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 - Tuesday 22 April

Join us on the 22 April for a bespoke Home Education Morning. We are running two workshops - KS1 Prehistoric Detectives and KS2 Skeletons.

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: Prehistoric Detectives, 10.30–11.15

Delve into prehistoric life and become detectives. Explore what the Earth was like around the age of the dinosaurs, what other animals existed and how we know about them. Then get hands on and investigate real fossils and identify what they are in our challenge.

Please note there are no dinosaurs on permanent display at Tring.

Curriculum links:

  • describe and compare the structure of a variety of common animals
  • explore and compare things that are living, dead and things that have never been alive
  • scientific enquiry skills

Lower KS2: Skeletons, 11.30-12.15

Uncover why animals have skeletons and the variety of forms among animals. Focusing on vertebrate skeletons, predict what species the real skeletons come from.

Curriculum links:

  • identify that humans and some other animals have skeletons and muscles for support, protection and movement
  • scientific enquiry skills

Booking guidance

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.

To book please call or email with the following details:

  • Name
  • Number of adults and children attending
  • Age of children
  • SEND
  • Workshop you’d like to attend
  • Email address
  • Phone number

We will send pre-visit information a week before your visit.

Tel: 020 79426177 or email: tring-bookings@nhm.ac.uk

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