Learning Activity Days

Our programme of free Activity Days run throughout the year.

These full day workshops, hosted at the Arboretum, allow students to explore topical themes alongside the Arboretum grounds and memorials.

To find out more and to book, please contact education@thenma.org.uk or complete our online booking form below.

Online Booking Form

Summer Term 2026

Students taking part in the Anne Frank Day tree cutting

Anne Frank Day

SOLD OUT

Two children in secondary school looking at names on the armed forces memorial

Windrush Activity Day

SOLD OUT

Autumn Term 2026

Secondary school students taking part in activities in the Classrooms at the Arboretum

National Poetry Day

01 October 2026

Secondary school students taking part in a classroom activity at the Arboretum

Celebrating Black History Month

22 October 2026

Children participating in World Book Day 2023

Spring Term 2027

Key Stage Two students exploring the Association of Jewish Ex-Servicemen Memorial

Holocaust Memorial Day

27 January 2027

Key stage two students chatting and walking amongst the trees at the Arboretum

Mental Health Awareness Day

03 February 2027

To celebrate the The UK's first memorial for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender armed-forces personnel, we will be running a day exploring themes around the design and concept of the memorial, the themes behind it and reflections on lived experiences.

Exploring Pride

11 February 2027

Key Stage One visiting Stick Man at the Arboretum

World Book Day

04 March 2027

Students on a tour of the Arboretum, looking at the WRNS Memorial honouring Women serving in the Naval Service.

International Women's Day

08 March 2027

Summer Term 2027

Key Stage Two students sat on a bench within the green Arboretum woodland landscape

Earth Day

22 April 2027

Children participating in an act of remembrance at the garden of innocents memorial