Special Events
Full details of forthcoming events organised by our Education Centre.
The Tudor Experience
This spring St Albans Cathedral Education Centre is pleased to announce that it is running its popular Tudor Experience! This event allows your class to explore Tudor Life through 3 fun and hands on activities, including Tudor Music and Dance, The Tudor Kitchen and the Dissolution of the Monasteries. To find out more information or to book a place, please call the Education Centre on 01727 890212 or click on the link below.
Criminal Justice Conference
St Albans Cathedral Education Centre is pleased to announce that, together with the Penal Affairs Group of the Diocese of St Albans, it is holding a Criminal Justice Conference on Thursday 2nd February 2012. Aimed at Year 11 and Sixth Form Students, the conference will give the opportunity to discuss areas of Law, Justice and Ethics through both debate and workshop forums. Taking place in the Cathedral, the Conference will follow the programme below:
9.45am: Students arrive
10.00am: Welcome
10.05am: Workshop 1 - Kate Harvey, Chief Executive, Herts Probation Trust
10.35am: Workshop 2 - Phil Abrey, Chaplain at HMP The Mount
11.00am: Break
11.15am: Workshop 3 - Julie Wheatley, Detective Chief Inspector
11.45am: Workshop 4 - Peter Spencer JP, Central Herts Magistrates Court
12.15pm: Expert Panel
12.45pm: Close
Bookings for this event are now being taken. The cost of the morning will be £4.00 per student, which includes a drink and biscuits during the break. Schools are invited to bring up to 30 students with places being offered on a first come first served basis.
For more information about this event, or to book places for your students, please phone the Education Centre on 01727 890212.
For a biography of the contributing speakers and workshop leaders, please click on the link below.
Investigating Easter
Easter is one of the major festivals of Christianity, and running throughout the Spring Term we have both a Trail and a Workshop aimed at investigating Easter in a fun and thought provoking way.
Easter Trail: The children will explore the Cathedral and learn the story of Easter, its significance to Christians, and how it is celebrated in the church today. They will add a new leaf to our Lent Tree, investigate the Stations of the Cross and discover the history of the Hot Cross Bun!
Easter Workshop: In this Workshop the children will learn about the signs and symbols of Easter, before each creating a clay tile design with an Easter symbol on it, which can then be taken back to school.
Each activity is 90 minutes long and costs only £3.95 per pupil. For more information about this event, or to book places for your students, please phone the Education Centre on 01727 890212.
For a poster advertising this event, please click on the link below.
Sixth Form Conference
St Albans Cathedral Education Centre hosts a Sixth Form Conference in the Nave of the Cathedral every November. This free event is now in its 10th year and is a unique opportunity to enable students to debate with a platform of speakers across a diverse range of subjects. It is seen as making an invaluable contribution to the post 16 Citizenship curriculum.
The format is based upon the BBC programme 'Question Time' and allows students the opportunity to ask ethical, political and global questions of themselves and others in order to make value judgements.
Last years Sixth Form Conference was held on Thursday 24th November, with a panel comprising of: His Honour Judge Andrew Bright QC, Resident Judge St Albans Crown Court; The Reverend Dr Giles Fraser, Canon Chancellor at St. Pauls Cathedral; Tobias Ellwood, Conservative MP for Bournemouth East and Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Defence Secretary; Chris Bryant, Labour MP for Rhondda; Sandy Walkington, Liberal Democrat Candidate for St Albans. Once again the panel was chaired by the award winning journalist and broadcaster Samira Ahmed.
To read a review of last years Conference, please click on the link below.
A review of the event can also be found on the St Albans Review website. Please click on the link below to be re-directed to that site.
This years Conference will be held on Thursday 15th November.
For further details of any our Education Centre events, please contact the department direct on 01727 890212 or e-mail This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it