Draw your own bookplate to put inside your favourite book, learn how to organise your books or get creative by thinking up a design for your own library.

Explore how maths helps our Mansion Team look after the collection at Tatton Park today and understand how the building was designed.

Learn about how maths was used to help the Egertons and their Housekeeping team at Tatton Park manage the Mansion in the past.

The 18th Century Mansion at Tatton Park was home to the Egerton family for hundreds of years. The family collected paintings to decorate their home - and also to show off their great wealth and good taste. See some of the artwork at Tatton Park’s Mansion in this resource and try your hand at some fun, art related crafts.

This resource pack has been researched and developed by the Education Team at Tatton Park. The purpose of the resource is to demonstrate the ways in which mathematics can be practically applied, to help children understand the importance of the subject beyond the classroom. In this instance, we have created a historical based pack, which highlights the ways in which the Victorian Housekeeping Team who served Tatton Park’s Mansion would have used maths in their daily life and work. The activities are therefore cross curricular and can be used to support the study of either Maths or History, or the two subjects together. The content is developed with Key Stage 2 in mind, but teachers are welcome to adapt the activities to suit the skill set of their own students, at higher or lower key stages. This document is intended as a teacher’s guide to the subject, and we hope that it will provide inspiration for your classroom studies.

Theme - Themes & Resolutions For Stories: “The Strange, Mysterious and Ghostly” " This is Part 5 of a series of 5 learning resources written to support the teaching of creative writing in the classroom. The resources have been written by Joy Winkler – a former Cheshire Poet Laureate, successful playwright, poet, performer and workshop leader – with a range of accompanying stimulus material provided by the Learning Department at Tatton Park. The aim of this collaboration is to bring tried and tested creative writing activities to the classroom in an accessible, fun and affordable way. With Joy’s expertise and the rich history and beautiful surroundings of Tatton Park providing inspiration for writing, we believe that this creative writing bundle provides a high quality, curriculum focused programme of learning. The resources have been written with a Key Stage 2 audience in mind, but teachers can make appropriate adaptations for younger and older pupils if they wish. You can choose to run the activities together or split them over a period of time. You know your class and their needs best – the purpose of this guide and accompanying resources is to give you the tools to build engaging creative writing workshops in the classroom, as well providing you with the confidence and knowledge to deliver them yourself. In this creative writing workshop, we will investigate the many places in Tatton Park, which are not normally open to public view. The hidden places, the mysterious places. Don’t we all usually walk around looking at what is under our noses but if we know where to look, we will be able to find a source for stories and a launching pad for our imagination. The resource pack contains a comprehensive teacher’s guide, as well as a selection of accompanying resources and stimulus material.

Theme - Developing Character Backstories: "Who’s Who" This is Part 4 of a series of 5 learning resources written to support the teaching of creative writing in the classroom. The resources have been written by Joy Winkler – a former Cheshire Poet Laureate, successful playwright, poet, performer and workshop leader – with a range of accompanying stimulus material provided by the Learning Department at Tatton Park. The aim of this collaboration is to bring tried and tested creative writing activities to the classroom in an accessible, fun and affordable way. With Joy’s expertise and the rich history and beautiful surroundings of Tatton Park providing inspiration for writing, we believe that this creative writing bundle provides a high quality, curriculum focused programme of learning. The resources have been written with a Key Stage 2 audience in mind, but teachers can make appropriate adaptations for younger and older pupils if they wish. You can choose to run the activities together or split them over a period of time. You know your class and their needs best – the purpose of this guide and accompanying resources is to give you the tools to build engaging creative writing workshops in the classroom, as well providing you with the confidence and knowledge to deliver them yourself. This is a creative writing workshop that will take as inspiration the many people that once lived in and serviced the Mansion and parklands at Tatton Park. In this workshop, we will visualize what it would have been like to live or work in this place in times long gone and in a style we can only imagine. The resource pack contains a comprehensive teacher’s guide, as well as a selection of accompanying resources and stimulus material.

Theme - Interesting Plots (Beginnings, Middles and Ends): "Favourite Thingsl" This is Part 3 of a series of 5 learning resources written to support the teaching of creative writing in the classroom. The resources have been written by Joy Winkler – a former Cheshire Poet Laureate, successful playwright, poet, performer and workshop leader – with a range of accompanying stimulus material provided by the Learning Department at Tatton Park. The aim of this collaboration is to bring tried and tested creative writing activities to the classroom in an accessible, fun and affordable way. With Joy’s expertise and the rich history and beautiful surroundings of Tatton Park providing inspiration for writing, we believe that this creative writing bundle provides a high quality, curriculum focused programme of learning. The resources have been written with a Key Stage 2 audience in mind, but teachers can make appropriate adaptations for younger and older pupils if they wish. You can choose to run the activities together or split them over a period of time. You know your class and their needs best – the purpose of this guide and accompanying resources is to give you the tools to build engaging creative writing workshops in the classroom, as well providing you with the confidence and knowledge to deliver them yourself. This is a creative writing workshop that will use as inspiration the idea that possessions and the search for artefacts can be part of a story. Families occupied the Mansion at Tatton for many generations and before that they lived in the Old Hall. To this day, there are many of the families’ old possessions in storage and on display, which are of great interest. For example, the family state coach used at the coronation of George V in 1911, a collection of ivory puzzle balls from China, a model kayak from Yukon and wrist knives from Kenya. These are just a few of the many items which we could draw on to devise wonderful new stories. The resource pack contains a comprehensive teacher’s guide, as well as a selection of accompanying resources and stimulus material.

Theme - Creating Characters: "All Creatures Great and Small" This is Part 1 of a series of 5 learning resources written to support the teaching of creative writing in the classroom. The resources have been written by Joy Winkler – a former Cheshire Poet Laureate, successful playwright, poet, performer and workshop leader – with a range of accompanying stimulus material provided by the Learning Department at Tatton Park. The aim of this collaboration is to bring tried and tested creative writing activities to the classroom in an accessible, fun and affordable way. With Joy’s expertise and the rich history and beautiful surroundings of Tatton Park providing inspiration for writing, we believe that this creative writing bundle provides a high quality, curriculum focused programme of learning. The resources have been written with a Key Stage 2 audience in mind, but teachers can make appropriate adaptations for younger and older pupils if they wish. You can choose to run the activities together or split them over a period of time. You know your class and their needs best – the purpose of this guide and accompanying resources is to give you the tools to build engaging creative writing workshops in the classroom, as well providing you with the confidence and knowledge to deliver them yourself. This is a creative writing workshop inspired by the abundance and variety of animals and other wildlife in Tatton Park. By observing and researching facts about this aspect of park life, we can achieve stories and poems with multi-layered characters and exciting plots. The resource pack contains a comprehensive teacher’s guide, as well as a selection of accompanying resources and stimulus material.

Theme - Creating Landscapes and Backdrops: "Glory of the Gardens" This is Part 2 of a series of 5 learning resources written to support the teaching of creative writing in the classroom. The resources have been written by Joy Winkler – a former Cheshire Poet Laureate, successful playwright, poet, performer and workshop leader – with a range of accompanying stimulus material provided by the Learning Department at Tatton Park. The aim of this collaboration is to bring tried and tested creative writing activities to the classroom in an accessible, fun and affordable way. With Joy’s expertise and the rich history and beautiful surroundings of Tatton Park providing inspiration for writing, we believe that this creative writing bundle provides a high quality, curriculum focused programme of learning. The resources have been written with a Key Stage 2 audience in mind, but teachers can make appropriate adaptations for younger and older pupils if they wish. You can choose to run the activities together or split them over a period of time. You know your class and their needs best – the purpose of this guide and accompanying resources is to give you the tools to build engaging creative writing workshops in the classroom, as well providing you with the confidence and knowledge to deliver them yourself. This is a creative writing workshop that will explore the many facets of the gardens in Tatton Park. There are so many wonderful and evocative areas that we can use as an outstanding resource, which will act as a stepping-stone to inspirational stories and poems. The resource pack contains a comprehensive teacher’s guide, as well as a selection of accompanying resources and stimulus material.