Maths AT The Mansion

Suitable for KS2 (Maths)

This full-day session focuses on maths skills, with pupils asked to apply their skills to solving problems about the architecture, decoration, and historical lives associated with the building, from working out is the Mansion’s height to making pies for guests.

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Activities include:

Help the servants get Christchurch Mansion ready for a royal visit by solving problems with maths.
Apply Pythagoras Theorem to work out the height of Christchurch Mansion.
Use ratios to work out the weights of ingredients to make pie dough and use Pi to measure the diameter needed.
Work out how many planks are needed to floor a room using area and perimeter.

Minimum charge may apply. Prices are valid until 31st March 2021.

Minimum and maximum group sizes: 20 to 60 pupils.

Adult:Pupil Ratio: 1:6

Duration: 240 minutes, 10am – 2pm with lunch break

Ipswich Museum

Full Day Session

£4.70 per child (Non-Borough School)
£4.20 per child (Ipswich Borough School)

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We are now invoicing all school groups for their visits. Invoices will follow approximately 10 working days from the date of your trip. The number of children indicated on the booking form is an approximate. You will only be charged for the number of children who actually visit on the day.

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