Talking Boxes

Over 40 Talking boxes, containing a mixture of costumes and artefacts, are now available for hire. The boxes have a clear speaking and listening focus as well as cross curricular links to History and Literacy. Click on the box names below to find out more information about contents and curriculum links.

New box - The Titanic

Special Offer for Hampshire LEA schools

If you are a Hampshire LEA School, when you book one of our Tudor Talking boxes you are entitled to borrow one of two boxes produced by the Mary Rose Trust Free of Charge!
Further information about these two exciting boxes and how they link to the curriculum.

Ancient Worlds	Box number
Ancient Egypt 1- General artefacts	1
Ancient Egypt 2 - The afterlife	2
The Aztecs	3
Greeks 1 - General artefacts	4
Greeks 2 - General artefacts	5
Invaders and Settlers – Romans : Rich and Poor	6
Invaders and settlers- Romans v Celts	7
Invaders and settlers- Viking man and woman	8
Invaders and settlers- A Saxon Dig	9
Medieval Man and Woman	41
Life in Tudor Times
Tudor Court: Henry VIII and Katherine of Aragon	10a
Tudor Court: Queen Elizabeth I and a Courtier	10b
Tudor Rich and Poor	11a
Tudor Rich and Poor	11b
Tudor Mystery Box 1	12
Tudor Mystery Box 2	13
The Explorer	14
Shakespeare's Theatre: Midsummer Nights Dream	37
Shakespeare's Theatre: Macbeth	38
Life in Victorian Times
Washday and Cleaning	15
Clothes and Lifestyle	16
A Victorian Family	17
Going to the Seaside: Seaside Holidays through time	18
Going to the Seaside: Victorian Seaside Holidays	19
Punch and Judy Box 1 (entertainment - puppets)	20
Punch and Judy Box 2 (entertainment – puppets)	21
Going to the Seaside: The Gladstone Bag	40
Victorian School Days	22
Victorian Mystery objects box	23
Toys 1 with ‘Dogger’	32
Toys 2 with ’Oi, Get off our train’	33
Famous Historical People and Events
Florence Nightingale	24
Grace Darling	25
Samuel Pepys	26
Howard Carter suitcase	28
Queen Victoria	42
The Titanic	43
World War I and II
Evacuees	30
Family	31
Remembrance Day	39
Traditional Tales
Knights & Castles	29
In the woods	34
Castles and Cottages	35
Nursery rhymes	36