Learning Activities

Whose House is it Anyway?

£50, KS2 & KS3

Pupils will become junior members of Beamish Town Council and it will be their job to decide which one of our diverse families will be moving into Beamish Town Council’s new council house.

1842 Collieries Act

Onsite activity, £50 per class, KS2 and KS3 (admission costs apply)

Should Children and females be working underground?

Camp at Beamish Museum

Groups of 20 to 35 children – £50 per child; Groups of more than 35 children – £45 per child

The Museum offers the opportunity for schools and youth groups to camp overnight.

Call to War - First World War

£50 per class, KS2 & KS3

Discover different attitudes towards the war and consider what may have driven a 15 year old underage soldier to enlist in 1914.

The Inside Scoop

£50 per class, Key Stage 2 and Key Stage 3 (admission costs apply)

Learn about the evolution of ice cream and the impact of Italian immigration to the North East from the 1870s to the 1950s.

James White - Local History Coal Mining Enquiry

£50 per class, KS2 & lower KS3

A notice outside the Chapel announces the death of 12 year old James White who has died at the Pit. You need to investigate what has happened!

Suffragettes on the High Street - Campaign and Debate

£50 per class, KS3 (admission costs apply)

Rally through the Town carrying banners and placards, and chanting to encourage onlookers to join your cause.

Bah-Humbug - The Problem of the Poor

£50 per class, KS4 & upper KS3 (admission costs apply)

This is an enquiry based activity linked to the English Literature GCSE curriculum, A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. Students will use their powers of persuasion to encourage five characters linked to the story to give money to the poor.

Worth Fifty Horses

£50, KS2 & KS3 (admission costs apply)

It is 1835, the cusp of industrialisation and beginning of the spread of the railways. Is this the start of a new world with the opportunity to make your fortune or the ruination of everyday life? Would you risk your money and invest in the latest technology?