Learning

Whether you’re a student, teacher or adult learner, the Maritime Greenwich World Heritage Site is a fantastic resource for a wide range of learning opportunities.

The Maritime Greenwich World Heritage Site Learning Group is a partnership of the learning providers in Greenwich.  The group works collaboratively, sharing resources, planning and expertise to provide learning opportunities for people of all ages, enabling them to explore, engage with, and value the heritage of the World Heritage Site

Schools and Colleges
Maritime Greenwich offers exciting curriculum-based programmes and resources for primary, secondary and post-16 students, from formal learning days to workshops and trails.  Greenwich’s royal and maritime history, its scientific associations and its classical architecture are unique resources.

Higher Education
Situated in the prestigious Old Royal Naval College, the Maritime campus of the University of Greenwich, the world famous Trinity College of Music and Laban offer a unique setting for both undergraduate and postgraduate studies.

Adult Learning
Come to expand your mind and explore Maritime Greenwich with guided tours, character actor performances, lectures, study days and community projects and celebrations.

Family Learning
An exciting range of activities for families take place throughout the year with creative workshops, seasonal events, trails and dedicated activities for under 5s.

Greenwich borough also has a wide range of attractive education and training opportunities for all ages, making broadening your horizons easy.  You can find courses on everything from IT and languages courses to tailored help for those with dyslexia.

National Maritime Museum - Old Royal Naval College - Trinity Laban - Royal Observatory - University of Greenwich - Greenwich Dance - Royal Parks - Ranger's House - Stephen Lawrence Gallery - Greenwich Family Learning - Greenwich Heritage Centre -British Music Experience

 

National Maritime Museum
The National Maritime Museum, Royal Observatory and Queen’s House offer world class collections, expertise and facilities.

Our exciting range of interactive programmes and resources for schools will inspire and enthuse pupils across the key stages, bringing the curriculum to life for a unique and memorable learning experience.

From journeys through space in the state-of-the-art Peter Harrison Planetarium, to workshops, talks, performances and festivals, our programme will engage and inspire adults, families and young people alike.
www.nmm.ac.uk/schools

Families www.nmm.ac.uk/visit/events/families/
Events www.nmm.ac.uk/visit/events/
Youth www.nmm.ac.uk/about/youth/youth-advisory-group/
Access www.nmm.ac.uk/visit/events/access/

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Old Royal Naval College
The Old Royal Naval College offers creative and inspiring learning opportunities for visitors of all ages.

Our established schools programme has interactive and hands-on workshops for all key stages which use the Painted Hall, Chapel and Discover Greenwich to engage students with the architecture and history of the site. Most workshops are free of charge.

Our fun family workshops take place on Fridays during half terms and school holidays, and there is a variety of activities for adults from full guided tours to character actor performances and trails.
www.oldroyalnavalcollege.org.uk/learning

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Trinity Laban
Trinity Laban offers an extensive programme of music and dance activities for the public. We attract participants of all ages to our one-off taster workshops, weekly classes, courses, creative arts projects and music/dance collaborations whatever their background or ability.

Activities include special programmes for participants with disabilities, older people, children and families as well as professional development opportunities for music and dance practitioners.

Weekly classes and holiday courses make use of the excellent facilities at Trinity Laban and Blackheath Halls while outreach programmes with schools, community groups and local authorities allow us to extend access across London and the South East
www.trinitylaban.ac.uk/education-community

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Royal Observatory, Greenwich
The Royal Observatory, Greenwich was founded in 1675 and is one of the most important historic scientific sites in the world.

Today the Observatory is a museum and science centre which provides schools and the wider public access to information about space.

A visit to the Observatory offers students an inspiring, curriculum-linked experience, with unparalleled opportunities to meet astronomers, engage with cutting-edge science and explore big ideas.

We offer a wide range of facilities for visiting schools including the award winning Time Galleries, the interactive Weller Astronomy Galleries, the Lloyd’s Register Educational Trust Learning Centre and the Peter Harrison Planetarium.
www.nmm.ac.uk/schools/

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University of Greenwich
The University of Greenwich is home to a thriving community of over 23,000 students of all ages. Students from over 140 countries choose to study at Greenwich and it’s also a popular option for people from our local communities in south-east London and Kent. Greenwich is our largest campus and is centred on the beautiful baroque buildings of the Old Royal Naval College – part of the Maritime Greenwich World Heritage Site.
www2.gre.ac.uk/

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Greenwich Dance

Greenwich Dance creates opportunities to learn and watch dance and stages performances and events presenting world class artists to local audiences.It runs a full programme of courses including hip hop and contemporary dance for children and young people and classes for adults. It is a lead hub for the Big Dance, which will feature 9 days of dance in unusual spaces, throughout the UK in summer 2012.

Greenwich Dance provides an extensive outreach programme bringing dance to locations across South East London. It also delivers programmes in schools including cross curricular dance projects, training for school teachers, performance opportunities and bespoke projects.
greenwichdance.org.uk/dance/communityandeducation

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Royal Parks
In Greenwich Park, hidden in the flower garden, is the Wildlife centre. Recently the Royal Parks Education team have developed the centre to include a nature trail, deer hide and pond dipping area. In 2011 the park is opening these doors to teachers to explore how the facilities can be best used.

This is a small, but very focussed, resource which can engage young people in understanding science based activities and develop their relationship with nature.  

The Friends of Greenwich Park also have an active role in opening the wildlife centre on a drop in basis for anyone who wishes to explore nature and volunteers deliver activities and open day sessions for all ages throughout the year.
www.royalparks.org.uk &  www.friendsofgreenwichpark.org.uk

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Rangers House
Ranger’s House is an elegant Georgian villa in Greenwich Park which houses The Wernher Collection, a remarkable collection of works of art amassed by diamond magnate Sir Julius Wernher (1850-1912).

Arranged within the panelled interiors of this graceful mansion is a glittering spectacle. Nearly 700 works of art are on display including a sumptuous arrangement of silver and jewels, paintings and porcelain., early religious paintings, Dutch Old Masters, minute carved Gothic ivories and fine Renaissance bronzes. Don't miss the owl shaped coconut shell! Free visits are available for educational groups.
www.english-heritage.org.uk/education

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The Stephen Lawrence Gallery
The Stephen Lawrence Gallery was established by the University of Greenwich in 2000. In addition to acting as a teaching resource at the University, the gallery aims to bring research and learning through visual culture to a wider audience while presenting the work of contemporary visual practitioners working right across the media range.

 

The gallery hosts six curated shows each academic year, showcases student and community project work in end of year exhibitions and provides a base for exhibition-related learning, conferences and workshops.
www.gre.ac.uk/

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Greenwich Family Learning
Family Learning covers all learning that involves more than one generation.  Courses to help families with literacy and numeracy skills are delivered by Greenwich Borough and a wide range of intergenerational courses are delivered by Greenwich Community College.

Our joint mission is to provide a variety of learning opportunities in schools and community venues and to forge partnerships that secure a programme that inspires families to learn together.

The thing that makes the biggest difference to a child’s achievement is their family being involved in learning with them.   We believe that learning should be fun – and it’s free!
www.webenrol.com

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Greenwich Heritage Centre
Greenwich Heritage Centre is the museum and local studies centre for the borough of Greenwich.The 'Inside the Arsenal' exhibition tells the story of the Royal Arsenal and Woolwich Dockyard and the temporary exhibition gallery has a changing programme of exhibitions.

The Greenwich Millennium Embroideries, which detail the history of Greenwich from year 0 to 2000, are on show here and the Search Room houses the borough's archives, maps, prints and drawings. Guided tours, talks and handling sessions are available for schools and the arts and crafts 'Saturday Club' is popular with local children. There are regular talks for adults on aspects of the Borough's history. 
www.greenwichheritage.org/

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British Music Experience