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ACTIVE LEARNING PROGRAMME

Our Active Learning workshops can complement your work in the classroom and help you meet the requirements of the National Curriculum through:

• access to original objects, paintings and sculptures
• opportunities to handle the 'real thing'
• stimulating, challenging activities led by qualified and experienced teachers
• supporting information sent to all schools on confirmation of booking
• all teaching materials used in the workshops
 
[See also: Active Learning Sessions for  Key Stage 1 , Key Stage 2 and Key Stage 3 and 4]
 
Choose from: 

New Walk Museum & Art Gallery
 
Life in Ancient Egypt [History  KS2
Wild Space: Life Processes and Living Things [Science  KS1 and 2
Every Object Tells a Story [Literacy  KS2]
Expressions of Faith [Religious Education  KS2]
A Journey Through Time… An Introduction to Painting and Visiting an Art Gallery [Art  KS1 and 2]
A Look at Abstract Art - Art in the 20th Century [Art  KS2]
Dinosaurs and Sea Monsters [Science  KS1]

Jewry Wall Museum        
 
Everyday Life in Roman Leicester [History  KS2]
The Life and Death of a Saxon Lady [History  KS2]
Taking the Plunge… A Visit to the Roman Public Baths [History  KS2]    

Abbey Pumping Station
 
Beaming with Health… Death and Disease in Victorian Leicester [History  KS2]
Oh I do like to be… 1950s Seaside Holidays [History  KS1]

Newarke Houses Museum & Gardens
 
World War II Witness - 1940S Childhood Experience [History  KS2]
Toys’ Playtime - Toys and Games [History  KS1]
Houses and Homes… Rooms Through Time [History  KS1]
World War One (History KS3/4)

The Guildhall
 
Crime and Punishment [History  KS2]   
Writer’s Block… Creating Bards in Tudor Leicester [Literacy  KS2]
Medieval Realms (History KS3)

Belgrave Hall Museum & Gardens
 
Below Stairs… The Life of a Victorian Servant [History  KS1 and 2]
A Victorian Christmas [History  KS1 and 2]
Charlotte Ellis [History  KS2]

If there is nothing in the Active Learning programme that meets your needs, we can set up a session for you on any subject on which we hold relevant material.