Primary learning at Sutton House and Breaker's Yard

Originally built by Sir Ralph Sadlier, a courtier to King Henry VIII, Sutton House has Tudor Workshops available for KS1 and KS2 pupils.

With 500 years of Hackney's history under one roof, we offer several workshops exploring how Sutton House and the local area has changed over time.

'Children should be seen and not heard'. A perfect workshop for KS2 pupils to learn all about Victorian Britain and what it was like to be a child during the Victorian times.

Come and explore the history of toys by getting to play with them yourself! This is a fun, dynamic workshop that allows the children to get really hands-on and experience the way children played in the past.

At Sutton House, we have examples of Tudor and Georgian architecture side by side, along with innovations brought in by Victorians. It couldn't be easier to compare these different styles, and all under one roof.

Come and explore the story of the Great Fire of London using drama, role play and objects from the past in this fun and dynamic workshop.

Not sure how to teach Black History Month this year? Sutton House creates annual special exhibitions and school workshops to help young people learn about Black history and heritage in a meaningful and thought provoking way.

Workshop all about how food has changed over the years. Where does it now come from and how do the things we eat affect our environment?

KS2 workshop about a crime committed at Sutton House in 1987. In this workshop pupils use their investigative skills to determine who committed the crime.

Sutton House has worked with local families in short-term family learning programmes since 2010. We are keen to increase our partnership and are pleased to offer out more family learning opportunities for academic year 2019/20. 

Workshop for nursery or reception classes using the garden, historic rooms and drama games, we will bring Eric the Caterpillar to life.

Party Box is a multi-sensory early years workshop using bags full of instruments, costumes, and play food.

Sutton House is perfect place to bring your nursery and reception groups for interactive storytelling workshops.

Education group membership is specially designed to allow education groups free entry to most places owned by the National Trust. It is for not-for-profit groups or home educators whose members, pupils or students are in full-time education.

Not only do we offer our core and seasonal workshops, we can also work with you and your curriculum aims to develop a workshop. We work with both primary, secondary and SEND departments to develop workshops.

With National Trust Educational Group Membership you can use Sutton House for several different functions. Our members have performed, held meetings and sat exams all in the Sutton House historic walls.

Sutton House and Breaker's Yard is the perfect place to bring you class for a behavioural reward, or you can bring them to a workshop or a self-led experience.

Sutton House works with local school children to inform our work. Find out what they do, and how your school could get involved.