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  • A residential trip to the Isle of Wight isn't complete without a visit to

  • Osborne and Carisbrooke castle. They're beautiful places to visit.

  • At Osborne, children can learn about the family life of Queen Victoria.

  • At Carisbrooke, they can learn about life in a castle from Saxon times to the modern day

  • and put it all in chronological order.

  • We decided to come to Osborne House and Carisbrooke because the children just make so many special memories

  • For teachers, English Heritage provide an enormous amount of resources

  • that you can look at before you visit. Once on site, you can use the maps and the free

  • educational visit materials to make the most of your time here. They can do a

  • discovery visit with Mrs. Pilkington and learn about what life was like downstairs.

  • At Carisbrooke, you can find out about all of the people who lived

  • in the castle and made it their home.

  • The email resources were fantastic - the maps and the activities I could do with the children

  • and I could use that to support the children in the classroom, so when they got here they knew

  • what we were looking at and I knew what we were looking at so it made my job a lot easier.

  • It's very, very educational and it's really fun to be able to dress up

  • and pretend to be characters from the old times and to imagine what it would

  • be like living there.

  • A visit to Osborne House or Carisbrooke castle will provide your children

  • with a wonderful educational experience that matches all

  • aspects of the curriculum from Key Stage 1 all the way through to secondary.

  • I would definitely recommend visiting both Carisbrooke castle and Osborne

  • The interaction they're having, the learning that's taken place, they are loving it.

  • I think it's a great visit, it's definitely recommended.

  • I haven't been on a trip like this before but I would like to go on another one like this.

  • The most interesting fact I learnt today is that Queen Victoria died in this

  • house and that I've literally just walked past the beds that she died in.

  • I've had an amazing week here at the Isle of Wight, it's been so amazing.

  • I definitely recommend it!

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