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Book Us! Somerset Heritage Primary Schools Programme Please contact the CONTACT US! Call: 01823 347451 Somerset Heritage Email: [email protected] or Learning Team to Email: [email protected] Primary Schools Programme Look book your sessions AUTUMN 2012 inside.. or to find out more. ..for lots Somerset Heritage Centre, Taunton Our archives and local studies team can provide tailor-made of exciting archive packs to support your local study. These may include posters, letters, diaries, census returns, maps, illustrations, wills activities! and inventories. CDs containing photographs and documents are available to support your teaching. ‘A Somerset Seaside Holiday’ and ‘Somerset Markets’, £7 each. Call: 01823 347451 Email: [email protected] The Museum of Somerset, Taunton Castle Enhanced Subscribers free Standard subscribers £1.75 per child. Adults free. Pay-as-you-go users £3.50 per child. Adults free. Call: 01823 347451 Email: [email protected] The Museum of Somerset Somerset Rural Life Museum, Glastonbury Somerset Rural Life Museum Enhanced subscribers free. Standard subscribers £1.75 per child. Adults free. Museum Loans for Learning Pay-as-you-go users £3.50 per child. Adults free. Call: 01458 831197 Email: [email protected] In-school sessions Enhanced subscribers free. Standard subscribers £50 per group of up to 35 pupils. Pay-as-you-go users £100 per group of up to 35 pupils. A mileage charge from the resource base in Taunton applies to all bookings: 0-5 miles £5 6-15 miles £15 16-25 miles £25 26-40 miles £40 Over 41 miles £60 Call: 01823 347451 Email: [email protected] Book us! Use real and replica objects in your classroom - free to subscribers! Somerset Harvest – Somerset Rural Life Museum (Up to 26 October) New! Do you want to bring the past alive for your pupils? Borrow a wide A stimulating and active outside session that helps children range of real and replica objects to support creative learning in school. understand harvest time in Victorian Somerset. Dress up in Subjects include History, Science, Art and Design, Geography and costume, use a flail and store food in the Abbey Barn. Turn back Citizenship. time with this exciting hands-on session! News! We deliver loans at the start of term so put your order in now. The Roman Way – The Museum of Somerset Contact us to discuss your needs at Museum Loans for Learning on Explore Roman life in this active 90-minute session. Handle real Roman [email protected] objects, investigate the Frome Hoard and try your hand at writing ‘Roman- style’! Enjoy an additional self-guided Roman experience to complete your investigation into Roman Somerset! Knights and Castles – The Museum of Somerset Taunton Castle Explorers! – The Museum of Somerset A fun-filled 90-minute history investigation, introducing ideas New! Investigate how Taunton Castle has changed over time using different types such as chronology. Dress up as a knight, create your own shield of evidence: the historic castle building, objects and documents. Explore this unique site discovering what life was like for people before the castle and enjoy a story about Princess Eleanor here at Taunton Castle! became a museum. Tudor Life – The Museum of Somerset Homes Long Ago – in school and at the Somerset Rural Life Museum What was life like for people in Tudor Somerset? Dress as a Tudor, write with Lively 90-minute session linked to ‘What were homes like a long time a quill and investigate Tudor documents. Explore a real Tudor Almshouse ago?’ Explore old and new household objects, making connections and discover how homes and buildings have changed over time in this between homes beyond living memory and today. Includes a hands-on 90-minute session. rug making activity and dressing up in costume. Victorian Somerset – in school Investigate life in Victorian Somerset using documents and real objects, Toys of the Past – in school whilst dressed as a Victorian child. Explore more about life in Victorian times Explore toys of the past in a lively 90-minute session. Investigate toys by choosing three activities from ‘changing places’, ‘what children wore’, from Victorian times through to today and discuss differences and ‘work and school’, and ‘play’. This 90-minute session also includes role-play similarities. Look at how they move and what makes them work in this of a Victorian lesson including writing on a slate. hands-on session. Victorian Homes – Somerset Rural Life Museum Active 90-minute session linked to ‘What were homes like a long time Somerset Harvest – Somerset Rural Life Museum ago?’ Dress in costume, and either cook in the farmhouse kitchen or enjoy (Up to 26 October) a laundry activity, depending on the season. Also handle a range of real A stimulating and active outside session that helps children New! objects, and explore the life of a 19th century farm labourer and his understand harvest time in Victorian Somerset. Dress up in family. costume, use a flail and store food in the Abbey Barn. Turn back Teeth and Bones – The Museum of Somerset New! time with this exciting hands-on session! Investigate a variety of teeth and bones in this active 90-minute Science session. Handle replicas and look closely Victorian Homes – Somerset Rural Life Museum at the real thing. Understand what bones do and how they help Active 90-minute session linked to ‘What were homes like a long time people and animals. ago?’ Dress in costume, and either cook in the farmhouse kitchen or Wartime Somerset – in school and at the Somerset Rural Life Museum enjoy a laundry activity, depending on the season. Also handle a range Handle objects, use local photos and archive documents to bring Somerset’s of real objects, and explore the life of a 19th century farm labourer and wartime story alive. From putting out an incendiary bomb to secret code his family. cracking, this 90-minute session will turn your classroom into World War Two! Monmouth Rebellion – The Museum of Somerset Victorian Christmas – Somerset Rural Life Museum An action-packed full-day session exploring the Monmouth Rebellion! Re- Join us for a fun-filled seasonal session. Learn about a Victorian home enact the Battle of Sedgemoor, investigate objects and documents from at Christmas, make decorations and have a go at cooking in the 19th 1685, and explore the place where several prisoners spent their last night century farmhouse kitchen. before execution. Does the punishment fit the crime? Teeth and Bones – The Museum of Somerset Christmas – Somerset Rural Life Museum Investigate a variety of teeth and bones in this active New! (Special session from 10th December) 90-minute Science session. Handle replicas and look closely Join us for a fun-filled seasonal session. Learn about a Victorian home at at the real thing. Understand what bones do and how they help Christmas, make decorations and have a go at cooking in the 19th century Reception & Key Stage 1 people and animals. farmhouse kitchen. Key Stage 2.
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