Key Stage 1

A school visit typically starts at 10.00 am and finishes at approximately 2.15 pm,
with 30 minutes timetabled in an undercover lunching area.

Follow the links below to discover how together we can enhance a visit to the Museum.

Activity Workshops

The following activity workshops will provide your class with a hands-on experiential learning experience. These workshops must be booked in advance of your visit. Although these workshops will be led by Museum teachers, you and your adult support must help the children during the activity and are responsible for the behaviour of your group.

Some of these workshops are also suitable for Reception classes. Please ensure that you choose a workshop that is suitable for the age of your class and the topic you are studying at school.

A maximum of 30 children are able to take part in a workshop at any one time.

Houses and Homes

Workshop Name	Description	Download
Historic cooking	help the cottager make some griddle scones
Lighting in the past	find out how homes were lit in the past and make a candle to take home.
Rag rug making	Try your hand at making a mini rag rug as our cottagers used to do
The Celtic Home	What did the Celts do at home? Try out some of the activities that a Celt might have done.
Traditional washday (available Summer Term only)	Help to wash our clothes using a scrubbing board, the dolly and the mangle.

 

Buildings and Materials

Workshop Name	Description	Download
Shelter Building	Work together to collect sticks to make a shelter in our woods.
Traditional brick making	Make your own brick and then work together to build a small class wall

 

Old Toys

Workshop Name	Description	Download
Victorian playtime	Make your own Victorian toy and then play with our toys and games

 

Chilern Habitats

Workshop Name	Description	Download
Pond dipping	Find out what is living in our wildlife pond
Mini-beast safari	Find out what is living in our woods
Grass sweeping (available Summer and early Autumn terms only)	Find out what bugs and insects live in our grass

 

Theme Days
(£240 per group all inclusive)

How we used to live

Choose to explore either the Victorian toll house or the 1940s prefab. Then choose two of the activity workshops for your class to enjoy. Please ensure that you have chosen the optional aspects of this theme day before booking your visit.

Harvest Tour (available September and October only)

From threshing the corn to baking your own bread, your class will discover how the harvest was done in the past

Victorian Christmas (November 2012)

Join the teacher in the Victorian school and then help to make the Christmas pudding. Find out about Christmas in the past.

Outreach

One session per day = £120, Two sessions per day = £200, Three sessions per day = £250

Workshop Name	Description	Download
Where do I belong?	Your class will be introduced to some of the houses that are at the Museum and their place in the historical timeline. Using investigative skills to identify and sort objects from the house, your class will match the objects to the correct house and time period. The objects chosen will relate to domestic items that many of the children will be familiar with in their own homes

Special Events

Toys through the Ages - 17 June 2011

Enjoy a day of play exploring the world of toys from 2000 years ago to the present. Meet residents of our houses as they teach you to play their favourite games and then make a selection of toys from Anglo-Saxon 'Shells' to 1940s Make do and Mend toys.

Resource Boxes

The resources within these boxes are designed to enable you to lead activities and discussions with your class at the Museum.

These free of charge but must be pr-ebooked

'Buildings and objects through the senses'

Using feely bags, each containing an object / artefact, children will use their senses to describe the object and make comparisons between the different materials, for example texture and warmth.