Key Stage 3 workshops
As part of our celebrations to mark the 50th anniversary of decimalisation the Royal Mint Museum offered free online workshops for secondary school pupils. These workshops were held over Microsoft Teams and included a live question and answer session with a member of the Museum team. There were be a follow-up activities for students and support materials were provided for teachers.
Based around the intensive publicity campaigns that were necessary to inform the public about the changeover to decimal currency, the workshops were designed to be cross-curricular involving social history, art and design and maths.
We are still running virtual visits and workshops for schools on a variety of topics. For more information please visit our School Workshop page.
Decimal collection
The Royal Mint Museum has an outstanding collection of material relating to decimalisation.
Going decimal
What is decimalisation? How many shillings in a pound? All this and more on our Learning Zone!