Free Assemblies to Copeland Borough Schools
Have you ever asked yourself the question "What is History?" and wondered what it all means?  Let The Beacon's Learning Team bring history alive at your next school assembly and take you back in time to find out what evidence has been left behind by our ancestors.  Discover what the objects and remains can tell us about what happened here 10,000 years ago in Copeland.  What can the artefacts tell us about the societies which created them, used them and then left them behind?  Contact The Beacon's Learning Officer for availability on 01946 592302 or at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Activity Sessions
The Beacon offers a full range of Learning services and activities for all ages.
Key stage linked Activity Sessions can be arranged for delivery either at your school or in The Beacon. £30 + VAT (travel charged for visits outside Copeland).

• Wash Day Blues (Victorian)
• Keep the Home Fires Burning WWII
• The Romans Are Coming
• Roman Armour
• Victorian Whitehaven
• Town Trails (Harbour or Town)

Loan Boxes
Full of real and replica objects together with teachers notes on interpretation and classroom use.
Loan Boxes can be borrowed on a weekly basis £10 + VAT per week.
Teachers to collect and return the boxes to the Beacon.

• Coal Mining
• Measuring the Weather
• Famous Victorians and Sal Madge
• The Romans
• Victorian Artefacts
• Victorian Toys
• Victorian School Room
• WWII
• Egyptians

The Vikings and The Seaside - will be available in 2010.


Document Loan Packs
Bumper packs of copies of original documents to bring teaching alive in the class room. Presented in easy clean folders in bumper A3 size. £5 + VAT per week. Teachers to collect and return the boxes to the Beacon.

• Old adverts
• The Workers and Poor in Victorian Whitehaven
• Coal and Iron Mining
• Ships and Shipping
• Settlement and Change in Whitehaven

Contact us to request the full Education Pack

Video Conferencing
In partnership with CLEO (Cumbria Lancashire Education Online), The Beacon is proud to be able to provide special video conferencing sessions by costumed characters on the following subjects:

• World War II Home Front (KS2 or KS3) The year is 1942 and the air raid siren is sounding. Meet Averil in her Anderson air raid shelter to discover what she’s rescued in her bag of life’s essentials.
• Victorians (KS2) Meet Hannah, housekeeper for Lord Lowther. Find out about her work, her family and the influence of coal mining on the community.
• Slavery (KS2 or KS3)

For video conferencing bookings, please contact CLEO directly on 01524 592800 or email:
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