VR-enhanced Tudors workshops for primary schools. Take an aerial tour of Hampton Court Palace. Meet Henry VIII and his six wives. Step inside the Globe Theatre. Investigate Tudor crime and punishment. Built for Y3 to Y6 — one of the most-engaging history topics in the entire curriculum.
Unlike Romans (locked to Y3/Y4) or WW2 (typically Y5/Y6), the Tudors slot into any KS2 year. That flexibility makes this one of our most-booked workshops across the school year.
Schools booking in autumn often use the workshop as a wow-factor opening to a Tudors theme — setting the scene with VR Hampton Court before classroom lessons go deeper across the term.
Spring is the busiest term for primary Tudors teaching, often paired with religious change in Y5/Y6 or daily life in Y3/Y4. Workshop bookings fill from January — book by November for first pick of dates.
Many schools save the workshop for the end of the topic, or use it as a Y6 transition history day before secondary school. Memorable, vivid and full of the kind of drama that makes Year 7 history feel exciting.
Spark2’s Tudors workshop uses immersive VR experiences, replica artefacts and drama-based investigation to bring the Tudor court to life. Pupils don’t just hear about Henry VIII — they meet him. They don’t just read about Hampton Court Palace — they take an aerial VR tour of its grounds. They don’t just learn about the Globe Theatre — they stand on its stage.
Every session is adapted by year group. Y3 and Y4 sessions focus on the colour, the drama, and the everyday life of the Tudor period — what people ate, wore and believed. Y5 and Y6 sessions take on the bigger themes: Henry VIII’s six wives, the Reformation, the religious changes, Elizabeth I’s reign and the Tudor legacy. Hands-on activities include Tudor banquet planning, portraiture analysis, exploration maps and a Tudor crime & punishment investigation.
Perfect as a topic launch, a mid-project anchor day, a finale, or a Y6 transition history day. The Tudors are endlessly engaging — and this workshop is built to do them justice.
The National Curriculum gives schools flexibility to choose a British history theme that extends pupils’ chronological knowledge beyond 1066. The Tudors — with Henry VIII, the wives, the Reformation, exploration and Elizabeth I’s golden age — is one of the most-chosen options and works across the full KS2 range.
Your facilitator selects the right activities and depth for the year groups in the room. Book a full day to give every class a different VR scene — making the workshop specific to each year’s curriculum focus.
VR brings pupils inside a reconstructed Tudor town — freely exploring houses, streets, markets and the daily life of ordinary Tudors. Perfect anchor for Y3/Y4 sessions.
VR ExperiencePupils meet Henry VIII in character. They learn about each of his six wives — Catherine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour, Anne of Cleves, Catherine Howard, Catherine Parr — through dramatic storytelling and an unforgettable rhyme.
Drama & Hands-OnAn aerial VR tour of Hampton Court Palace — exploring its grounds, the beautifully restored Privy Gardens, and the route down to the River Thames. The scale of Henry’s ambition made real.
VR ExperiencePupils step inside the Globe Theatre in VR — the famous Bankside playhouse where Shakespeare’s plays first ran. They learn about Tudor entertainment, audiences and the role of theatre in Elizabethan society.
VR ExperienceExplore Portland Castle — one of Henry VIII’s chain of coastal artillery forts built between 1539–41. Pupils discover its Tudor kitchen, rich military history, and the food that fuelled the Tudor court.
VR ExperienceFor Y6: the bloody dynastic conflict that ended in 1485 with Henry VII founding the Tudor dynasty. Pupils learn the houses (York and Lancaster), the key battles, and how the Tudors emerged from chaos to define an age.
Drama & Hands-On · Y6Every session is designed around measurable outcomes that align with the National Curriculum and build the historical thinking skills KS2 inspections look for.
Pupils understand how Tudor monarchs wielded power — the politics of court, the role of religion, and the intrigue of the royal household.
Pupils understand the Reformation, why Henry VIII broke from Rome, and how religious change shaped British identity for the next 500 years.
Pupils understand what life was like for ordinary Tudors — food, dress, work, entertainment, beliefs — not just royalty and bishops.
Pupils understand the Tudor age of exploration — Drake, Raleigh, the New World — and how it set the stage for Britain’s global story.
We bring everything — facilitator, VR headsets, Tudor replica artefacts, activity kits and resource sheets. Book a full day to choose a different VR topic for every year group.