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Welcome Aboard
the Historic Glenlee!
With a wide range of workshops, tour options, and other add-ons, your visit can be as unique as your students! Glenlee’s Learning Programme is unique, engaging, and highly popular, attracting over 7,000 learners annually.
For any questions, email us at learning@thetallship.com or call 0141 330 9077.
We look forward to welcoming you for a learning experience like no other!
Exciting Workshops
Our Tours
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Exciting Workshops
Our Tours
Exciting Workshops for All Ages
Our workshops offer a range of engaging topics, from pirates and mermaids to the Titanic and Glasgow in World War One. Each session is designed to provide a unique and memorable learning experience, suitable for all levels.
For any questions, email us at learning@thetallship.com or call 0141 330 9077.
Educational Value
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Our workshops align with the Curriculum for Excellence, offering stimulating sessions in an exceptional environment.
Explore Our Workshops
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Browse the Learning Brochure to see the full list of available workshops, which you can download here. Click here for detailed information on each workshop.
Booking Information
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To book a learning visit or workshop, please use our online form. The details you provide will help us tailor our response to your inquiry.
If your visit does not include a workshop, please refer to the Group Visits page.
Payment Information
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Please note that all workshop costs must be paid in full before your visit.
You will be sent an invoice when the booking is confirmed.
Please let us know as soon as possible if you wish to cancel a visit so that we can offer your slot to another class.
We reserve the right to charge a cancellation fee (50% of total charge) for bookings cancelled less than 14 days before the visit. For bookings cancelled less than a week before, the full fee will be charged.
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Self-led Visits
For Young People’s Groups (16 and under)
Advance Booking Rates: £2 per child, with accompanying adults free.
Non-Booked Rates: £1 per child aged under five or in nursery, £2 per primary or secondary aged. Accompanying adults free.
Requirements: A risk assessment and code of conduct must be completed and submitted upon arrival. Forms will be provided.
Guided Tours
Guide Arrangement: We can arrange a guide to lead your tour and ensure you get the most out of your visit. Prices are available upon request.
Booking Notice: Guided tours need to be booked at least 5 working days in advance.
Booking Enquiries
Notice: All booking enquiries must be made at least two days prior to your visit.
Contact: To book or find out more, please use the form below. This will help us respond appropriately to your request. Alternatively, call our Learning team at 0141 330 9077.
Exciting Workshops
Jock the Cat
Students learn about the adventures of Jock, our ship’s cat, as he saves Glenlee from troublesome pirate mice. Activities include dressing up, role play and pirate songs. Students will then become mini-rodent inspectors as they take part in a teacher-led mouse hunt around the ship.
Lunch of the Lighthouse Keeper
Students join a costumed Mrs Grinling and Hamish the cat to read The Lighthouse Keeper’s Lunch and hear about the life and role of a lighthouse keeper, before making their own seagull puppet to take home with them. Activities include storytelling, role play, object handling and crafts.
Mermaids and Sea Creatures
Students join a costumed Sailor Sally to hear about her adventures on the high seas and encounters with the creatures that live in them, followed by an opportunity to make their own mermaid or merman. Activities include storytelling, role play, object handling, songs and crafts.
Pirates Ahoy!
Ahoy mateys! A fun lively session with costumed pirates, Scary Mary and Bonnie Anne. The session includes swashbuckling pirate fun, songs, and dressing up followed by a hunt around the ship in search of Captain Scallywag’s hidden treasure!
Sink or Swim
Based on the principals of floating and sinking, your students will experiment with different materials to make a raft suitable for Jock, our ship’s cat. This workshop concludes with a teacher-led mouse hunt around the ship to help Jock find some pesky mice!
Titanic – Captain’s Table
Students train to become a maid or waiters onboard the ‘unsinkable’ Titanic. A costumed facilitator will put students through their paces as they learn appropriate table manners and Edwardian etiquette. In groups they will design fantasy first Class menus before attempting to set the Captain’s Table for dinner.
Titanic – Shipwrecked
Students become marine archaeologists as they uncover artefacts from the ‘unsinkable’ Titanic in seabed sand trays. Using primary and secondary sources, they will work in teams to discover the stories of passengers and crew lost at sea. An ideal workshop to complement ‘The Unsinkable Ship’ topic.
Titanic – Morse Code
In this workshop, students will have the rare opportunity to hear from exradio officers who have sailed around the world and communicated using Morse code. The workshop covers the origin and development of Morse code, it’s impact on Titanic and on safety at sea, past and present. Students will also have the chance to have a go themselves!
Shipyards at War: Glasgow’s World War Past
Pupils explore Glasgow’s historical influence during World War One and imagine what it was like to be torpedoed by German U boats and experience the intensity of a Glasgow built passenger ship travelling in treacherous waters.
Discover Our
Interactive Learning Chests
Our learning chests are packed with exciting and thought-provoking objects to handle and explore, fun games, engaging activities, and classroom discussion topics. Enhanced with a range of digital resources, including living history videos, craft activities, and other links, these chests offer a rich educational experience.
Enhance your classroom experience with our interactive learning chests and bring history to life for your students!
What Students Will Experience
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- A true taste of life aboard a turn-of-the-century ship.
- Insights into why Glaswegian ships were renowned worldwide.
- Creative responses to a wide range of stimuli.
Flexible Learning Options
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- Use the chests as a preliminary introduction to the ship and its history before a class visit, or as a stand-alone resource.
- Designed for teachers to select activities and resources suitable for their classes, aligned with the Curriculum for Excellence.
- Topics supported include Glaswegian and Scottish history, pirates, ship-building, trading, and transport.
Borrowing Information
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- Duration Options: Borrow a chest for one week for £30, or for two weeks for £50. Longer periods can be arranged if multiple classes are interested.
- Booking: To find out more or to book a chest, please email us at learning@thetallship.com.
Visual Story
Our visual story is written to help children and young people prepare for their visit. It contains text and pictures to ensure all visitors know what they may see and experience during a visit to the ship.
This is available here as a PDF.
Please visit our accessibility page for more information and resources.
Learning Visit Form
Group Visits form