Legoland Discovery Centre Manchester

What makes us a great choice for education?

LEGOLAND® Discovery Centre and LEGO® Education work in partnership to deliver high quality educational experiences will prepare today’s students for tomorrow’s world. Educators can discover the learning philosophy of LEGO Education in the thrilling atmosphere of LEGOLAND Discovery Centre, offering a wonderful balance of learning and fun.

Schools can choose to enjoy the Centre’s rides and activities on a self-led tour, or combine this with the range of educational workshops on offer. 

Plus, with SEA LIFE Manchester situated next door, combi visits to both attractions are available. 

What is typically included on our school trips?

PRIMARY SCHOOLS

Inspire your students imaginations with educational play that harnesses the limitless creative possibilities of LEGO® bricks.

LEGOLAND Discovery Centre offer hands-on learning across the curriculum, including science, mathematics, language arts, technology, and engineering design, while building and reinforcing Collaboration, Communication, Creativity, Critical Thinking and Problem Solving.

Our centre facilitates learning through interactive experiences to promote deeper engagement with the subject matter. 

We have various workshops that are suited for your school classes.

These workshops are adapted for both Key Stage 1 & Key Stage 2

SPINNING TOPS
(Best suited to age 6-7)
In this exciting workshop, students build LEGO spinning tops, collect data on whose design spins the longest, while also learning about the forces that affect their tops performance.

National curriculum links covered are: Science and Technology, English, Language Arts and Reading.

SPIN THE GEARS
(Best suited to age 7-9)
In this workshop, students will build a series of models and experiment with gears exploring the difference between drive and driven gears, clockwise vs counterclockwise, and discover the concepts of effort and force.

National curriculum links covered are: Mathematics, Science and Technology, English Language Arts.

MERRY GO ROUND
(for age 10+)
A fun, hands-on way to get students excited about engineering, design and mathematics. Students build a LEGO merry-go-round to explore gear ratios then experiment with gear trains to see which combination enables their ride to spin the fastest.

National curriculum links covered are: Science and Technology

PRE-SCHOOLS

Our Pre-school program taps in to young children's innate desire to explore, investigate and learn. See your pre-schoolers imagine, create and explore whole new worlds with oversize LEGO® bricks designed to fit perfectly in small hands.

We believe that playing is the best way to learn for pre-schoolers and LEGOLAND Discovery Centre are the ultimate LEGO classroom.

After completing the NEW LEGO Education workshops, children can put their newfound knowledge into action around the centre using the specially developed, unique worksheets and resources available for download.

FOUR SEASONS
In the Four Seasons workshop each team is given a choice of ‘spring’ ‘summer’ ‘autumn’ or ‘winter’. The workshop is designed to encourage discussion and conversational skills. The children will talk about what the differences are between the season’s. What we wear in the “winter’ or ‘summer’/ what we eat/ seasonal fruit and vegetables / Any special occasions? (Christmas, Easter, Halloween, summer holidays etc.)

The children have about 30 minutes to create a ‘story’ using picture cards and Duplo bricks to build scenes depicting a season. Encouraged to talk about their models to the rest of the class each team has the opportunity to turn the ‘scene’ into a story.

Group Sizes Catered For

Up to 30 students per workshop. Larger groups are welcome for self-led tours, or can also choose to split into multiple workshop time slots. 

Materials, Resources & Information Provided

LEGOLAND® Discovery Centre has collaborated with LEGO® Education and teachers to create and develop the workshops. Each workshop has suggested age guidance, catering from age 3 to 11 years. Workshop notes can be downloaded from the website prior to the visit.

Photography, Filming & Audio Restrictions

Photography is permitted. This may be restricted in some areas of the attractions (for example on rides).

Risk Assessment Details

A Risk Assessment and Public Liability Document can be downloaded from the Schools FAQs section of the website. 

Link: https://manchester.legolanddiscoverycentre.co.uk/groups-schools/school-trips/#faqs

Education Officer Information

The best way to enquire is to fill out a provisional booking form on the website. Alternatively email Contactus@LEGOLANDDiscoveryCentre.co.uk with the subject title SCHOOL TRIP BOOKING.

Or Call our Call Centre on 0871 226 5448 (Calls cost 13p per minute plus network extras).

Pricing Information

Self-guided visits are £4 per pupil (Jan - April & Sep - Dec) or £6 per pupil (May - August).

Add any workshop to your visit for just £2 extra!

Schools get 1 free teacher ticket per every 4 children.
Additional adults are the £7.50 each. 

You can also combine your visit to LEGOLAND® Discovery Centre with SEA LIFE which is next door! 

A Combi visit to both the attractions on the same day costs £7 per pupil (Jan - April & Sep - Dec) or £9 per pupil (May - August). This is just £3 extra per child for double the fun.

Clothing Requirements

No, school uniform is acceptable clothing for the trip. 

First Aid Information

Staff are First Aid trained. It is recommended that staff attending with the group is also trained for this.

Available Facilities

LEGO Shop
Café
Dining areas (can be reserved for packed lunches subject to availability)
Toilets
Study room (for booked workshops)
Access toilets / changing areas

Accessibility & Disabled Facilities

We are DDA compliant and have wheelchair access. For access to the attraction this is via a lift. Toilets are fully accessible. 

We do not have qualified SEN staff. 

Opening Hours & Information

We are open 10am till 6pm every day (except Christmas Day). Last entry is 5pm. Occasionally these times are adjusted for special events, these will be up to date on the website. 

Testimonials

We have TripAdvisor reviews, a selection are displayed on our website here:
https://manchester.legolanddiscoverycentre.co.uk/groups-schools/school-trips/#info-and-booking

"As a primary school teacher LEGOLAND staff were excellent to communicate with and preparations were great. They provided the opportunity for a free guided tour risk assessment with my partner and I. The day went smoothly and the children enjoyed the trip, and more importantly the children learnt :)"- Tripadvisor Review