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THE COMMANDERY: Schools and Groups
 

 

 
 
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Worcester City Council Web Site
 
 
The Commandery Education Programme
[Education Main Page]
           
tudor life at the commandery   Civil War at the Commandery
    Tailored to Key stage 2 and Key stage 3
commandery dressing up  


Immerse yourself in the excitement and chaos of war as you learn how the soldiers prepared for battle! Explore the weapons and tactics of the period, and discover the fate of the common soldier.

 

 
  Sample Time-Table Departure Time: 2.15pm
 
  10.00am > 10.15am   Welcome and Introduction for all
  10.15am - 11.00am   Audio Tour
  11.00am - 11.15am   Morning Break
  11.15am - 12.00pm   The Baggage Train and/or Diary of a Soldier
  12.00pm - 12.45pm   Lunch and Shop visit for all
  12.45pm - 1.30pm   Preparing for Battle
  1.30pm - 2.15pm   Great Hall: Observation Drawing
       
  National Curriculum Links
 

 

  The audio tour, activities and workshops will support:
  History Key Stage 2 Year 3 and 4
  Unit 18 What was it like to live here in the past? ( Local History)
  History Key stage 3 Year 8
  unit 18 The civil wars: was England ‘turned upside down’ in the seventeenth century?

BOOKING DETAILS & FORM
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 Opening Times

• Monday – Saturday
10am-5pm
• Sunday -
1.30pm-5.00 pm

 Admission Charges
• Adult

£5.40
• Adult Concs. & Students 17+ £4.10
• Children
aged 5-16:
£2.30
• Under 5's FREE
• Family Ticket
[admits 2 adults & up to 3 children]		 £12.50
• Worcester City Residents: FREE
• Group Adult:
£4.40
• Group concession:
£3.50
• Group child:
£2.30
• School Visit inc. Performance £6.00
• School Visit inc. Children's Activity Workshop £4.50
• Meeting Rooms
G20 or F1
 Day £10.50p/h
Eve £32.00p/h

• Resource Centre

• WCC Depts charge 2>5pm

Day
£15.50p/h
Eve
£37.00p/h


No Charge

• Great Hall
(Eve Only)

• WCC Depts
Charge

£90.00p/h


£78.00p/h

• Garden eve

• WCC Depts
Charge

£45.00p/h


£42.00p/h
• Whole site evening £160p/h

 
 Facilities
 
The building has stairs BUT NO LIFT The buildinga has toilets without disabled access  
 
 How to Contact Us
 
Tel: 01905 361821
Fax: 01905 361822
Post: The Commandery Sidbury, Worcester WR1 2HU