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Combined Lockdown Report KEY AIMS DELIVER UNIQUE BENEFITS TO OUR AUDIENCES AND COMMUNITIES WORK TOWARDS FINANCIAL RESILIENCE CAPITALISE ON THE SKILLS, NETWORKS AND SYSTEMS WITHIN THE JEWISH MUSEUM LONDON POSITION THE MUSEUM WELL INTO THE ‘NEW NORMAL’ LOCKDOWN IMPACT REPORT Part 1: March–August 2020, Part 2: September 2020 - March 2021 OUR ACHIEVEMENTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR Since the start of the national Lockdown the Museum has gone through Virtual Tours and Events a lot of changes, including pivoting our resources to create a digital museum experience. Throughout this time we have prioritised providing the best possible learning experience, continuing to engage with our 21 community and partners, and utilising our collection. We are so proud of the incredible successes we've been able to achieve, and the skills, 6 25 creativity, and resourcefulness of our whole team. EXCLUSIVE EVENTS Schools and Learning TOURS ON ROTATION FOR FRIENDS AND PATRONS PUBLIC TOURS AND EVENTS 6,790 6,462 1,830 4 1,700 15 STUDENTS ATTENDED STUDENTS VISITED OUR STUDENTS INTERACTED FACILITATED SESSIONS VIRTUAL CLASSROOMS WITH OUR MUSEUM IN A BOX ENGAGEMENT OF OVER 1,700 CURIOUS MINDS DEMENTIA CURIOUS EXPLORERS PEOPLE FOR OUR PUBLIC EVENTS FRIENDLY WORKSHOPS AUTISM FRIENDLY SESSIONS 56 Livestreamed Events Behind The Scenes 10 48,852 CPD SESSIONS FOR TEACHERS TEACHERS ATTENDED OUR USERS ON OUR ONLINE TEACHERS' TEACHERS PORTAL CPD SESSIONS 163 300 17,000 Digital Engagement NEARLY 17,000 PEOPLE VIDEOS RELEASED VIEWED OUR OBJECT TALKS NEARLY 300 COLLECTION SUBSCRIBE REQUESTS WERE ANSWERED LIVE 17,000 NEW NEARLY 17,000 PEOPLE NEARLY 1,000 OVER 119,000 3,386 VIEWED OUR FAMILIES OVER 19,000 NEW TWITTER FOLLOWERS REACH OF FACEBOOK POSTS NEW YOUTUBE SUBSCRIBERS LIVE MUSEUM MORNINGS ACTIVITY PACKS 2 Lockdown Impact Report Combined Stats jewishmuseum.org.uk 3 Contents MEET THE TEAM 2 Meet the Team Change in Leadership at the Museum Welcome from Nick Viner, Chair of Trustees Trustees Staff Schools and Teachers The last few months have been incredibly Jamie Beaumont challenging for all of us. I would like to offer my heartfelt thanks to our staff Jonathan Gestetner 4 and to our Board who have worked with energy, enthusiasm and deep Lady Wendy Levene commitment to ensure we have been Nick Viner Virtual Tours able to thrive in this new environment. Becks Armstrong Lisa Shames Jemima Jarman Ron Shelley, MBE and Events I would also like to thank our funders Interim COO Senior Learning Consultant Collections who have stood by us to preserve Tali Krikler Manager Manager 6 the community’s collective history and heritage, and who have supported us in finding new ways to Tanya Persey enable engagement with our audiences. Livestreamed Thank you also to all our members, volunteers, and online visitors Events for remaining involved, encouraging and supportive. Volunteers I look forward to working alongside all of you as we move the 8 museum forward. The museum has over 100 committed Shereen Hunte Emma Crew Helen Atkinson volunteers who generously donate Learning Officer Engagement Officer Operations and Behind Welcome from Frances Jeens, Interim Director their time and expertise to the museum Finance Officer in a variety of ways. Volunteers help the Scenes us preserve the community’s heritage, enable access to collections and Although many of you know my passion support our education programmes for 11 for our museum already and have worked both young people and adults. Their alongside me these past eight years, support is invaluable to the museum. I have to say that stepping up into the new role of Interim Director during the UK Throughout lockdown we have lockdown has certainly been a challenge. continued to communicate with our Partnerships volunteer team, sending weekly activity Rhiannon Parkinson Eliana Mendelsohn Hannah Ziegler There have been many things to consider packs, launching our monthly volunteer Museum and Learning Assistant Intern from Action and work through but this Impact Report forums and organising engaging events. Operations Officer Reconciliation Service 14 shows our highlights and the positive for Peace International effect we are having on a daily basis with We have run 7 tours for our volunteers Programme (ARSP) our audiences. including a virtual volunteer trip to the Peace Museum, Bradford. At the beginning of lockdown I implemented a fast pivot of all our Next Steps programmes to the digital world. Within a week the team were livestreaming and by May we had launched our Virtual Classrooms 16 for schools. The new partnerships have been invigorating and the feedback has been extraordinary. We have engaged with over 40,000 THE MUSEUM HAS OVER people through these programmes in just five months and revealed objects that are usually kept in store. My focus for the museum is to enable access to our world renowned collection in as many ways and to as many people as possible. Our new 100 project; The Object Lending Library will the first development on this road. COMMITTED VOLUNTEERS I have always felt the museum is a community, and these past few months have shown that in ways I could never have imagined. 4 Lockdown Impact Report Part 1 jewishmuseum.org.uk 5 SCHOOLS AND TEACHERS Case Study Virtual Classrooms Schools and teachers were our first priority as lockdown began. Name of Lead Teacher: Saima Year Group: Teachers immediately reached out to us asking for support in teaching Year 6 the curriculum in the new and challenging distance learning environment. Workshop info: Saima booked for her entire Year 6 The subjects we teach rely on students having the opportunity to directly class of 150 students to take part in engage with our learning team staff so our challenge was to launch a the Virtual Classrooms. They chose the workshop Torah: Synagogue and digital education service that enabled this core part of our learning values. Sacred Objects which covers the importance of the Torah as central to Jewish life, how it is treated, interpreted and beautified. Quotes from teachers Virtual Classrooms LIVE who used our resources What the school teachers said about the workshop We developed and launched our innovative Virtual Classrooms in May. 70% SECONDARY 600+ My pupils loved this workshop! It was both highly engaging as well as Our aim was to enable face to face really interesting! We were very impressed with the content: the pupils teaching between our staff and students. SCHOOLS AND 30% A good introduction to the Torah and saw and heard so many new things. It was all highly relevant and really The programme received large interest PRIMARY SCHOOLS “ other sources of authority. Beneficial extended what the pupils already knew form their learning in class. with hundreds of students taking part TOOK PART for teachers teaching GCSE and want in the pilot programme between May to extend their knowledge beyond The session was engaging and interactive despite being a virtual and July. Through this platform we have WE FACILITATED LIVE SESSIONS TO OVER the curriculum. session over Zoom. The session leader interacted with the children continued with live delivery to students 600 STUDENTS BETWEEN MAY AND JULY ” really well, asked accessible questions and allowed all children to at both primary and secondary schools learn and make progress within the session. across the UK. The programme has proved so popular it is now a core part of OUR ONLINE TEACHING RESOURCES I really enjoyed the fact it was a virtual session – this could definitely our learning service and bookings have REACHED AN ESTIMATED Please continue these be the way forward as it takes away the cost of coaches and the need been taken for autumn term and beyond. even when COVID is over for risk assessments. “ as online CPD allows 20,000 600,000 more teachers to access! Learning Portal STUDENTS (THAT'S EVERY TEACHER ” What our Learning Team said about the workshop (built with generous funding REACHING 30 STUDENTS) The Virtual Classrooms have been the highlight of working from home. from KC Sasha Foundation) Where so much has changed due to COVID-19, it has been lovely to have the opportunity to continue to connect with both Primary and NEARLY 20,000 TEACHERS The session clarified many Our Learning Portal for teachers and I thought Shereen was really nice and misconceptions I myself had as a Secondary students. Virtual workshops offer a great opportunity to USED OUR LEARNING PORTAL “ students was launched in 2018 thanks “ happy. She told us that we could ask beginner teacher, and I was able continue to share our collection and have young people and their to generous funding from the KC any questions about Judaism and to access problematic pedagogy. teachers engage with it, whilst allowing them to feel safe and confident Sasha Foundation. At the beginning of the Torah and I got to ask 2 of mine. during this time. lockdown we invested time in creating Supporting Teachers She told me I had worked really hard ” new content and enabling new search and I felt proud I knew facts. As many of our workshops focus on Jewish festivals and special days, functions to support students with We wanted to support teachers with the Virtual Classrooms have come to honestly and authentically independent learning from home. both their professional learning (CPD) ” A well-paced, resource rich and represent Jewish ritual and religious life during the pandemic – where and their wellbeing during lockdown. opportunity to ask and receive many members of the community have also had to bring their Torah The portal hosts video, audio and object We learnt about the Torah and how it “ To do this we ran six sessions: answers to questions that text services, Shabbat meals, and Seders to a virtual space. content entirely created and uploaded is all handwritten.
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