Each activity we offer you is the opportunity for the pupils to product, create, discover actively...
To highlight the work made by the pupils, parents are invited to come to the abbey at the end of the last workshop in order to share a convivial time and to meet the team.
On site, a picnic area is at your disposal, as well as a room for lunch in the event of rain.
For more information, click here to download the educational booklet (French version).
This visit gives you an active and playful approach of the monument to get to know monasticism, especially the Benedictine and Cisterian orders. You will also learn more about the everyday life of monks, monastic hydraulics, roman and gothic arts, and more generally the evolution of architecture from Middle Ages to the 19th century.
The discovery visit was created with members of the Department for Education in order to meet the expectations of schools. Children will be asked to observe carefully and to use their ability to reason. The visit is interactive, they will exchange together, with their teachers and the guide. It takes place on the whole site of the abbey and can be adapted for classes of primary and secondary schools.
Duration: 2h
Price: 4.50 € / child, free for the supervising persons.
This visit is a true playful and sensorial exploration that will make you discover the abbey and its environment through the theme of mineral and vegetal. Children, will walk around the different areas of the abbey with a playful and educational device developed with representatives from the Department for Education. During the visit, several senses will be used to illustrate the guide's speech and to arouse interest.
Educational objectives:An activity about stone to initiate pupils into a new artistic practice and to create awareness about built heritage.
Educational objectives:An activity about art to educate pupils in medieval architectural styles.
Educational objectives:An activity about writing to educate pupils in other forms of letters.
Educational objectives:An activity about medieval illumination to discover a new kind of art and to sharpen pupils' perception.
Educational objectives:An activity about recipes to discover medieval food.
Educational objectives:An activity about the creation of a coat of arms to introduce heraldry to the pupils. It also insists on the continuity of this practice through contemporary logotypes.
Educational objectives:An activity about the medicinal garden (where the monks were cultivating aromatic and medicinal plants) to discover the role of plants in the Middle Ages and to identify them through games that will awaken the senses. Using magic, the sorcerers' apprentices will discover the world of magical plants and the art of making potions during culinary experience.
Educational objectives:An activity about the discovery of stained glass, from its creation to its evolution throughout history.
Educational objectives:For children from 9 to 13 years old
1305, the king of France has to meet the future pope in Fontdouce in utmost secret. A novice is found dead in the gardens... Who could have wanted to hurt this young man who was about to become a monk? How was this crime committed?
It's your turn to discover the culprit and his weapon through several riddles and clues left in the rooms of the abbey. We offer you 5 different scenarios.
Price: 3€ / child
For children from 5 to 8 years old
With help of a neck strap gathering 15 photos of the abbey and its surroundings, children will be invited to open their eyes in order to find where the pictures were taken.
This game encourages children to explore every nook and cranny of the abbey. An entertaining way to discover the place.
Price: 3€ / child
For children from 3 to 5 years old
For this treasure hunt, children will have to open their eyes and observe very carefully. Puzzles showing details of the abbey will have to be put together in order to find the treasure.
You will discover every corner of Fontdouce with this game.
Price: 3€ / child
It boasts 3 courses for children (3 to 8 years old). One of these courses is exclusively made of zip lines. The 9 other courses, from green to black, are also open to children depending on their size.
Price: 8 € / child in primary school,
Price: 14 € / child in secondary and high schools
For more information:
parc-aventure@fontdouce.com
Children can play in teams safely with our outdoor laser game located at the heart of the forest in the Adventure Park of Fondouce.
Discover paintball without paint, without projectile and of course without pain! Our guns equipped with red laser (completely harmless) will allow you to reach your target until 150 meters. With the different scenarios, you will dive into kinghts' universe.
Price: 7 € / child for the first game,
Price: 6 € / child for the following games
For more information:
parc-aventure@fontdouce.com
05 46 74 77 08
contact@fontdouce.com
www.fontdouce.com
Abbaye de Fontdouce
17770 Saint Bris des Bois
April, May, June and September, October :
Every day from 10:30AM to 6:30PM
Saturday from 10:30AM to 5PM
July - August :
Every day from 10AM to 7PM
Saturday from 10AM to 5PM