School Visits at Action Stations

The National Museum of the Royal Navy has a range of education workshops that incorporate the needs of every student. All workshops can easily meet the budgets you have and we’ll happily customise specific elements of each.

Each workshop is designed to maximise learner’s educational needs as we offer all areas of the national curriculum; from foundation stage to higher education. Self-discovery visits are available for key stage 1 – 4 from £4.50 per person. Additional tickets are available for 2 or 3 different attractions.

Code and Cipher Workshop (All key stages)

Working in teams, students are issued with a code and cipher book, a cipher wheel, a linear scrambler and a scytale. Their task is to figure out numbers which have been fiendishly enciphered by the Action Stations Spy Master.

Cost: £8 per student

Information Communication & Technology (All key stages)

Travel back in time to the 1840s where nothing is quite what it seems. Come inside the original boathouse and how it was converted into an interactive tourist attraction. Students will learn about the hardware and software that goes into running our exhibits and displays on a daily basis.

Get a behind the scenes tour and get extensive insight into how the technology has advanced. Students will also take an in-depth look at our Laser Quest arena, exploring the technology that powers it and the ins and outs of the arena itself. 

Cost: £9.00 per student

Team challenge (All stages)

Pupils work together in teams to complete different challenges that are scored to produce a winning team. There are a variety of challenges that can be adapted to the group – we will be happy to design a bespoke programme to suit.

Cost: £8.00 per student

Spy workshop (Key stage 1 and 2)

Become a spy for a day and look at the world through the glass of Britain’s greatest espionage heroes, focusing on a Portsmouth based story resulted in a not so happy ending! In this workshop, students will be sent on a secret mission around Action Stations, be put to the challenge deciphering codes, taking part in our code and cipher workshop and exploring both modern and historic methods of espionage.

Cost: £8.00 per student