Engaging Places is the leading online guide to using buildings and places for learning. You will find lesson plans, teaching resources about architecture and design and details of other useful organisations and upcoming events. Aimed at professionals and teachers, this site aims to help whatever the target audience.

Aims:To promote the Engaging Places website, its value and practical use to historic buildings.To present the latest information on the changing national curriculum in the context of the historic environment.To discuss the challenges and opportunities of delivering learning projects.To introduce on-line templates and support for delivering heritage learning about the historic environment.To provide opportunity for partnership working and networking.

What you will gain by attending:Opportunities for networking, information sharing and exploring potential partnerships.Templates to deliver a learning session about historic buildings in a creative way.Hear from teachers about what they need for pupils to get the best out of a heritage site visit.A chance to hear about new learning projects in regional and national heritage sites.An update on the latest national curriculum changes that may affect heritage learning.

The following will benefit from attending:The following would gain from attending this free one day workshop:Education staff in large, medium or small heritage sites, heritage site managers, freelance learning and engagement advisors, volunteers at heritage sites, primary teachers and teaching assistants, third sector partners interested in working with historic buildings and or schools.

Engaging Places Using historic buildings and places in the classroomA practical workshop series from The Heritage Alliance

Sessions

National Curriculum and Heritage EducationThis session will look at changes to the curriculum and how this may affect heritage education.

Engaging PlacesThis session introduces you to the Engaging Places website, managed by Open-City, and shows how you can promote your site and events online as well as accessing free resources and lesson plans there. www.engagingplaces.org.uk

What Teachers WantFocusing mainly on Key Stage 2 and 3, this is a rare opportunity to hear from teachers on what they need to have a brilliant site visit. Two teachers who have worked in PRUs, Primary and Secondary schools will give their views on how to work with teachers, valuable resources and tips for engaging long term partnerships with schools.

Creative engagement and the historic environmentIn this session a visual artist will put forward their ideas for creative engagement with historic buildings when working with young people. Rachel Gadsden will illustrate with her own projects at Tate Modern, Historic Royal Palaces and Inside Out.

Effective Resources You will be invited to contribute to resources being developed for Engaging Places - The resources produced aim to be relevant to the needs of teachers, students and staff who work with historic buildings.

We ask attendees to provide an image from one of your learning sessions or projects and a description of your project for the Heritage Alliance website. This will not only help promote your site but support colleagues. FreeEach workshop is free, but you need to book your place in advance. We expect considerable interest, and the limited number of places are allocated on a first come, first served basis, so do book early if you can. There will be free tea and coffee, lunch, networking opportunities, and venue visits.

Dates, venues and times31 January 2013, Kensington Palace, London6 February 2013, York Minster12 February 2013, Peterborough Museum

All 10.30 - 16.30

How to bookEmail culturallearning@email.com for more information and a booking form.

The Heritage Alliance, Clutha House, 10 Storeys Gate, London SW1P 3AY. Tel 020 7233 0500

Images by artist Rachel Gadsden

The Heritage Alliance is a company limited by guarantee registered in England and Wales no 4577804 and a registered charity no 1094793