Local History - People and their Homes
For KS2 looking at people who have lived locally and examples of their homes and gardens.
The programme is taught inside Beaumont Hall, one of the Edwardian houses at the Botanic Garden where many original features remain. We discuss the lives of the people who lived there, both owners and servants, and set this in the context of the development of the city of Leicester.
The children rotate around five activities.
- Explore the Botanic Garden to find one hundred year old garden features to label on a map.
- Inside the building the children see original examples of plaster work and create their own Plaster of Paris tiles
- Children visit the tropical glasshouse and learn about the work of some famous Leicestershire scientists and presenters including David Attenborough.
- Everyone can enjoy a short game of croquet on the lawn, as the owners would have done in the past.
- Follow a trail to see and learn more about special plants that people have introduced to their gardens.
- Numbers: One / two classes
- Organisation: In five small groups for two classes, minimum three groups for one class.
- Availability: All year
- Duration: Full day
- Cost: Please visit our programme costs page