Pennine Museums and Schools

Oct 2014

As the new academic year starts we wanted to update you on what has been happening with the Pennine Lancashire Museums and Schools Programme, and to share our plans for the coming year.

2014/15 Brochure & Website launched The new Learning Sessions Brochure for 2014/15 now available and learningwithplm.org.uk launched in September to provide teachers and schools with IN THIS EDITION information and news from the Pennine Lancashire Museums and Schools Programme. Arts Award in a week and a day this Summer You can enquire online for any Pennine Lancashire Museum’s learning sessions, view an online version of the printed Teachers’ Sanctuary brochure and find out about teachers events and read and Sessions with V&A download newsletters and learning resources. hosted Go to www.learningwithplm.org.uk two events just for teachers

New learning sessions now available Mono Printing, Maths and Stuarts, Battles and Lace Pennine Lancashire Museums and Schools Arts Award and Artsmark 2014/2015 Gold Award success and Artsmark offer for schools Supporting learning and inspiring your pupils Special Events Weeks Two new event weeks now available

learningwithplm.org.uk Pennine Lancashire Museums and Schools Programme Pennine Lancashire Museums offer ‘Arts Award in a week’ & ‘Arts Award in a day’

Over the summer holidays Pennine Lancashire Museums have offered children the chance to achieve their Arts Award Discover in a week and even in one day.

Blackburn Children’s University™ (CU) Throughout the Discover Arts Award worked closely with Blackburn Museum and children learnt about the Museum Art Gallery during the summer holidays. and were encouraged to visit again with their families. It was clear to see Shadow theatre activity at Blackburn Sara Casey, Blackburn Children’s children developed their confidence as Museum as part of the ‘Arts Award University™ Manager tells us, they built up to a performance in front Discover in a Week’ ‘Children’s University™ (CU) aims to of friends and family at the end of the promote social mobility by providing award. Children were able to work high quality, exciting and innovative with artists of different professions, Towneley Hall, and The Whitaker learning activities and experiences and these artists inspired them to Museum and Art Gallery, Rawtenstall outside normal school hours to children think about what they could do when also offered Arts Award in a week over aged 5 to 14 together with their families they are older. the summer and Helmshore Mills Textile and engaging with the wider community. Museum gave young people between Working with the Museum on the The Discover Arts Award has been a the ages of 8 and 11 the opportunity to Discover Arts Award was a perfect way huge success and Blackburn CU hopes complete Arts Award Discover in a day. to get the children engaged and learn more children will have the opportunity Activities included drawing, painting something new. next year.’ and printmaking.

2 Sanctuary sessions with teachers at QSM

In July and September Queen Street Mill Textile Museum Textile pieces played host to two very special teachers’ events. created on The ‘Sanctuary sessions’ were developed with the V&A using the evening their established format of after hours teacher’s sessions. Bella May Leonard, artist in residence with Textiles Collection led the session and encouraged the teachers to create their own textiles, whilst chatting and relaxing in the amazing surroundings of Queen Street Mill.

Feedback from teachers was overwhelmingly positive, with everyone Sarah says, ‘I have really enjoyed working with the fantastic saying it was ‘excellent’ or Pennine Lancashire Museums team to bring the ‘Sanctuary’ ‘very good’ and comments teachers’ CPD format to the region. It is a successful part of our such as ‘more sessions!’ Schools programme at the V&A, supporting teachers to engage and ‘make it longer’. Many with their own creativity and take a step back from the daily teachers want to use a pressures of delivery to their students. The excellent sessions at weaving technique now in Queen St Mill have captured that same spirit of enquiry, inspiration their own art and design and enjoyment and the feedback from participating teachers is classes were inspired to glowing. I’m really looking forward to the next one in the series’ ‘Use everyday materials and inspiration from wherever we are’. We Teachers’ stop have to thank Sarah at ‘Peace’ engine Campbell, Head of on tour around Schools, Families and Queen Street Mill Young People at the V&A who worked with us to make it all possible.

Teachers reviewing their creative work Oct 2014 Augmented Reality

We are really excited to be working with the Dukes Playhouse on three augmented reality commissions across the Pennine Lancashire museums.

At Clitheroe Castle, schools and general visitors will be able to stand outside the castle keep and see the site as it was when complete – a 360 degree view of the keep and all the other buildings that would have made up the original mott and bailey castle. This will make understanding the castle site so much easier and help our schools sessions really investigate the layout of the castle. You’ll even be able to see The third venue to receive the the Clitheroe Castle dragon escaping augmented reality treatment will be through the hole in the side of the keep! Turton Tower. For Turton we will explore all the clues in the house that show how At Helmshore and Queen Street Mills, the house has developed over time. we’ll be able to join together the entire process of spinning and weaving cotton Filming for each of the commissions will in a film that will bring the spinning floor take place over the next month, with the and weaving sheds to life. It’s always been commissions completed by the end of difficult to explain the whole process to the autumn term. schools and visitors – each mill tells half of the full story, but now for the first time, Look out for more updates in the we’ll be able to do just that. next newsletter!

New Learning Sessions Now Available 3 Mono Printing at The Queen Street Mill Stuarts, Battles & Lace The Whitaker Maths Challenge with Gawthorpe Textiles Collection, Gawthorpe Hall

A thrilling day of Civil War battle stories KS2 children develop mono printing and historic textiles for KS2 pupils. techniques and take home a display for Take a tour of the Hall with Colonel their school. New maths session specially developed Shuttleworth or his wife Fleetwood Using sketch books in the Museum for Pennine Lancashire Museums and Barton and hear tales of the English the children will collect ideas from the Schools for KS2 and KS3. Civil War in Lancashire. Then explore Museum and the Park and these will be historical lace and embroidery in the During this exciting 2 hr session, developed through printmaking later in the textile galleries and make a paper lace measurement, shape, data handling day. This is full day session. collar to wear while promenading in the and arithmetic skills are all utilized and Long Gallery. Developed in conjunction with Natalie developed. By applying their skills to ‘real- McNeil, teacher from Meadowhead life’ challenges, pupils will realise that Developed in conjunction with Sally Junior School, Blackburn. maths can be fun! Astbury, Pilling St John’s Primary School. Pennine Lancashire Museums and Schools Programme

Arts Award in Interested in Artsmark? Action We have a limited number of free Artsmark Network memberships for schools that have engaged with Pennine Lancashire Museums. Contact Steph Hawke at Curious Minds Arts Award Gold - to find out more: [email protected] Jessica Wearing from Burnley Artsmark is Arts Council England’s flagship programme to College (BTEC enable schools and other organisations to evaluate, strengthen Fashion Course), and celebrate their arts and cultural provision. It is delivered at the public by Trinity College London and Curious Minds supports the showing of her participation of schools across the North West. Arts Award Gold Visit www.artsmark.org.uk/ for more information. Leadership Project at Queen Street If you have any questions or would like to find out more about Mill Textile Museum. Artsmark, contact Steph Hawke at Curious Minds on 01282 435835.

Special Events Weeks

These special events weeks are very popular as they give pupils and teachers the opportunity to immerse themselves in stimulating, hands–on activities in breath-taking historical settings.

Our ever popular special events weeks have some new additions to reflect the 4 new curriculum: Date Venue and contact Event Key Stage

8–12 December 2014 Gawthorpe Hall - 01282 771004 Victorian Christmas – Traditional games, pastimes KS1/ and Father Christmas Lower KS2 15–17 December 2014 Turton Tower - 01204 852203 Victorian Christmas – Traditional games, pastimes KS1/ and Father Christmas Lower KS2 9–11 March 2015 Helmshore Mills Textile Museum – Science and Engineering – Take part in challenges KS1/2/3 16–18 March 2015 01706 226459 and meet local hero character Richard Arkwright. 24–26 March 2015 Queen Street Mill Textile Museum – Weaving Words & Stories – Poetry, theatre and role 01282 412555 play activities.

| All sessions are £4 / £4.50 per pupil.

CONTACT US

Want to find out more about participating HOW TO BOOK LEARNING SESSIONS Towneley Hall 01282 477130, in the Pennine Lancashire Museums and Please contact individual venues: burnley.co.uk/visit/things/towneley-hall Schools Programme? Blackburn Museum & Art Gallery Helmshore Mills Textile Museum 01254 667130, 01706 226459, lancashire.gov.uk/museums PLEASE CONTACT: blackburnmuseum.org.uk/learning Gill Brailey, Heritage Learning Manager, Queen Street Mill Textile Museum Lancashire County Council, 01772 534090 Turton Tower 01282 412555, lancashire.gov.uk/museums [email protected] 01204 852203, blackburn.gov.uk Clitheroe Castle Museum 01200 424568, Stephen Irwin, Education Officer, Blackburn Haworth Art Gallery lancashire.gov.uk/museums with Darwen Borough Council 01254 667130 01254 233783, hyndburnbc.gov.uk/hag [email protected] The Whitaker Museum & Art Gallery Gawthorpe Textiles at Gawthorpe Hall 01706 218858, thewhitaker.org Enquire online at www.learningwithplm.org.uk 01282 771004, gawthorpetextiles.org.uk