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Strutt's North Mill Museum Educational Programme Strutt’s North Mill Museum Educational Programme Explore How Local Innovation Had A Global Impact and How Belper Became the First Cotton Mill Town 0 | P a g e Belper North Mill Trust Educational Programme Pack Contents Introduction to Strutt’s North Mill 2 Educational Visits to Strutt’s North Mill 2 Conditions of an Educational Visit 3 Prices 3 What we provide for schools 3 A Typical Education Day 3 Student ages and numbers visiting 4 Days available 4 Conditions in the Mill 4 Preliminary Visits 4 Our Different Education Packages 5 Primary Schools (Key Stage 1) 5 Primary Schools (Key Stage 2) 5 Secondary Schools 5 Further and Higher Education 6 Outreach Opportunities 6 Community Groups (Children and Youth Clubs) 6 Booking an Education Visit 7 Contact Us 7 Travelling to Belper 7 1 | P a g e Belper North Mill Trust Educational Programme Pack Introduction to Strutt’s North Mill Strutt’s North Mill Museum sits inside one of the earliest iron-framed, fire-proof, multi-storied buildings in the world. The unique architecture of the North Mill (1804), which can be seen first- hand as you wander around the basement’s columns, showcases how local innovation had a global influence, as the North Mill’s design inspired the construction of skyscrapers. The museum itself explores how Jedediah Strutt helped introduce mechanised cotton spinning to the Derwent Valley (now the Derwent Valley Mills World Heritage Site), helping to spark the Industrial Revolution. Discover how the factory system impacted ordinary people’s lives and experience what it would have been like for a mill worker in a Strutt Mill. Outside you can see, not only the wider mill site and water channels, but also take a short walk to the River Gardens, millworkers’ cottages and other buildings built by generations of the Strutt family, who helped transform Belper into the world’s first cotton mill town. Educational Visits to Strutt’s North Mill Strutt’s North Mill is the perfect place for an Education Day half day or one-off session. Education groups can explore what life was like for a millworker and compare it to their own lives. Visitors can understand how water power was harnessed, learn about mechanisation and see some important architecture, as well as understand the social impact of the factory system and the Industrial Revolution. We have a dedicated team of Education Facilitators (many of whom have teaching experience) who deliver engaging and activity- filled education sessions, which help to meet a range of National Curriculum targets. 2 | P a g e Belper North Mill Trust Educational Programme Pack Conditions of an Educational Visit Prices Our Education Day, which can be tailored to suit your needs, is £8 per child for a full day, or £4 per child for a half day or evening session (for a community group). Accompanying adults are free. Full days are usually between 9.30am and 2.30pm. Coach parking and car parking are free on site. What we provide for schools A Teacher Pack and pre-visit activities to help best prepare students for their visit. Space to safely store bags and coats. Room inside the mill for lunches to be eaten if it is raining, but we suggest the River Gardens (especially the bandstand) as a good lunch spot if the weather is good. Toilets for male, female and wheelchair users in the museum. A small gift shop selling a range of inexpensive goods appropriate for children, as well as a range of books and goods to help teachers build on the visit in the classroom. Please let us know in advance if the children will be bringing any spending money, so we know not to mention this, if not. Also goody bags can be provided. Post-visit activity ideas to help take the learning further and use the stories of the North Mill to inspire further activities for the children. At least 4 trained volunteer Education Facilitators who will lead sections of the day. Risk assessments (although we strongly advise that schools also complete their own). A Typical Education Day could be as follows… The Morning includes: A walk around the watercourse and introduction to the Mill site. An exploration of the basement space and wheel pit. An introduction to the North Mill with a historical timeline. A session introducing the millworkers, comparing their lives to children’s today. Understanding the fire of 1803 and the impact on millworkers’ lives. A photo hunt to help understand the machines behind the cotton spinning process. 3 | P a g e Belper North Mill Trust Educational Programme Pack Meeting and asking questions of Mr/Mrs. Strutt. The Afternoon includes: Exploring a range of artefacts connected with the Mill and millworkers’ lives. Drama activities to help the children get into the characters of different North Mill workers and understand social structures in the past. Opportunity to spend time in the gift shop. Opportunity to either: use some creative writing and drawing to reflect on the visit; or visit the millworkers’ housing, just a short walk away. Summary of the day and what has been learned. Student ages and numbers visiting Our Education Day can be adapted for a wide range of ages at Strutt’s North Mill, but due to the size of the museum, we can only have a maximum of 32 children (KS1 and KS2) visiting on any one day. We can cater for larger groups of older students, but this is if they are having a more standard tour of the museum and surrounding mill site and area. Days available From March to October, our best days for an educational visit are Mondays or Tuesdays, as the museum is open to the general public from Wednesdays to Sundays during these months. However in February and November we can offer school visits on any day of the week. Conditions in the Mill Please note that we encourage all visitors to come with warm and waterproof clothing. The Mill is an old building that we try our best to heat, but is sometimes cold. In addition some of the visit is conducted outside. Preliminary Visits We strongly recommend that at least one member of staff visits the North Mill in advance. This will help you to plan the details of your visit and inform your group-specific risk assessment. Please contact us in advance to arrange a preliminary visit free of charge. 4 | P a g e Belper North Mill Trust Educational Programme Pack Our Different Education Packages Primary Schools (Key Stage 1) A range of fun and interactive activities are based around the story of Millie the Mill Mouse, which helps younger children to understand what happened at the Mill. Children will have the opportunity to dress up as a millworker and explore the Mill and its objects and artefacts. Topics Covered: What it was like to be a millworker, comparing life then and now A guided walk around the watercourse as well as the nearby millworkers’ cottages An interactive children’s story and mouse hunt to help show what happened in the Mill Heritage craft activity Exploring artefacts and photos Primary Schools (Key Stage 2) An opportunity is provided for pupils to explore the North Mill and understand what events took place here, using drama, artefacts, dressing up, photos and a tour of the mill site to help compare life then and now. Children will have the opportunity to dress up as a millworker and explore the Mill and its objects and artefacts. Topics Covered: Understanding a millworkers’ life through photos, stories, drama, dressing up and a conversation with a costumed Mill Character. Comparing our lives to those of a child millworker A guided walk around the watercourse, as well as the nearby millworkers’ cottages A photo treasure hunt to help understand the textile machines used in the Mill Secondary Schools Guided tours of the Museum as well as guided walks around the wider Belper Mills site, the water channels, the millworkers’ cottages and the Unitarian Chapel. The specific topics covered can be tailored for your group, and other activities included upon request. Topics Covered: What life was like as a millworker in Strutt’s North Mill Jedediah Strutt’s role in the Industrial Revolution How Belper was transformed into the world’s first cotton mill town The pioneering architecture of the North Mill and how it harnessed water power The cotton spinning process and its textile machines 5 | P a g e Belper North Mill Trust Educational Programme Pack Further and Higher Education Guided tours and talks can be offered, which focus in more detail on specific topics at a higher level than during a regular museum tour. Topics Covered: Architecture and Design – a more detailed exploration of the pioneering building design of the fire-proof North Mill, as well as the watercourses and water wheels. Mechanised Cotton Spinning and the textile machines – a more detailed explanation of the technological advances in textile machinery that inspired the Industrial Revolution, as well as a look at more recent hosiery and textile machinery. Social Impact of the Factory System – a more detailed look at how the lives of ordinary people changed for ever, through the introduction of the mechanised processes of the factory system, and the impact that whole process is still having on all of us today. Outreach Opportunities A team of Education Volunteers are happy to travel to schools and children/youth groups to deliver a range of activities to help with accessing the heritage story of Belper’s Mills. We can offer one-off one hour sessions, or half a day of activities.
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