The Humanities department at Fullhurst Community College has organised a visit to the National Justice Museum in Nottingham for year 7 students.

Students will take part in two different activities:

• Crime and punishment through time workshop: students will learn about the changes to crime and punishment in the UK from Roman times to the present day. They will become convicts and experience being ‘sent down’ in the original Courtroom. Prisoners and gaolers will act as their guides around this dramatic site, including original Georgian and Victorian cells, prison laundry, medieval caves and prison exercise yard. Students will also get the opportunity to experience object handling in the old Edwardian Police Station below the courtrooms.
• Themed courtroom workshop: Students will learn about the law and justice system, explore the roles in a courtroom, prepare and enact a trial based on their chosen case, and discuss and debate real historical sentencing options and compare these to sentencing options in the present day. Students will also gain a better understanding of the law and justice system and be encouraged to think about their own rights and responsibilities.