Museums and Galleries Primary School Membership Scheme 2021-22

We know cross-curricular object based arts and cultural learning raises attainment in primary pupils.

• Participation in structured arts and cultural activities can increase cognitive abilities by 17%, meaning they become better at learning to learn 1 • Learning through arts and culture improves attainment in Maths and English2 • Students from low-income families who take part in arts and cultural activities at school are three times more likely to get a degree3

Leeds Museums and Galleries (LMG) are committed to giving as many children as possible access to object learning whether that’s in the classroom or on visits to museums and galleries. We also recognise that teachers’ time is precious, and we want to make systems streamlined as possible.

Primary School Membership

Our Primary School Membership scheme gives you access to object loans for your classroom, workshops across our 9 museums, support with resourcing and curriculum planning, and CPD packages.

Our primary school membership scheme includes all you need to increase access to object based and cultural capital rich learning. There are three membership packages: Bronze, Silver and Gold.

These have been developed in consultation with primary teachers in the city, piloted in Leeds schools, and are based on the services we know people use, or would like to, across Leeds Museums and Galleries and the city.

Leeds Museums and Galleries hold 1.3 million objects in trust. We say all objects can be handled given proper risk assessment of people, place and object. This is highly unusual in museums, as most services have separate, unaccessioned object handling collection for schools use. We have accessioned the best of the Artemis collection to become part of the main LMG collection. This means that your school will have access to the whole collection, rather than just a selection of objects.

1 Culture and Sport Evidence Review (2010) p29 2 US study: Catterall (2012) p12; supported by UK study: Taylor et al (2015) p88 and LMG SEND (2015-17) 3 US study: Catterall (2012), p14-16

Loans are for a half term at a time, and teachers must collect and return boxes to either the Leeds Discovery Centre (Hunslet), Leeds Industrial Museum (Armley), Abbey House Museum (), (City centre) or House.

Extra boxes can be borrowed at an additional one off cost of £60 for membership schools.

Included in all tiers of membership: • Annual all staff training session on best practice object based learning, new research, impacts on practice and local resources • Discounts on bespoke LMG teacher CPD sessions (virtual or face to face) • Priority access for inclusion in special projects (including artist-led programmes) • Assistance and support with cultural and curriculum planning including local history, diversity and Arts Award / Artsmark (as Artsmark Partners) • Annual opportunities to help LMG develop and shape our schools programme

Membership is for the whole school and will run from 1 September – 31 August each year. Packages can be purchased directly through [email protected] or through Leeds for Learning.

Bronze membership £550 per year

Also included in Bronze:

• 6 object loans boxes per year • 2 workshop credits (one 1.5-2hr workshop, or two 1 hour virtual/KS1 workshops) • 1 whole school/year group assembly (20 mins)

Each flight case sized loan box will contain around six curated objects based on popular National Curriculum themes, and Leeds Curriculum stories. Objects will be pre-selected by Learning Officers and Curators to give you the best possible resource and the greatest amount of flexibility. Supporting resources written by learning professionals, teachers and pupils can be found on mylearning.org (this may include: object information, additional films, 3D images, and suggested cross curricular classroom activities), or through the Museum From Home box linked videos and resources available on our website, museumsandgalleries.leeds.gov.uk.

Silver membership £1550 per year

Also included in Silver:

• 8 object loans boxes per year (for details see Bronze level) • 8 workshop credits (four 1.5-2 hour workshops or eight 1 hour virtual/KS1 workshops) • 2 whole school/year group assemblies • Invites for four staff and/or pupils to LMG exhibition previews during the year

Workshops can be taken at any Leeds Museums and Galleries venue (Leeds City Museum, , Abbey House Museum, , Leeds Industrial Museum, Thwaite Watermill, Temple Newsam House, and Leeds Discovery Centre). We still operate on a first come, first served basis, so you will still need to book well in advance. Our full school programme is available here: museumsandgalleries.leeds.gov.uk/engage/learn/

Extra workshops can be purchased at the standard rate of £72 for a 1.5-2hr workshop.

Gold membership £2100 per year

Also included in Gold:

• 10 object loans boxes per year (for details see Bronze level) • 10 workshop credits (five 1.5-2 hour workshops or ten 1 hour virtual/KS1 workshops) • 4 whole school/ year group assemblies • Invites for four staff and/or pupils to an LMG exhibition preview during the year • Either: a whole staff teacher CPD day tailored to your needs (6hrs), three 2hr twilight/day workshops, six 1 hour sessions, or a mixture of the above. Timings for teacher CPD workshops will be booked in on first come, first served basis.

To discuss membership, please contact: Emily Nelson, Learning and Access Officer (Membership), or James Ward, Membership Assistant, on 0113 37 82100 or [email protected].