New workshops!
Light Up Education is all about novelty and innovation. This is where we'll announce new workshops, subjects and ideas!
Gunpowder, treason and plot
It's time to organise resistance to the Roman invaders!
"Yet I say they shall receive a terrible blow this Parliament; and yet they shall not see who hurts them"
The Plot is afoot! Dive into the cellars of the House of Lords and let's explore the Gunpowder Plot!
For Key Stage One groups, this includes games including laying a fuse and finding the plotters, puppet-making and making coded letters.
For Key Stage Two and Three, this will also look at the politics and the religious issues surrounding the Plot, our fantastic Building the Plot challenge and can be combined with our Parliament experiences.
For Key Stages Four and Five, the focus is on the Building the Plot and the narrative of why the Plot came to be.
Available for all Year Groups from October Half Term 2024
Celtic experiences
It's time to organise resistance to the Roman invaders!
The Romans are here and the Celtic tribes are going to stand up and resist!
The Celtic tribes of Britain before the Roman invasion were a complex, spiritual and proud people, with a culture that was older than their invaders. Revering ancient gods, sophisticated tribal structures and with a rich culture tied to their lands, animals and war.
Let our Celtic warrior explain what's at stake, what the Celtic culture is and why the Romans will lose! Learn about Celtic gods, chariots, hillforts and our greatest heroes.
Celtic experiences will include our Interactive Introduction, a craft project, a look at Celtic life and war and a chance to fight the Romans!
Available for Key Stages 2 upwards nationwide across England and Wales now!
1066 and Domesday
The Normans have come!
1066 is possibly the most significant date in English history, William of Normandy led one of the largest armies ever assembled across the Channel and defeated Harald Godwineson at the Battle of Hastings, just weeks after Harald had defeated a Norwegian army at Stamford Bridge in Yorkshire.
In 1086, William commissioned a great survey of his new kingdom, which he had controlled with his servants, relatives and knights. Although scholars have debated its purpose for nearly a thousand years, it is most likely to be a record of tax liability and patronage for the king to record what he reigned over.
Allow one of William's knights, newly installed on Saxon lands, to guide pupils through the Battle of Hastings, the Harrowing of the North, the convocation of the Domesday Book and the greatest period of castle building in the country's history.
Available for Key Stages 2 upwards nationwide across England and Wales now!
Great Fire of London
The Great Fire of London came at the end of a chaotic period of British history, with the Restoration of the Monarchy and the Great Plague, and started a new era as London was rebuilt using Enlightenment principles, fusing the old and the new.
Our new immersive experiences take students into the aftermath of the Fire; let our fantastic educators guide your pupils through the causes of the fire, the ways it was fought, how Londoners survived and how they recovered.
Covering the timeline of the fire, teambuilding and cooperative games around fighting the fire and much more, all delivered in character and costume.
Great Fire of London experiences are available all across England and Wales now!
