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What we offer to schools
The original Mexicolore team
As a team we offer school visits, videoconferencing sessions and teaching resources on the Aztecs/Mexica and on the Maya (KS2 History) and on the Spanish Conquest 1519-1535 (GCSE History).
Since 1980 we have used music, dance, drama, costumes, artefacts, crafts, slides and other media to bring Mexican history and culture alive to some 220,000 British school children.
Both our current team illustrated presentations on the Aztecs and on the Maya are a cross between an illustrated talk, workshop and full-scale theatrical performance. In a single morning the team bring a term’s study of the Aztecs or the Maya to life in a way no book or static exhibition possibly can.
Find out more by going to our main Aztec or Maya pages (click on Aztecs or Maya at the top of this page). For booking details and charges, please ring the team on 020 7622 9577 or email info@mexicolore.co.uk.
“Mexicolore ... the highly successful teaching team”
British Museum Education Service
Comments (46)
yanni
27th Jan 2025
I’m doing a history day projects, I was looking for some info and bumped into these amazing articles with lots of info.
Gaby
27th Jan 2024
Hello, from México.
While I was doing some research about my thesis, I found out this website, it’s so nostalgic this aesthethik.
i’ll keep an eye on your site, see what this is about, sounds cool and interesting.
PS. My thesis is about vanilla
Mexicolore
¡Hola, Gaby! Thanks for visiting. Let us know when you finish your thesis - if it’s on vanilla we’d consider uploading it to the website...
Auden
26th Jan 2023
Thank you for your research on simple ancient machines made by the Aztecs. It helped me with my STEM IV research project.
Mr Bebbington
19th Feb 2020
When I saw the Mexicolore presentation last year I was spellbound. This year - it was even better! So much information, presented in such an interesting and memorable manner. I asked our history coordinator to think about next year’s booking already. If you are studying the Maya - this is a must!
Mexicolore
Thank you for your kind words: we owe you a bottle of tequila...! Ferndown Middle is truly a superb school, we have sensed and admired the positive, warm, friendly, supportive whole school ethos on each of our visits to you. The pupils are particularly fortunate to be a part of such an excellent learning community.
Kate
6th Mar 2019
Omg it was so cool
Macoto
6th Mar 2019
This is amazing
Shemsi Warboys
8th Jun 2018
You came to my school in Birch Hill today and I absolutely loved your presentation. I enjoyed playing the drums and dressing up and it was nice to help you pack away at the end. Thanks for coming,
Shemsi x
Amalia Pickles
10th Jan 2018
We had Ian and his granddaughter, Johanna, visiting our school in December as part of our Maya civilization topic. What a treat! Year 6 were absolutely enthralled by the whole experience. Fascinating facts, interactive activities, music, dance, rituals; we all had a wonderful time and learnt so much about Mexico and its rich culture. Gracias, Mexicolore!
Mexicolore
¡Gracias a Uds! It’s feedback like yours that keeps us going. We enjoyed very much working at Northumberland Heath Primary.
J Paddle
19th Jun 2017
Hi Ian and Jo! What an amazing experience you gave us. Thank you so much for the wonderful Aztec workshop you provided for our Year 4 girls this morning. They had the most amazing time!
Mexicolore
Many thanks, Juliette. We much enjoyed working with you - despite the tropical heat! We were impressed by the girls’ behaviour and keenness to learn. They asked some perceptive questions!
Dave jones
9th Feb 2017
Hi there, our sons school is welcoming you in the coming months, the school is charging £6.50 per child for your services, so that acquaites to around £780 for your visit. I am finding it difficult to understand the cost of this visit with what you bring to the children’s education and can only imagine that if you want to educate the children then surely you would be providing a cheap or free service. Please enlighten me !
Mexicolore
Jeez, £780??!!! We wish we were paid that much for a visit! We charge roughly half that amount for a full team visit. This is a flat rate no matter how many kids are involved. We often present to 1,2,3,4, even 5 classes or more together in the school hall, so the fewer the kids in the group the more expensive per child. They all take part. The programme is physically exhausting for us (wait till you see it!) and requires arriving at the school around 7.30 am in order to be set up and ready (often involving travelling a couple of hours from our base in London just to get there). This is our living. Quite how you expect us to do it for free leaves me perplexed.........!
Mrs Hereward
10th Mar 2016
Thank you for coming to Danes Hill. It was an amazing morning.
Atheshan
20th Jun 2015
Thank you for coming to Lathom Junior School
Lucy-ann Morton
16th Mar 2015
Thank you Ian and Joanna for providing a wonderfully engaging, informative and entertaining workshop to our group of Year 4 children today. You have have a wealth of knowledge and an impressive array of artefacts. Thank you for sharing with us!
Mexicolore
Thank you, Lucy-ann, for inviting us to Norwood Green Junior School today! We thoroughly enjoyed working with you all and were impressed with the kids’ enthusiasm and thoughtful questions...
James knight
27th Nov 2014
Hi Ian it’s james I really enjoyed when you came to us on Monday it was really fun thank you.
Mexicolore
Cheers, James, thanks for your message! We too enjoyed our visit to St. Paul’s in Thames Ditton. Enjoy the rest of your Aztecs topic...!
chicazteca
25th Jun 2014
Hola. Me topé con esta página de Internet navegando en internet. ¡Qué buena fuente de información! Me encantaría ver este sitio modernizado sin perder la calidad que lo caracteriza. Me encantaría ver eventos relacionados con Mexicolore en el área de West Midlands y poder colaborar. Saludos cordiales.
Mexicolore
¡Gracias por tus comentarios! Sí, estamos concientes de que hay que modernizar el sitio: un día de estos... (en serio). Mientrastanto, si te encuentras un día en Londres, pasa a vernos y podemos intercambiar ideas y posibles colaboraciones. Muchos saludos y gracias de nuevo.
James lord
15th Feb 2013
I saw mexicolore two days ago and it was amazing. I wish i could see it again
Jamie Higgins
13th Feb 2013
Mexicolore is exciting and great fun. It teaches you a lot about the Aztecs.
Sachin Wadhwani
13th Feb 2013
I have just come back from a thrilling, exciting Mexicolore Aztec exhibition. It was quite interesting and intriguing.
leoni
2nd Feb 2013
Hi! you came 2 my scool bovingdon primary academy a few wks ago-please can u tell me about their religion?
Mexicolore
Hi Leoni. Thanks for writing. We love coming to Bovingdon!
We’ve recently added a page for kids called ‘Basic Aztec facts: AZTEC GODS’, which should give you a good introduction. Click on our Kids site and you’ll see it...
Frypan Xocoyotzin
13th Dec 2012
I wish u could come to my school :-D
You’re awesome
Orla
2nd Dec 2012
Thank you so much for coming to St.Georges school. We all loved it. I learnt loads!
Orla
2nd Dec 2012
Thank you so much to coming to my school. It was amazing. All my friends have been talking about how fun it was!
samiha
29th May 2012
Hi! Do you remember coming to our school.Lathom Junior school.It was really fun especially all the drama and the slide show and also the pictures.They were beautiful!It was a shame that Graceila couldnt come though. Thank you for coming and i have learnt an AMAZING amount of history about the Aztecs and about Mexico. Thank you.
Mexicolore
We certainly do remember Lathom Primary! A great atmosphere there and delightful kids... Thanks so much for writing in!
Sachi
22nd May 2012
I was so impressed with the way you made the Aztec culture “live”, engaging every single boy in the workshop at Donhead today. The culture is so rich, so deep and so interesting! We have still lots to learn from. Thank you! Sachi
Elieza
2nd Mar 2012
Thank you so much for your amazing workshops and teaching the children about Mexico, they had a fantastic time which we will never forget!
Ellie
29th Feb 2012
you came to my school (royal masonic)it was lots of fun i really enjoyed it!Unfortunatly your wife was poorly and unable to come but it was still very fun.[I got to play a drum!!!!]
Millie
29th Feb 2012
You came to our school [Royal Masonic School for Girls]and I loved it!
Sarah
1st Jul 2010
You came to my school a few weeks ago (GMS All through school) because we were having International Week and the presentation you did was AMAZING! I loved all the Mexican aretefacts! We’re learning about the Aztecs and I really enjoy doing this topic! I hope you come again so my younger brothers can see it too!
Mexicolore
Thanks, Sarah, we enjoyed our visit to Great Missenden (even though it was a baking hot day!) Keep in touch...
holly
25th Mar 2010
hi i go to oak farm school u came to my school today i thought u were great and intresting THank iu for visiting x x x
Mexicolore
Thanks for writing Holly! We enjoyed working with you all this morning: Oak Farm is one of our all-time favourite schools: we’ve been coming to your school since 1995... Enjoy your Aztecs topic!
lorenhunter
26th Feb 2010
Thank you for a great time from loren hunter, Emmer green primary school Pupil
Mexicolore
You’re welcome, Loren!
Colden Common Primary School Class 8
13th Nov 2009
We thoroughly enjoyed your presentation on the Aztecs this morning. Comments from the children:We love Mexico, It rocks, Can you come again?, It was great fun, I liked being the Sun! We learnt lots!
Mexicolore
Thanks for inviting us back, Jon! We much enjoyed working with you today and were VERY impressed with the way every single child and teacher dressed in ‘Aztec’ costume - talk about entering into the spirit of things...
Lana
12th Nov 2009
I saw you today at the British Museum..I thought you were fantastic and I learnt a lot about Mexico and Aztecs. Thank you for a great day! Love Lana at AB xx
Mexicolore
Glad you enjoyed the session, Lana! Thanks for writing in. Hope you enjoyed seeing the Moctezuma exhibition and that you weren’t too late getting back to Staffordshire this evening... All the best from Ian & Graciela
Maria Martinez
27th Jul 2009
Thank you for the fantastic workshops you did at Claycots School last May! The children learnt and enjoyed so much!
Mexicolore
You’re welcome, Maria. We greatly enjoyed working with you all...
emily
13th Mar 2009
Can you remember coming to our school??? St.Andrews! we hope you are still traveling and helping kids understand all about mexico and the aztecs! happy cooking!!!!! emilyxXx St.Andrews school Chinnor
Mexicolore
Of course we remember you! One of our favourite schools - we’ve been coming to St. Andrew’s every year since 2004.
gemma & chloe
2nd Dec 2008
hi can u please come back 2 gcms please please come back like we said before cause was away every1 luved it can u email us back on the emails plz and put who u are luv chloe & gemma
Mexicolore
Thanks again, guys! This is Ian and Graciela, writing from Mexicolore! We'd love to come back to your school (we've been to Great Cornard 13 times already!!) You'll need to ask your teachers to invite us again... Take care, I & G
chloe
2nd Dec 2008
hello u ok ?? plz come back 2 gcms. i was away so was my friend everyone says it was really good.please come back from chloe & gem
lauren farthing
30th Nov 2008
i loved having you 2 at GCMS it was so cool and so interesting :)
Tim Jones
28th Nov 2008
it was so fun playing the shell and thanks for coming to GCMS
Mexicolore
You were great at blowing the conch, Tim - well done!
Georgia warsap
28th Nov 2008
hello luv ya website it is so cool me and chloe peacock we where about to send u a email and then it was the end of brake time so hope u come back soon did u get emmas and chelsey email??? luv from georgia
chelsey and emma
28th Nov 2008
hello it was very cool and fun could u send us some facts (emma wrote tht). i think we all had fun we luved it so much plz plz come bak next year h3h3 Luff Chelsey and emma
Mexicolore
Check out our Aztec quizzes section - there are some amazing facts there! Thanks again for writing in, and keep in touch...
Adedayo
27th Nov 2008
thank u for coming to redriff school we had fun dressing up and learning how to cook and speaking some spanish too thank you lots of wihes graciela and ian
Mexicolore
Cheers, Adedayo, thanks for writing. Redriff is one of our great favourites! Keep visiting our site to learn more about the Aztecs...
georgia warsap
27th Nov 2008
i loved tht u came to GCMS it was so cool dressing up in the aztecs clothes hope u come again luv georgia
Mexicolore
Hope we get invited back next year! See you then?! All the best, Ian & Graciela
gemma ayres and chloe peacock
27th Nov 2008
This is a really good website. wel luved tht u came 2 are school. hope u come again for my friend was away. so thanks luv chloe and gemma
Mexicolore
Maybe see you next year?! Keep chanting: Aztecs, xxx, Aztecs, xxx...!
sophie thompson
16th Nov 2008
i think your website is very intresting, i realy enjoyed browsing sophie age 10
Mexicolore
Thanks for writing in, Sophie! We hope your interest in the Aztecs will continue for a long time...
daniel stubbington
3rd Oct 2008
i loved it when you came to freegrounds i helpt you tide up
ellie
29th Sep 2008
this is great website love it so much it is so good
The original Mexicolore team