History Workshops
Including larger than life, interactive performances, open-ended drama workshops and more intimate classroom-based sessions, our unique range of History Workshops and Shows for Primary Schools offers pupils privileged perspectives on the lives of people in the past.
One of the UK’s leading providers of History workshops to primary and secondary schools, our programmes are enjoyed by thousands of pupils each year.
We cover a wide range of history topics and most of our workshops can be enjoyed by the whole-school in just one day!
HISTORY Workshops for primary schools
The Best of British Women in STEM
A drama-based workshop bringing to life the achievements of British women who have pushed the boundaries of science.
Big History Day
A themed Big History Day provides you with the perfect platform to generate a real “history buzz” across the whole school.
New! History Through Drama – Titanic Tales: a Ship and its People
An imaginative Titanic drama workshops for KS1 and KS2 pupils, giving an insight into the story of both the ship and its people. With clear links to identified strands of the History National Curriculum.
History Through Drama
A History Through Drama day can accommodate the whole of up to a two-form entry school in a single day!
Time Travel Tourist – the Apollo Adventurers
This programme gives children a unique perspective on the Apollo moon landings by giving them a chance to meet ‘Neil Armstrong’, the first human on the moon
Refugee Week Rhymes: The Courage to be Kind
Mark Refugee Week 2026 with a poetry workshop, exploring this year’s theme of Courage. Workshops suitable for primary and secondary schools – UK wide
New! History Through Drama – Nine Days of Turmoil: 100 Years Since the General Strike
A themed Big History Day provides you with the perfect platform to generate a real “history buzz” across the whole school.
London History Day 2026 – History School Workshops
Specially developed to support children’s understanding of the important part London plays in history.
World Poetry Day – Standing on the Shoulders of Giants
Celebrate the lives and achievements of some amazing British writers from diverse backgrounds.
Historical Maths
School Workshop Historical Maths These uniquely cross-curricular programmes see children using a range of age-differentiated mathematical skills to…
World War One Schools Play and Workshops – Living with the War
A schools’ play specifically designed to support the exploration of World War One at Key Stages 1-4.
Journeys into Space – Secondary
Students will explore the unique and fragile nature of Planet Earth and the story of human exploration of…
Exploring the World of Explorers
From Leif Erikson to Neil Armstrong, this workshop introduces KS1 /P1 – P3 pupils to some landmark people and moments in the history of global exploration.
Florence Nightingale – Legacies of the Lady with the Lamp
Using a range of age appropriate, drama-based techniques, Florence will help pupils learn about her life, times and achievements.
The Women of Space
This workshop brings to life the women who have played such an important role in humanity’s journey to the stars:
International Women’s Day Poetry Workshop
Celebrate the power of women working together, remembering their achievements through verse.
The Brilliant Britons
Take in over ten thousand years of British history in a fast-paced and action-packed hour and a half!
Ruby Slippers’ Tour of British History!
School Workshops A unique way to explore both history and British Values – in just one day! There…
Black History Month – Poetry Workshops
School Workshops This year we are celebrating the achievements of some Black scientists and inventors, all of whom…
A World of World Views
Teaching children that “world views” are not always tied to religion or spirituality and to explore some wider world views
Welcome Gems
School Workshops Reflecting on ways we can Stand Together with newcomers, to make them feel at home. Introduction…
VE Day – Family Friendly Workshops
Family Workshops May 2025 will mark eighty years since VE Day – when the nation united in rejoicing at the…
Homing in on the Home Front – WWI
Exploring ways that war touched on every aspect of life – including food, clothes, and precautions against invasion.
1066 and all that: A History of Britain
School Workshops Extending children’s learning beyond the national curriculum, while also exploring British values, this KS2 / P4…
The Story of Flight
Looking at ways that Science Investigators have helped humankind fulfill its dream of taking to the skies!
Anne Frank: Standing Together in Hope
School Workshops Faced with deportation to the Nazi concentration camps, Anne Frank, her family and friends were forced…
Journeys into Space
It’s more than fifty years since the first humans walked on the moon – and Journeys into Space allows up to 420 pupils to put this extraordinary milestone in context in a single day!
A Home is More Than a House
hinking positively about the value of “home”.
History: A Victorian Christmas
School Workshops The roots of Christmas as we know it today stretch less than 200 years into the…
VE Day School Workshops – 80 Years Since VE Day
Our VE Day School Workshops open with a whole-school, interactive assembly exploring VE Day and why it was important.
London History Day
Developed specially to mark London History Day, London Stories can accommodate the whole of up to a two-form entry school in a single day of age-differentiated workshops exploring the story of the city from the Iron Age to the advent of World War II. And the day has been enjoyed by schools including Ibstock Place, Holy Trinity, Gospel Oak, Holmleigh, Oaklands and West Ham primaries!.
Time Travel Theatre
We regularly take our History workshops into schools across the region. Recent workshops include; Black History Month workshops at Our Lady & St Philomena’s Primary School, a Big History Day at Longmoor Primary School and a Cultures and Civilisations day at St Austin’s Primary. Holy Spirit Catholic Primary School in St Helens have our history workshops each half-term, allowing children lots of opportunities to explore a whole host of history topics!
Local History
We are able to develop bespoke History programmes for schools, specially designed to tie in with whole-school aims and objectives. Marking an important birthday for Smithdown Primary School on Merseyside, for example, 150 Years of Smithdown saw every year group participating in workshops exploring different, age-appropriate aspects of local history!
Landmark Occasions
Our whole-school programmes supporting moments of national significance (Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee, Charles III’s coronation and the 80th anniversary of VE Day) always prove particularly popular. In 2026 we will be marking the centenary of the General Strike with a new workshop History Through Drama: Nine Days of Turmoil: 100 Years Since the General Strike? – when workers across the country walked out of their jobs to protest against poverty-level wages and terrible working conditions in the coal mining industry.
“Can I just say thank-you for this wonderful workshop that was delivered at our school today. The children had an absolutely amazing time and learnt so much. The children were so convinced that Neil Armstrong had travelled through our time machine that one of children had made! They were so engaged throughout the workshop, asked so many questions and recalled lots of information that was shared with them. We look forward to applying our learning over the next few weeks!
“We received overwhelmingly positive feedback from across the year groups — the workshops were thoroughly enjoyed by all pupils involved. The children were fully engaged throughout and responded brilliantly to Chris’s creative and energetic presentation style. He was knowledgeable, enthusiastic and answered questions in a way that really captured the children’s interest.
Pupils gained a great deal from the sessions. They learned about Sacagawea — who she was, the important knowledge she contributed to her expedition team, and how valuable she was as an explorer. One child shared, “I now know Sacagawea had a river named after her,” while another said, “She was amazing to go exploring with a young baby on her back.” It was clear that the content made a lasting impression.
The physical elements of the workshop were particularly effective for the younger year groups, providing a fantastic opportunity to develop teamwork skills — we were genuinely impressed by how well they collaborated. The sessions also allowed children to apply what they had learned during International Women’s Day in a different context, deepening their understanding through creative and practical activities.”
“The children absolutely loved it and Chris expertly managed to keep them all engaged for over an hour which is a challenge in itself! Chris was so enthusiastic and full of information about Neil Armstrong and really brought History to life for all children. The resources were brilliant and pitched just right – challenging the more able children whilst allowing our SEN children to be involved too. We will look forward to booking more workshops with you in the future and will highly recommend your workshop to colleagues. Thankyou for making it such an easy process to enquire and book a workshop – we really appreciate this!”
“The students really enjoyed the Explorers workshop and have been talking about it ever since. It was a brilliant hook for our new topic and has really increased their eagerness and excitement to learn more about Captain Scott. The students were provided with lots of engaging and practical activities that helped them to learn more about Captain Scott. We used As Creatives last year for the same workshop and we look forward to working with them again as the children have enjoyed it every time!”
History Events & Key Dates
Holocaust Memorial Day
