Opening Times

26 March- 11 December 2011
11am-5pm Tuesdays-Sundays
school visits: 10am-2:15pm, Tuesday- Friday

What makes this a great venue for School group Fun or Educational Visits?

A Day long programme spent at Compton Verney lead by a porfessinal learning programmer.
Students get to explore our collections and exhibitions while sketching in the galleries. Have lunch outside in our beautiful 'Capability' Brown landscape and spend the afternoon in the learning centre painting, printing or sculpting.

What are the Curriculum Topics or Benefit to the students from a visit?

See real life paintings by porfessinal artists from around the world. Come face to face with our Tudor portraits or see what life was like in the Victorian times. Each project covers the Art and Design curriculum.

What are the activities?

Make a collage in responce to our building, paint a watercolour portraite of yourself in a tudor costume, work together to make a screen printed banner for your class room. Using Clay create your own pots using different methods. Produce a 3D replica Victorian shop sign.
Find out our new programme for our temporary exhibitions by visiting our website. www.comptonverney.org.uk

What is the age range of the activities?

Open to all ages and abilities

Sample programme of the activities:

Face to Face

Come face to face with Henry VIII! Students explore Tudor portraiture, symbolism, costume and handle replica Tudor artefacts. they will watch the Tudors come to life through replica costumes and sketch in the gallery. They will also create own Tudor-style self-portaits using exciting painting techniques.

What materials to you provide or suggest groups bring to support the visit?

We provide all the materials and would ask schools to bring art shirts to protect school clothing and boxes to transport the artworks back to school.

What are the minimum and maximum group sizes and the free Teacher Ratio?

Minimum: 12 students per group
Maximum: 35 students per group
1 teacher/ adult to 6 students for primary groups & 1 teacher/ adults to 10 students for secondary school groups.

Do you have or how do you arrange risk assessment?

We have a risk assessment and site plan that will get sent out to teacher's along with a programme of the day.

Do you offer Teacher familiarisation days?

Teachers are welcome to visit Compton Verney before bring a school group. They would need to inform a member of the learning team to arrange a date and time.

What facilities are there for school groups for food and drink, shop etc?

We would advise students to bring a pack lunch with them. School groups are welcome to picnic outside on the West Lawn. This gives alot of space to run around and play on the grass. We provided picnic blankets to sit on.
During the wet weather the learning centre will be open for groups to eat in doors. The gallery shop will be open during the hours of 11am-5pm. Large groups would have to book a table to eat in the cafe or coffee bar.

Is specific clothing required?

Art shirts and suitable shoes for outdoors.

Do you have first aid on site?

All Learning programmers are first aid trainned

Are there any restrictions on photos, copyright etc?

Photographs are not permitted in the galleries but you are able to photograph the outdoors in the grounds.

Additional information.

Please call the learning team if you have any enquires.