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Learning Service

Activities, workshops and services for schools

2011/2012

Award Winning Learning Services for SchoolsFollowing the merging of Worcestershire County Museum with Worcester City Museums service in April 2010, Museums Worcestershire now offer a comprehensive learning service available for your pupils to enjoy either in school or at one of our historic venues.

The Learning Service at Museums Worcestershire provides activities and role-play sessions covering Medieval, Tudor, English Civil War, Victorian, First World War and Second world periods. We also offer a range of science and nature topics linked to our collections. Each cross-curricular activity is rich in creativity and language and focusing on historic enquiry, stretches children’s thinking and reasoning skills. Many sessions and workshops can be adapted to suit particular requirements. Look out for special themed weeks too.

In addition, Worcester Museum and Art Gallery deliver activities linked to their changing programme of temporary exhibitions and our Outreach service provides activities in your school linked to such topics as Tudor Music, The Solar System, Samuel Pepys and The Great Fire of London, The Life of Florence Nightingale and more.

Our Object Loans Service is also available to schools, which enables you to borrow objects from a huge selection of artefacts to support your teaching in the classroom and our award winning Museum on the Move can bring exhibitions straight to your door.

All activities can be tailored for SEN groups to fit with your individual requirements.

For further information about these services, please read on. We look forward to welcoming you to Museums Worcestershire soon.

Museums Worcestershire Learning Team

Key to facilities Activities and Workshops by theme Archaeology

Dig it up! ...........................................................................................4 Archaeology .....................................................................................9Building Detectives ...........................................................................9

Romans

The Romans in Britain ...................................................................10

Medieval

Medieval Life and Medicine ...............................................................9 Medieval Life and Castles ...............................................................10

Tudors

Tudor Life .........................................................................................8Tudor Life, Music and Dance ..........................................................10

Civil War & 17th Century

Fighting Armour and Paper Dragons! ................................................4 The Civil War ....................................................................................9Pepys, Pudding and Pox ................................................................10

Victorians

Picture Portraits ...............................................................................5 Below Stairs ....................................................................................6The School Room ............................................................................6Homes Long Time Ago ....................................................................6 Corsets and Crinolines .....................................................................7Fun and Games ...............................................................................7In Florence’s Footsteps ..................................................................10

World War II

Morton’s Militia! ................................................................................5Worcestershire at War ‘Remembrance’ ............................................5War time Worcester! ........................................................................5 Classroom at War! ...........................................................................7Make do and Mend .........................................................................7Salvage Squaddies! .........................................................................7Make do and Mend with Doris Dinsdale .........................................10

Science .........................................................................................10

Art & Nature

Munching Caterpillars and Beautiful Butterflies! ................................4Woodland Magic! ............................................................................4Nature’s Treasure Trove ....................................................................5

Toys

Toys of the Past (WMAG) ..................................................................5 Toys from the Past (Hartlebury) .........................................................6Toys and Games from the Past (The Commandery) ..........................8Fun and Games ................................................................................7Toys through Time (Outreach) .........................................................10

Coat and bag storage

Coach Parking

Disabled Access

Lunch rooms available

Minibus Parking

Pre-ordered shop goody bags available

Teacher pre-visits welcome

Refreshments available

Facilitated sessions available

Cafe on site

Self-directed visits

More information can be found at www.museumsworcestershire.org.uk

* By prior arrangement only

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Activities, workshops and services for schools 2011/2012



Dig it up! A fun introduction to archaeology. Discover archaeological finds in the mini dig, piece together broken pottery, sort finds, create a rubber bone skeleton and make a clay coil pot.

Munching Caterpillars and Beautiful Butterflies! An opportunity to explore our fabulous collection of butterflies, moths and other winged insects. Learn about the life cycle of mini beasts and make a three-dimensional caterpillar collage or butterfly mobile!

Woodland Magic! Working with our collection of British mammal specimens, explore different animal worlds and create a three-dimensional animal habitat using an assortment of collage material and clay.

Fighting Armour and Paper Dragons! Examine and handle examples of replica armour from different periods, and have fun making origami paper dragons ready for battle.

Nursery, Reception and Key Stage 1

War time Worcester!Be transported back to war time Britain. Take on the role of the Civil Defence as an ARP Warden, a Land Army Girl and a member of the Home Guard immersed in the daily activities and drills, and responding to a major bomb hit at the Meco Works, Bromyard Road.

Morton’s Militia!An adventure story set in wartime Worcester, with characters Jimmy, Liz, Polly, Peter and friends. The story portrays the evacuee experience of rationing, salvage collection, expectations and duties, and enforced changes to family life.

Included...included in the above sessions are ‘Pack a Parcel’, an insight to rationing and POW status and ‘War Work’, Worcestershire war time memories, photographs and objects. In partnership with Discover History and Theatre Company Pattern 23.

Worcester City Art Gallery and Museum was opened in 1896 and offers exhibitions and displays that encompass both contemporary and historical art & craft in a variety of formats.

Picture Portraits View a number of painted portraits and examples of Victorian photography from the museum collection. Each picture tells a story, and reflects the fashion of the time. Make a silhouette ‘self portrait’, and draw a portrait of a friend, working in pastel and chalk.

Period hats will also be available to introduce a variety of characters.

Toys of the Past An opportunity to explore a selection of magical toys from the museum collection spanning 100 years. Observe and handle different toys, focussing on the design and materials of old and new toys. Make a traditional toy.

Nature’s Treasure Trove Be inspired by a wonderful display of rocks, shells and fossils, collected by Victorian fossil hunters and geologists from around the world. Observe the shapes, colours and textures and replicate patterns by drawing with charcoal and make fossil impressions.

Worcestershire at War ‘Remembrance’ This workshop includes object handling and discussion, focused on our WW1 collection. Make single poppies, and a collective poppy wreath. Experience present day themes such as school, home and travel in period settings via a story session with Gwen Williams from Theatre Company Pattern 23.

More workshops will be offered throughout the year linked to our programme of temporary exhibitions.

For more information visit www.museumsworcestershire.org.uk

Key Stage 1 Key Stage 2

For enquiries or to book...

Administrator 01905 25371

The Access & Learning Officer 01905 721104

[email protected]

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Toys from the PastA series of hands on activities looking at toys today and toys from the past. A combination of object handling, sorting materials, make a simple toy activity and self-directed sessions around our toy gallery. Outside toys are also available on request (weather permitting).

Below StairsThe opportunity to use authentic equipment in our reconstructed scullery and laundry and to find out more about a child’s life in the service of a late 19th century household. Led by Hartlebury’s housemaid, take part in a number of genuine Victorian household servants’ daily tasks including cleaning cooking pots with sand and sweeping a carpet with damp tea leaves.

Homes Long Time AgoExplore the similarities and differences between our homes today and during Victorian times. Led by a costumed facilitator, find out how the Victorians did their laundry, cooked, kept clean and went to the toilet!

The School RoomExperience a typical Victorian school day with Miss Proper, Hartlebury Castle’s resident school ma’am, the strictest schoolteacher in Worcestershire! Use slates and pencils and find out about school punishments. Followed by a traditional playtime with spinning and whipping tops, hoops, stilts and yo-yos.

Housed in the north wing of Hartlebury Castle, near Kidderminster, the estate of the bishops of Worcester for over 1000 years.

Themed Weeks available throughout the year including our ever popular ‘Victorian Christmas’.

For more information visit www.museumsworcestershire.org.uk

Make do and MendWith Dolly Tubb. Try a number of hands on activities related to life in the home during the Second World War in our historic scullery and laundry.

Classroom at War!Meet Miss Crooke and through a series of hands-on activities, be prepared for wartime life as an evacuee.

During May to September, the sessions can be combined with a trip on the Severn Valley Railway. Telephone the Museum for further details.

Key Stages 1 & 2

Key Stages 2 & 3


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Enhance your visit to Hartlebury by adding to your chosen hands-on activities one of our great, creative and interactive Roleplay Plus+ sessions.

Fun and GamesVictorian playtime and parlour games plus a selection of indoor and outdoor toys to try

Corsets and Crinolines A fun look at Victorian costume and a chance to try some on!

Salvage Squaddies!Become a Hartlebury Salvageer. Recycling is not a new idea! Find out how it was done and why during the Second World War and think about the importance of “Salvage” today!




Toys and Games from the PastFind out about toys and games that were perhaps played at The Commandery a long time ago. Try medieval and Tudor games such as quoits, cards and skittles.

Discover how some have changed over time and how far some of the games we play today date back.

Try your luck at “Fox and Geese”, “Nine men’s Morris” and other popular board games of the time.

Tudor LifeDiscover The Commandery as the grand home of Robert Wylde, a rich Worcester clothier and man about town. Learn about the lives of the rich and poor in Tudor times, make a wax candle, write with quills, explore Tudor costume and learn a Tudor dance or two.

Additional themes can be included...

The Tudor BanquetExplore the world of the Tudor party and find out what they ate, drank and how they made merry.

Tudor Music and DanceFind out about Tudor popular music in this interactive workshop. Hear the sound of the bagpipes, shawm and crumhorn and join in with a song and dance.

Tudor Sport and PastimesLearn how the Tudors entertained themselves in the days before television and computer games.

Key Stages 1 & 2

The Commandery in Sidbury is a unique Grade I listed building dating back to the 13th century.

An exciting mix of hands on activities from across the centuries brings this special building and history to life for your pupils.


Administrator 01905 361821

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Look out for our special themed weeks of activities including...

An English Civil War FestivalTransport yourselves back to the time when The Commandery was at the heart of the action as a Royalist headquarters and then after the Battle of Worcester in 1651, as a field hospital.

Tudor Festival & Tudor Olympicks Music, dance, food, costume, sports and pastimes. Immerse yourself in a real Tudor experience!

For more information on these and more themed weeks visit www.museumsworcestershire.org.uk

Medieval Life and Medicine

Explore the world of the medieval apothecary and find out about the natural remedies and weird and wonderful potions that were used to keep illness at bay centuries ago.

The Civil WarImmerse yourself in the chaos of war as you learn how soldiers prepared for battle. Explore the armour, weapons and tactics of the period and discover the fate of the common soldier. Hands on activities include pike and cannon drill.

Building DetectivesExplore the building and find out about all the layers that make up The Commandery’s wonderful history.

ArchaeologyExperience the history of The Commandery that we rarely see, the history beneath our feet. Join in on a mini-dig, rebuild a pot or make a decorative medieval floor tile. Look at materials, learn how to dig, wash and sort finds.

Key Stages 2 & 3




Museum on The Move is a unique exhibition experience that brings museum objects, activities and displays to you.

MOM is one of only a handful of heritage attractions across the country (that is not a historic building) to win the prestigious Sandford Award for Heritage Education as a mark of excellence in the field of heritage learning.

Exhibitions currently change annually and have covered such themes as The Olympic Games, Rivers, Communication and recently the History of Numbers.

MOM exists to challenge rural isolation and social exclusion and to provide access to museum services for a variety of audiences. These include visits to schools, sheltered accommodation, disability groups, care homes, hospitals, town centres, festivals and shows and a range of other venues.

A visit from MOM is a truly interactive experience for all key stages. The bus is accompanied by two members of staff and can park up at school for whole or half day sessions.

Museums Worcestershire recognises the benefit of bringing learning to life with objects previously seen only in pictures. Children’s experience and understanding of diverse ages and cultures will be enriched as they handle these artefacts and find out about times past.

All of our artefact resource boxes contain suitable original objects tailored to meet your specific requirements.

Themes can cover Roman life, Victorian life, toys from the past, the Second World War, and much more. We really do have more items than we could list, so if you are looking for objects to enhance your lessons and enrich your pupils learning, do contact us.

Artefact resources boxes are loaned for either a whole or half term and can be collected from one of 8 centres. See back page for details.

If you have not subscribed to this service before, please contact Hartlebury for a subscription form and return this with any loan request.

Science themes

The Earth, Sun and Moon, Grand Tour of The Solar System, Journey into Space, The Mysterious World of the, Astronomer in History, Constellations and Mythology, Forces, Light, Electricity, Flight.

Historical themes

Toys through TimeA look at toys parents and grandparents played with in the past.

The Romans in BritainA look at life in Roman times including models of Roman London, a war galley, fort and amphitheatre.

Medieval Life and CastlesA talk and hands on workshop.

Tudor Life, Music and DanceCostumed musicians entertain and teach songs and dance enjoyed at court and in the countryside during Tudor times.

Pepys, Pudding and PoxMeet Samuel Pepys, hear extracts from his diary and talk to the man himself. Learn about the Plague and The Great Fire of London.

In Florence’s FootstepsFind out about the life and work of Florence Nightingale.

Make do and MendWith Doris Dinsdale the Wartime Housewife. Find out about life on The Home Front and help with the war effort.

All Outreach sessions include discussion, object handling and activities for your pupils to enjoy. Sessions can be offered for whole or half day sessions and tailored to suit your topics.




For further information or to book visits here are contact details at a glance

The Commandery Administrator 01905 361821

[email protected]

Worcestershire Museum and Art Gallery Administrator 01905 25371

The Access & Learning Officer 01905 721104

[email protected]

Hartlebury Museum Outreach Museum on the Move Loans Service

Learning Team 01299 250416

[email protected]

Loans Service Collection & Return CentresCounty Museum Hartlebury

01299 250416

Evesham Library 01386 41348

Redditch Library 01527 63291

Catshill Middle School, Bromsgrove 01527 872431

Ivington Primary School, Nr. Leominster 01568 720216

Ledbury Primary School, Hereford 01531 632940

Great Malvern Primary School, Malvern 01684 574219

St Clements. Primary School, Worcester 01905 423861

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