Education
Learning and Fun
At Paxton House we have so much to offer children and young people. We share our spacious grounds for all sorts of activities and hands-on lessons, from art and environment to history and politics. We love to share stories from Paxton House's past and help you discover a new way to engage and inspire the next generation.
Learning at Paxton House
School Trips
Bring learning alive at Paxton House and stage your lessons in our grounds, gardens and historic house. We can link to key elements of both the English National Curriculum and the Scottish Curriculum for Excellence and we can do so much more. Trips can be specifically tailored to meet a wide range of current topics or learning outcomes. Learning at Paxton House is informative, interactive and fun for children of all ages. Contact us to discuss how we can help you get the most from your trip. Both full and half study days are available and we offer specially designed resource boxes to take back to the classroom to support your experience.
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fun for kids
We also offer enjoyable trails, activity sessions and fun days throughout the school holidays for all children, from pre-schoolers to teens. Keep an eye on our social media pages for more information. You'll find activities that will help the family engage with history, nature and the great outdoors. Bring friends or make new ones here.
Experience a School Trip
There are so many ways we can help local schools make education fun and engaging. Here are just some recent visitors to Paxton House and the programmes we devised for them. Get in touch and bring us your ideas.
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Glendale Middle School
On an Outdoors Arts Experience Day led by Allanbanks Art and the Paxton House team, the children spent the day in the arboretum. They made their own paint, paintbrushes and artwork based around a poem by Joe Miller about the earth.
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Lilliesleaf Primary School
The whole school from Nursery to P6 came to work on portraits and pond dipping through a mixed bag of activities. The pupils had a tour of the house, looked at the portraits, drew their own, went pond dipping, investigated the outdoors and went on a woodland trail.
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Coldstream Primary School
The children came for a Victorian Experience Day. They dressed up in costume and investigated what it was like to live during the Victorian era both as a servant and as a member of the family living in the main house. During the afternoon session, they had a role play experience of Victorian school life where they participated in drills, writing on a chalk board and using ink quills.