Primary School Trips To Manchester

The Science & Industry Museum

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The Science and Industry Museum sits in the heart of Manchester, the world’s first industrial city. It is a place full of amazing objects and revolutionary ideas that changed the world forever.

Explore Manchester’s rich legacy of innovations and discoveries in the Revolution Manchester Gallery. Find out how the city's heritage is interwoven with the cotton industry in the Textiles Gallery. Plus, see science brought to life in Experiment, the family-friendly interactive gallery.

The museum offers a programme of interactive shows, workshops and other learning activities. Those available for KS2 school trips include:

Explosions
Circuit City
Forces & Flight
The Wonder of Light

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Imperial War Museum North

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IWM North is about people and their stories, about how lives have been and still are shaped by war and conflict.

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Legoland Discovery Centre

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The Centre offers workshops designed to bring Maths, Science, Engineering and Language to life and encourage skills in communication, collaboration, critical thinking and problem solving. A wonderful balance of learning and fun! Key Stage 2 school trip workshops include:

• Go-Cart: Combining STEM principles to identify a wheel and axle and where friction might be found. Students must predict the outcome of various tests using LEGO vehicle builds
• Catapult: Focusing on engineering and technology, students apply knowledge and skills related to structures, engineering design, weight and counterweight, and fair testing via construction of a LEGO Catapult.
• Robotics: Develop key computing aspects including writing and debugging programs by building and programming amazing LEGO® robotic creations and bringing them to life!

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National Justice Museum

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The KS4/KS5 courtroom workshop is a 2-hour interactive session, visiting the moot courtroom at the Manchester Metropolitan University. The workshop brings the law to life through hands-on, authentic and unforgettable learning experiences. In the Moot Courtroom, students will explore a contemporary case. With the help of MMU Law students they will create, prepare and present a trial, taking on the courtroom roles, to reach a verdict and debate the outcome.

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Greater Manchester Police Museum

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Located in a former police station converted into a museum and archives detailing the history of policing in Greater Manchester, England. It was home to Manchester City Police and then its successors Manchester and Salford Police and Greater Manchester Police from 1879 until 1979.

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Manchester Museum

With four floors of displays and fascinating exhibitions scattered across 15 different galleries, you can view collections from all over the world at Manchester Museum.

Founded as a natural history museum in 1821, the museum is now owned by the University of Manchester, and offers an excellent centre of learning for primary school tours. 

From a fossilised Tyrannosaurus Rex named Stan, to anthropology collections from South America, this museum offers a great opportunity to immerse your students in Science and Nature. 

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The Science & Industry Museum

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The Science and Industry Museum sits in the heart of Manchester, the world’s first industrial city. It is a place full of amazing objects and revolutionary ideas that changed the world forever.

Explore Manchester’s rich legacy of innovations and discoveries in the Revolution Manchester Gallery. Find out how the city's heritage is interwoven with the cotton industry in the Textiles Gallery. Plus, see science brought to life in Experiment, the family-friendly interactive gallery.

The museum offers a programme of interactive shows, workshops and other learning activities. Those available for KS2 school trips include:

Explosions
Circuit City
Forces & Flight
The Wonder of Light

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Imperial War Museum North

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IWM North is about people and their stories, about how lives have been and still are shaped by war and conflict.

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Legoland Discovery Centre

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The Centre offers workshops designed to bring Maths, Science, Engineering and Language to life and encourage skills in communication, collaboration, critical thinking and problem solving. A wonderful balance of learning and fun! Key Stage 2 school trip workshops include:

• Go-Cart: Combining STEM principles to identify a wheel and axle and where friction might be found. Students must predict the outcome of various tests using LEGO vehicle builds
• Catapult: Focusing on engineering and technology, students apply knowledge and skills related to structures, engineering design, weight and counterweight, and fair testing via construction of a LEGO Catapult.
• Robotics: Develop key computing aspects including writing and debugging programs by building and programming amazing LEGO® robotic creations and bringing them to life!

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National Justice Museum

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The KS4/KS5 courtroom workshop is a 2-hour interactive session, visiting the moot courtroom at the Manchester Metropolitan University. The workshop brings the law to life through hands-on, authentic and unforgettable learning experiences. In the Moot Courtroom, students will explore a contemporary case. With the help of MMU Law students they will create, prepare and present a trial, taking on the courtroom roles, to reach a verdict and debate the outcome.

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Greater Manchester Police Museum

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Located in a former police station converted into a museum and archives detailing the history of policing in Greater Manchester, England. It was home to Manchester City Police and then its successors Manchester and Salford Police and Greater Manchester Police from 1879 until 1979.

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Manchester Museum

With four floors of displays and fascinating exhibitions scattered across 15 different galleries, you can view collections from all over the world at Manchester Museum.

Founded as a natural history museum in 1821, the museum is now owned by the University of Manchester, and offers an excellent centre of learning for primary school tours. 

From a fossilised Tyrannosaurus Rex named Stan, to anthropology collections from South America, this museum offers a great opportunity to immerse your students in Science and Nature. 

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National Football Museum

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Explore the world's finest collection of football artifacts and archives. 

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Chocolate Collective

Chocolate Collective’s school workshops are the ideal complement to classroom teaching and are a real favourite amongst teachers and kids.

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Trafford Centre

With its wide range of stores, over 60 amazing restaurants, a blockbuster at ODEON IMAX, the Sea Life Centre and Legoland Discovery Centre a visit to has so much to offer.

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National Football Museum

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Explore the world's finest collection of football artifacts and archives. 

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Chocolate Collective

Chocolate Collective’s school workshops are the ideal complement to classroom teaching and are a real favourite amongst teachers and kids.

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Trafford Centre

With its wide range of stores, over 60 amazing restaurants, a blockbuster at ODEON IMAX, the Sea Life Centre and Legoland Discovery Centre a visit to has so much to offer.

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