What do we provide on our Educational Tours
Manchester City’s Educational Tour Experiences allow students to gain a fascinating insight into the high-performing world of the Treble Winners, linking key aspects of the football business and life at the Etihad Stadium to the English National Curriculum and Exam Boards.
All experiences are led by an expertly trained guide, school groups will be toured around the Etihad Stadium paying special attention to areas that relate to their chosen subject. Each experience is carefully tailored to ensure it is suitable to each group. Supportive resources are also provided to aid learning before and after the visit with comprehensive lesson plans, worksheets, and accompanying PowerPoint slides.
There are four Educational Tour Experiences to choose from:
· Match Report
· Day in the Life of a Footballer
· The Stadium as a Business
· Urban Regeneration
Match Report
English
Suitable for Key Stages 2 - 4
Tour the stadium through the eyes of the press in the company of our professionally trained tour guides. We recreate the excitement of a thrilling match so your pupils can take the role of a journalist in our interview areas – right where the professionals do it on a match day.
Day in the Life of a Footballer
Science / PE
Suitable for Science Key stages 2 - 3 and PE Key Stage 3.
During the stadium tour we will follow a player from the moment they wake upon a matchday through to going home, as well as talk about what they do to prepare on the days prior to matchday and how they recover. Our trained tour guides will give the inside knowledge on preparation, fitness, diet, performance analysis, training, nutrition in areas that are used by the players on matchday.
The Stadium as a Business
Maths / Business Studies
Suitable for Maths Key Stage 3 - 4 and Business Studies Key Stage 3 - 4.
This 90-minute tour explores some specific revenue streams, roles, and careers at the stadium, showing the many commercial aspects that operate alongside the big match. The tour looks at profit and loss.
Urban Regeneration
Geography
Suitable for Geography Key Stage 3 – 4, A-Level & University students.
Focusing on the principles of regeneration using the Etihad Campus as a case study. The presentation will tell the story of East Manchester and look at the site in detail throughout the decades, highlighting the different phases of regeneration to how the site has gotten to where it is today. The experience includes a tour of the site followed by a 45-minute presentation.