Home Educated groups at Tring

Home educated groups can use the Museum at Tring to supplement their learning, free of charge

Home Educated groups have access to the full range of educational activities at Tring.

Explore the Museum with activity sheets and self-guided tours, book one of our regular workshops or join us on our special Home Ed Days.

Home Ed Day - Thursday 23 January

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Join us on the 23 January for a bespoke Home Education Morning. We are running two workshops - KS1 Discovering Animals and KS2 Adaptation and Evolution.

To support your time in the galleries, download and print our self-guided tours or gallery trails. We have clipboards and pencils which you can use.

  • KS1 – Discovering Animals 10.30–11.15
    Explore a range of different animals and compare their features. Discover how and why scientists sort animals into groups and have a go yourself.
  • KS2 – Adaptation and Evolution 11.30–12.15
    Discover the concept behind Carl Linnaeus’ classification Uncover species adaptations, explore oddities, and generate species' future adaptations to help them to survive.

To ensure there is space for other children we ask that children only attend one workshop. We ask that at least one adult is present with their children for supervision.

How to book visits and workshops

For questions and bookings, please email or call us on +44 (0)20 7942 6177.

All of our workshops are available to book. Each workshop needs a minimum of 10 children and each child can attend one workshop. We recommend grouping children by age or working level so they can attend the most suitable workshop.

We ask for a few adults to volunteer as group leaders within the workshop and may ask for some adults and younger children to remain in the galleries due to the size of the room.

For workshops and general visits, we recommend booking at least six weeks in advance.

When booking please provide the following details:

  • Lead organiser and contact details
  • Number of children and number of children in each age group
  • Number of adults
  • Workshop
  • Arrival and departure time
  • Special or mobility needs

Activity sheets

Encourage children to ask questions and discuss animal features with our self-guided tours. The tours are designed for use by an adult leading a small group of children. Please download and print these activity sheets prior to your visit.

Self-guided tours

Encourage children to ask questions and discuss animal features with our self-guided tours. The tours are designed for use by an adult leading a small group of children.

Makaton-based gallery trails

Encourage children to ask questions and discuss animal features with our self-guided tours. The tours are designed for use by an adult leading a small group of children.

Workshops

All of our workshops are available for home educated groups and details are listed in the relevant key stages. Some can be catered to a variety of ages and working level or we may be able to provide two for different levels, this can be discussed upon booking.

Workshops run with a minimum of 10 children and a maximum of 30. If there is a large group we may request for fewer adults to attend due to the capacity of the room. All workshops last around 45 minutes.

Please see the relevant key stage pages for the workshops we offer:

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