Teacher's Pack
Museum Workshops
The Museum has a substantial school programme offering workshops which include:
Early Years
- Changes – past and present
- Sounds and safety
Key Stage One
- Sea-side holidays
- How have toys changed?
- Transport
- General transport history and timeline focus
- Motoring history – Early Garages DVD and meet the real 'Jack Lake'
Key Stage Two
- Britain since the 1930s
- Journeys – using signs and symbols
- Transport
- General transport history and timeline focus
- Motoring history – Early Garages DVD and meet the real 'Jack Lake'
- New Workshop for Keystage Two! – Exploring a locality (Bourton-on-the-Water) using maps, photographs and GPS systems
Prices
All the above workshops cost £2.40 per child - all resources are provided.
Accompanying adults are free!
The workshops are a great introduction to a subject or for delving further into History or Geography topics. The workshops get children involved in a subject using objects. They may be noisy but really help children to learn in a fun environment!
Activities may include the following:
- Object handling and labelling
- Exploring using GPS
- Music to introduce the past
- Timeline work
- Brass rubbing
- Timeline work
- Question and answer time
- Role play
- Sound making
- Meeting 'Jack Lake'
- Dressing up
- Vintage (Charabanc) car rides
All our workshops can be adapted for various groups with different needs or learning difficulties. The workshops are designed to be very flexible and we can focus on any area you are studying in school.
Extended Learning Options
Workshops in Schools
All the above topics can be run by Museum staff in your school.
Please note that we run workshops in schools throughout Gloucestershire. We can sometimes travel further afield – please call or email for further information.
Prices
Please contact us directly for prices.
Experience Boxes
We also have boxes of objects for you to take away and explore in the classroom.
The boxes are as follows:
- World War Two
- Sensory stories based on journeys for the very young or special needs
- Toys
The rental cost is £20 per half term.
If you would like to discuss your group's particular needs, please contact Hannah at motor.museum@csma.uk.com.
