Blog
The Vikings are coming!
Priory Education Centre
The launch of an exciting new school programme will unlock the sagas and legends connected to St Osyth Priory. Vikings v. Anglo-Saxons! explores a moment of high drama at St Osyth Priory: the beheading of Osyth by the Vikings.
Free Visit for Teachers in Tendring
Priory Education Centre
Teachers in Tendring will have the chance to visit St Osyth Priory for free in recognition of their hard work during Covid-19. As a thank you to educators, St Osyth Priory and Parish Trust is hosting an exclusive event for teachers and their families during the Summer holiday. Children will have an opportunity to take part in craft activities inspired by the estate’s rich medieval and natural heritage, trying their hand at making beeswax wraps, illuminated manuscripts and bug hotels. Their parents will enjoy tea and cake in the tranquility of the beautiful Victorian rose garden.
St Osyth Priory Education Centre Welcomes First School Visits
Priory Education Centre
Hundreds of Essex school children have enjoyed visits to St Osyth Priory during the summer term thanks to a hugely successful opening programme of free school trips. To mark the launch of the new Priory Education Centre, pupils from 13 Essex schools explored the Estate taking part in pond dipping, tractor trailer rides, tower trips and more as they spent time in nature. A paid programme of family and education visits will be launching in August. Workshop activities on Medieval medicine and scavenger hunts in the rose garden introduced 700 students to the legend of St Osyth and the historic significance of the Priory.
