To complement our range of tours and activities in the castle and offer visitors a better understanding, we provide an introductory activity in the classroom, aimed at preparing visitors for their tour. There, we’ll explain what you will see and why, the importance the castle had for the city, why it was built here and not elsewhere, and much more. Through this activity, and with the help of presentations, plans, maps and important images, we’ll locate our tour in time and space, allowing students to integrate the knowledge they acquire and visualise it during the tour.

Just like the other activities on offer, this option promotes the use of logic, teamwork and problem solving. The group will be locked in one or two rooms, in which the game will unfold, and will need to find their way out by solving various riddles related to the castle’s history. For this, they’ll need to learn to cooperate in order to achieve a common goal.

This is a guided game activity, in which logic, deduction and teamwork become essential tools. In this activity, students will need to uncover the connection and build a coherent story around the objects, documents and images made available to them. ...Seguir leyendo

Puzzles are an excellent educational resource which encourage collaborative learning and contribute to developing concentration, visual memory and spacial awareness. We’re going to put together the puzzle of our history. Using giant pieces, we’ll outline the timeline of our castle and, by extension, our city. We’ll use stories, images and objects as a guide to help us complete the journey that brought us to where we are today.

Build, destroy and start again. Through construction games, children develop coordination, motor skills and acquire spacial awareness. And by doing it together, they’ll gain social skills such as cooperation and negotiation. But we won’t just be building. In this workshop, we’re going to let our imaginations run wild. ...Seguir leyendo