Plan your visit
Please note that unfortunately we have no availability remaining for school visits to our Fairy Tales exhibition. We are also unable to offer school visits to our Story Worlds from now until Summer term.
We are taking bookings for school visits to our next immersive exhibition – The 100 Story Hotel – opening from mid-April, so please contact our Bookings team to find out more.
Before booking your visit to Discover, please carefully read the following information to ensure you book a session best suited to the needs of your pupils. To plan your risk assessment, please review our safety measures.
Discover school visits are led by our professional Story Builders, trained to support young people’s core language and literacy development. Our sessions are designed to complement the national curriculum and can contribute towards sections of the ‘Discover’ and ‘Explore’ Arts Award.
Sessions can be adapted for children or groups with special educational needs (SEN) or English as an Additional Language (EAL) needs. Schools must provide as much information on pupil needs as possible at least one week in advance of the session.
What is included in a school visit?
We offer two types of school sessions differentiated for pupils from Nursery – Year 4:
Story World Session:
Set in our First Floor Story World this workshop is suited to Nursery – lower KS2. Find out more here.
Exhibition Session:
Set in our changing Exhibition space, this workshop is suited to Nursery – KS1. Find out more here.
Sessions run for 90 minutes and include the following:
- Storytelling
- Interactive story building* activity
- Free play in dedicated immersive space
- Facilitated craft and drama activities
Please note that school and nursery visits do not include access to the ground floor Story World or extended access to the dedicated workshop space beyond the 90 minutes. Furthermore, due to Covid-19 and required cleaning between sessions, we cannot accommodate school lunching. We are also unable to permit additional free play in the garden before or after the 90-minute session.
To book a visit for your school, please contact our Bookings Team on 020 8536 5555. We can also help you work out which session will best suit your pupils’ needs.
* Story building is an interactive, collaborative storytelling methodology pioneered by Discover.
