Standing 170-metres over Portsmouth harbour, the Spinnaker Tower offers a unique experience for your pupils. With spectacular views over the South coast, discover the city of Portsmouth and its fascinating 1700 years of maritime history. The brave can also adventure across the large glass floor 100 metres high!!
The Spinnaker Tower is the highest publicly accessible viewing tower in the UK. Pupils can enjoy magnificent 350° views over Portsmouth, the Solent and the South Coast from 3 viewing decks and use the views to learn more about the areas fascinating 1700 years of maritime history, the recent local regeneration project and many other curriculum topics. Pupils can walk across a large glass floor on view deck 1, use our FREE audio guides* which outlines the history of Portsmouth and tell you about the building of the Spinnaker Tower. View Deck 2 has Café in the Clouds and feel the wind in their hair in the crows nest on view deck 3. A visit to the Spinnaker Tower can be both educational and fun. A wide range of Key Stage 1 – 3 worksheets and a Key Stage 4 resource pack are available to all groups.
The Spinnaker Tower is located right on Portsmouth Harbour inside Gunwharf Quays outlet shopping development and just a 10 minute walk from Portsmouth Historic Dockyard and the Isle of Wight Ferry terminal. A visit to the tower allows pupils to see the whole city from a different perspective. Looking down on HMS Warrior and HMS Victory and across the Solent to the Isle of Wight pupils can see all (but one) of the harbour defences including Porchester Castle, the forts out at sea and then use the views to understand how an area can be redeveloped from a naval base to what it is today.
New for 2012 – New Key Stage 2 Geography resources with prop boxes – make learning fun. Five resources covering various aspects of the Key Stage 2 curriculum, with a prop box with fun dressing up and tools to help complete the tasks.
The Spinnaker Tower is delighted to be working with Action Stations (inside Portsmouth Historic Dockyard) offering a Leisure & Tourism/Travel and Tourism workshop (GCSE and BTEC), which looks at customer care, marketing, business organisation. This day visit and includes a visit to both attractions, talks by a member of each attraction, a customer service task to undertake during the day and a resource booklet to take away. Additional task will be completed by the students to build up their portfolio and experience. These will be tailored to the exam specification that you and the students are following. For more information and dates, please see our website.
Business Studies @ Actions Stations & Spinnaker Tower
19 Sep 2011 to 18 Jun 2012
Action Stations and the Spinnaker Tower are two of the newest attractions in Portsmouth and were both part of the Renaissance of Portsmouth Harbour Millennium Development Scheme, which was funded by a £38 million lottery grant from the
Millennium Commission. Action Stations, situated in Portsmouth Historic Dockyard was opened to the public in 2001 and offers an exciting series of large simulators and interactive hands on exhibits based around the modern Royal Navy. Whilst Spinnaker Tower situated nearby in the very popular Gunwharf Quays development opened four years later in 2005 and offers amazing panoramic views from three viewing platforms at 100, 105 and 110 metres respectively. Both attractions are now pleased to offer an interesting and informative Business Studies presentation focusing on the challenges of customer service and operations within a modern visitor attraction.
Students begin their day with a 20-minute tour of Action Stations during which they will view the wide range of simulators and exhibits available. They will then be taken into the Action Stations Conference Room and given a 45-minute presentation using Action Stations as a case study covering all aspects of the operation, marketing and customer service that will be relevant to a business studies related course. On completion of the presentation, students will be set a customer services related task combined with the opportunity to experience the Action Stations simulators and climbing exhibits. Students break for lunch before the Spinnaker Tower host their presentation on the operational activities and customer service; including job roles, personality types, company structure, customer types, the visitor experience and getting it right! Students then have the opportunity to experience a visit to the Spinnaker Tower for themselves. At the end of the visit each student receives a detailed resource booklet that covers both Action Stations and Spinnaker Tower to help with further study of the topic. With notice and discussion it is possible to include other subject areas.
Business Studies @ Action Stations and Spinnaker Tower
will take place on the following dates:
Monday 19th September 2011
Wednesday 5th October 2011
Friday 4th November 2011
Monday 5th December 2011
Wednesday 25th January 2012
Friday 3rd February 2012
Monday 5th March 2012
Wednesday 2nd May 2012
Friday 25th May 2012
Monday 18th June 2012
(alternative dates can be organised through arrangement subject to a minimum number of 20 students attending)
The cost for the above day is £14.95 per student. A suitable number of accompanying adults are free of charge.
If you would like to make a booking, arrange a research visit or have any other questions, please contact the Event Coordinator at Action Stations:
Telephone: 023 9289 3316 Fax: 023 9286 2437 E-mail: education@actionstations.org
Spinnaker Sale Spectacular
1 Dec 2011 to 29 Feb 2012
UK Schools/Colleges can visit the Spinnaker Tower during this Winter and benefit from our fantastic 25% off group rates offer*. Bringing your school by coach? We are also delighted to include a free full day coach parking voucher worth £5 as part of this great offer.
1st December 2011 - 29th February 2012 (not available during February half term week)
UK Schools - £3.56
UK Colleges/Students - £3.75
*Available for pre-booked groups of 15 or more.
Spinnaker Tower Offers Pupils Free Return Visit
1 Jun 2012 to 30 Jun 2012
The Spinnaker Tower has introduced an exclusive offer for schools visiting in June 2012, as part of its commitment to provide enriching learning opportunities out of the classroom.
All children who take a school trip to the Spinnaker Tower in June will be given a free child ticket to come back with their families in July or August to share and continue their educational experience. There return visit offer invites the children to show their families what they have learnt.
Discounted school rates start from £4.75 per pupil based on a pre-booked group of 15 or more, with a teacher enjoying free entry for every 10 pupils admitted. This offer is available to all pre-booked school groups visiting during June 2012.
Currently there is no accommmodation related to this attraction.
