Key Stage 1 (4-7)

Key Stage 1 (4-7)

In the first two years of compulsory education (Key Stage 1/5-7 years), pupils begin to explore their local environment. If the school is lucky enough to have a museum nearby, it will be an important starting point in their development. Further afield, there are activity-based museums such as the Roald Dahl Museum and Story Centre in Great Missenden, the Science Museum and the Wellcome Foundation museums in London, or the various museums of childhood in Derbyshire, Edinburgh and the Victoria and Albert in Bethnal Green; all of which are popular venues for Key Stage 1 students.

Many providers cater for both day and short-term residential adventure activities, and both the National Trust and Forestry Commission run activities specifically tailored for the KS1 age-group.

Children are often interested in the theatre and music, and usually begin with trips to pantomimes and musicals in Key Stage 1. You can find guidance on ‘kids’ theatre in London here, and over in East Anglia there is the Norwich Puppet Theatre with Bristol Old Vic in the West Country; there’s bound to be a good venue near you!

Suitable Venues

Situated in the heart of the Scottish capital experience the passion of Scotland's rugby team taking on the best in the world at Murrayfield.

Whether you come to unwind or have fun, there's plenty for all at Draycote Water. Activities range from birdwatching and game fishing to walking and water sports. Dogs are only allowed in the Country Park.

One play area for five to twelve years and another for the under fives. Bright and colourful, safe and age appropriate features.

As well as the play areas they have a fully equipped cafeteria serving freshly prepared hot and cold snacks as well as hot and cold refreshing drinks. There is plenty of seating for everyone, relax on the leather sofas whilst the children play. 

Walk in the footsteps of Ryan Giggs. See where Madonna stood. Where Shane Williams laced his boots, and where all the action takes place on event days.

IT'S TIME TO EXPLORE ...

Set in the heart of Leicestershire, Hinckley Leisure Centre offers local people a range of activities and facilities to help them stay active.

There is a brand new toning suite just for women, a gym, three swimming pools, group exercise studios, sports hall, squash courts, café and crèche.

Set in the heart of local parkland, Bedworth Leisure Centre offers the local community an excellent range of ways to remain active. The centre plays host to two swimming pools, a group exercise studio, a newly refurbished gym complete with the latest equipment as well as a 3G outdoor surface.

Come and explore this partially-reconstructed timber fort . Stand on the ramparts, explore the exhibition in the granary and imagine yourself training horses in the gyrus - a feature not found anywhere else in the Roman Empire.

Thomas Newcomen (1664-1729) designed and installed the first practical and successful steam engine, used initially for pumping water out of coal mines. Over 2,000 Newcomen engines were installed world-wide during the 18th and 19th centuries, over 600 of them before 1775 when James Watt was able to improve their efficiency.

War Memorial Park is Coventry's premier park and attracts around 400,000 visitors from all over the city and further beyond every year. Many come to enjoy a casual visit, while others come to take part in some of the many special events that take place throughout the year.

Indoor play area with loads of slides and features and dedicated toddler zone, attached to a family restaurant. For kids up to 4ft 9ins.

The park is a pleasant stretch of open grassland for running and frisbeeing, with a Children's Playground. The main feature is an imposing ruin of part of the castle, surrounded on three sides by a moat.

Coventry's Biggest Indoor Play and Party place for children up to 12 years of age, with a separate area for babies and under 4s.

Including a car track with sit on cars and bikes. This is located near our comfy leather sofa area! Relax with a coffee whilst watching your little one's play safely.

Crazy golf, children's play area, 18 hole golf course, and plenty of open space and garden walks: all recently refurbished and well maintained.

The refurbished play area has a wide range of play equipment to offer a variety of physical and interactive challenges for all ages.

There's lots of fun to be had at this family friendly country park! With play areas, cycling and walking on surfaced paths and a large picnic meadow you can't go wrong for a family day out!

Feed the ducks at Ryton Pool, play games on the picnic meadow and burn off some more energy on our two play areas.

Garden Organic Ryton is the home of Garden Organic, the UK’s leading organic growing and lifestyle charity which is dedicated to researching and promoting organic gardening, farming and food. We currently have a membership of 32,000 people across the UK and further afield together with two other gardens in Kent and Essex.

We are an indoor centre which provides a wide range of activities specifically suited to families - we have two swimming pools (one with flume ride and features), a large sports hall for ball games and racquet sports, a soft play area called Jungle Junction and creche facilities.

Woodland containing a great variety of wildlife, plus wonderful carpets of bluebells every spring. Look out for tawny owls, red foxes, and the 250 year old oak. Open all year and free to visit.

Trimpley Reservoir is in a idyllic location, nestling between the River Severn on one side and the historic Severn Valley Steam Railway on the other.

We are committed to encouraging sports development to help you to enjoy sport as part of a healthy lifestyle as well as developing talent for the future. Work out in our gym or at one of our classes, play Badminton and Dodgeball, or take part in one of our courses.

We also have a number of junior sports clubs that hire our facilities available for adults and children to join. 

Pioneer Centre is the UK's premier recognised specialist venue for superb outdoor activity residentials and holidays and conferences for groups.

BHS approved facility offering lessons, trekking and trail rides. Plus recognised Pony Club.

Focuses on Kidderminster's international carpet supplying history and includes a great many textile examples, plus informative displays and exhibits.

Come and meet our carpet makers

Kid-sized railway for a pleasing jaunt up and down the line, open most weekends.

The Railway is open Most Weekends for rides up and down the line.
Catering and shop facilities are available in Kidderminster Railway Museum and Severn Valley Station.

The Kidderminster Railway Museum houses a vast range of railway artefacts, most of which date back to the days of steam travel. From pen nibs to clocks, from signs to signalling equipment, from photographs to timetables and rolling stock - there is a vast amount to see when you visit us.

Herefordshire is often described as England's most rural county, with a rich mosaic landscape of small fields, ancient hedgerows and wooded hills.

From the Black Mountains in the west to the Malvern Hills in the east and the majestic sweep of the Wye Valley, the county embodies the finer characteristics of a rapidly vanishing traditional landscape.

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