knowledge covered, with links to National Curriculum targets for each subject.
We would like to continue to build our workshop topics. So If you don't see your topic above, or would like to suggest additions to one already listed, please call for a discussion. We are an experienced team, used to creating and adapting and may well be able to tailor a workshop, specific to your needs.
We can adapt the Storytelling, Music and Shadow Puppetry workshops to the year group(s) requested.
We run all our educational workshops at your school for your convenience. Also, because we believe that the children are more comfortable and able to express themselves with confidence in a familiar environment.
● All workshops are minimum 60 mins, and can be extended to include more activities
● You can book a single workshop, or we will run up to 5 a day for up to 30 pupils a session
● Workshops start at £150 though cost per workshop will reduce with the number of sessions booked.
● We will bring all the props and materials necessary with us
All of our workshops can be adapted for pupils with sensory, learning or physical disabilities who will be involved in a variety of enriching sensory experiences.
Our small team of dedicated and brilliant facilitators are all fully qualified and DBS checked