Orford Castle Castle Education Admission
Education
Overview
Bring learning to life and book your free self-led visit to Orford Castle, to discover one of England's best preserved and most unique keeps. Explore from the basement to the roof, and follow a maze of passages leading to the chapel, kitchen and other chambers in the turrets, to imagine what life was like in a medieval castle. Learn more about local history in the Orford Museum, located upstairs in the castle.
Learning Resource:
Learning Resource:
- Our Teachers’ Kits feature historical information and activity suggestions for group leaders of various subjects and key stages. You can access your learning resource here: Orford Castle Teachers' Kit (KS1-KS4+)
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KS1-3 History: Local History study. Significant historical events, people and places in their own locality
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KS1-2 Geography: Understand where Orford Castle was built, and why its location was so important to king Henry II
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KS1-KS2 Drama: Links between the building and people who used it through various role play
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KS2 History: Extend pupils' chronological knowledge beyond 1066
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KS2-3 Geography: Place Orford Castle in its geographical context
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KS3 History: The development of Church, state and society in Medieval Britain 1066-1509; The development of Church, state and society in Britain 1509 -1745
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KS3 Maths, Design & Technology: Understand that Orford Castle’s shape was carefully designed using simple geometry
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KS4 History: OCR Specification A; study of the historic environment: ‘Castles: Form and Function c.1000-1750