Video Conferencing We have designed a series of workshops for Key Stage 2 and 3 students. Let your students utilise the Museum's buildings and teachers within your own classroom, for one hour. Each workshop costs £75 and is hosted by JA.NET services. The Victorian Blacksmith
Each village had a blacksmith who could make anything from metal. This fascinating demonstration allows children to understand the importance of the village blacksmith and provides an insight into industrial change in Victorian Britain. Covering the change from local craftsmen and travel limited by the capacity of horses to mass production and railway transport.
Victorian school life
Experience a Victorian lesson from circa 1880. A selection of the Museum's Victorian artefacts will be available for your class to handle and describe.
The Manor Court
Discover the manor court through role play, whether acting the reeve, or the villain accused of tardiness and laziness or asking to take over a widow's land. Find out about the role of the villain on a medieval manor and the punishments and fines they were awarded.
Key Stage 3 Food and farming
How did food and farming change during the medieval period and how did it affect the common man? Discover the work of the farm labourer during the seasons, the effect of the wool trade and the use of herbs for food and medicine.
Travel and tourism
Interview a member of Museum staff on the following subjects:
Please contact the Education Officer for more details or to make a booking.
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These workshops have been sponsored by the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council 
