Primary School Workshops for 2019 – 2020
Workshop | Description | Timings and prices |
Ride a Cock Horse to Banbury Cross! Foundation Stage and Key Stage 1 | With toys, songs, costumes, sounds, smells and textures this lively session introduces young children to the Museum and key topics in Banbury’s history. A first introduction to local history and museum learning for the very young. | One hour workshop £2.50 per child |
Toys and Childhood Key Stage 1 | In this highly interactive cross-curricular workshop, pupils use toys and games to explore the past through the eyes of children. What was life like in the past? Was technology different and how did this affect everyday life? Explore chronology, key historical concepts and new words through the familiar themes of toys and domestic life. | 10am to 2pm £6.00 per child; lunchroom included. |
On the Cut – Canal Experience Key Stage 1 | How are canals different from rivers? Why were they needed and how do they work? When was the canal like a motorway? Who lived and worked on canals? With real objects, costume, role play and a trip on a traditional narrow boat, this workshop links to history, geography, art and STEM subjects. | 10am to 2pm £8.50 per child Boat trip and lunchroom included. |
C for Yourself! Foundation Stage, Key Stage 1 and SEND pupils | Play eye spy and explore the region’s history with this fun, multi-sensory workshop featuring sound, smells and textures. Discover all the Cs, including Banbury’s Cross, castle, canal, cheese, cake, custard and much more. A perfect introduction to local history and museum learning. With options to extend your day with a narrow boat trip, session in the PYE Gallery or self-led activity. | Timings vary according to your needs. £2.50 for up to one hour workshop. |
Take One Picture: ‘The High Street, Oxford’ by JMW Turner Key Stages 1 and 2 | For four months in late 2019, Banbury Museum is showing The Young Turner, an exhibition curated by the Ashmolean, featuring works by world famous painter, JMW Turner. As a child and young man, Joseph Turner stayed with relatives near Oxford and painted several local scenes, including ‘The High Street, Oxford, a fabulous record of this beautiful street 200 years ago. Click here for more information Based on the National Gallery’s Take One Picture programme, Banbury Museum’s 60 minute workshop brings this painting to life, stimulating study across the curriculum, including a city street through time, working lives in history, construction, architecture, techniques in art and Oxford as a city of learning. | 30th September 2019 – 10th January 2020 One hour workshop. £2.00 per child. |
Banbury and the Battle of Britain Key Stage 2 | Explore the region’s vital role in winning the Battle of Britain, supplying the RAF with metal from the Alcan factory for Spitfires. Find out how the decoy building saved the real factory from bombing raids and discover what life was like for men, women and children on the Home Front. With real objects, costume, role play and film this workshop shows how ordinary people – as well as ‘the few’ brave pilots – played a vital part in winning the Second World War. | 10am to 2pm £6.00 per child; lunchroom included. |
Victorian Britain Key Stage 2 | Rich or poor, find out what it was like growing up in Victorian times. How did technological change affect life at home and at work? Explore the ideas of reform not revolution and decide whether it was a good time to be a child. With real objects, costumes and role play, discover why the Victorian era was so important. | 10am to 2pm £6.00 per child; lunchroom included. |
Waterways – Major highways to modern holidays Key Stage 2
| Explore the Oxford Canal – once the M40 of its day – with a trip on a traditional narrow boat and a range of hands-on activities. Discover the changing role of the waterway from the Industrial Revolution and the early Victorian heyday to the present day. Why were the canals once so vital and why do we value them today? With real objects, role play and hands-on activities this workshop supports history and geography. | 10am to 2pm £8.50 per child Boat trip and lunchroom included. |
Innovate! – Market town to mechanised hub Key Stage 2 | From a small market town, find out how Banbury’s products – cloth, iron machinery, custard and more – became internationally renowned through the enterprise of local innovators in transport, engineering, food tech and commerce. Explore how these innovators solved everyday problems and led the growth and development of the region. With real objects, role play and hands-on activities this workshop supports STEM subjects, enterprise and local history. | 10am to 2pm £6.00 per child; lunchroom included. |
The Romans are coming! Key Stage 2 | OUTREACH ONLY – available from November 2019 Handle real Roman artefacts and try on a replica slave collar, a Legionary’s armour and more, in this lively workshop in your classroom. | One hour workshop £75 (subsequent sessions £45) |
for details and to book please contact the Learning Coordinator, Vicki Wood
Outreach
If you would like us to visit you, we can deliver the above themes as outreach sessions at your school. For a one hour session we charge £75.00, including travel. Subsequent sessions on the same day and on the same theme are £45.00.
Self-led visits to the Museum
Self-led school visits to the Banbury Gallery and Waterways Gallery are FREE of charge. PLEASE BOOK to avoid clashes with other school visits. For a small fee we can offer an introduction and/or resources to facilitate your visit. See below for visits to the PYE Gallery.
SEND groups and individuals
We very much welcome children with special needs. All our workshops are accessible to children with special needs in mainstream education. The workshop C for Yourself! has been piloted by pupils with moderate to severe learning difficulties from Frank Wise School in Banbury and is suitable for SEND groups. For groups of SEND pupils we always have a quiet room available during workshops. Please do contact us for further information about our facilities and practice.
PYE Gallery
Every few months there is a different exhibition in Banbury Museum’s new PYE Gallery. We attract shows from top national and international venues and feature well-known artists and unique collections, as well as local talent. Here’s how to make the most of the PYE Gallery:
for Key Stages 1 and 2, as detailed above.
Teacher’s pre-visits to the Museum
We advise teachers to visit the Museum before bringing their groups. If possible, please contact us to arrange this.
Can’t find what you’re looking for?
Banbury Museum’s learning programme is always evolving. Please do contact us with your ideas for future workshops and sessions.
Teachers’ Twilight Evening Thursday 3 October 3.30pm to 5.30pm
A lot has happened at Banbury Museum in the last 9 months – the new PYE gallery, new teaching staff and new Primary workshops, with more under development. Come and see for yourself with a drink overlooking the canal at our Teachers’ Twilight Evening on Thursday 3 October. Drop in from 3.30pm. If you’re arriving after 5.00pm please come to the door in Spiceball Park Road. If possible RSVP to vicki.wood@banburymuseum.org
Unless an alternative date can be found,
Visits cancelled within 28 days of the school visit will incur a 50% cancellation fee.
Visits cancelled within 7 days of the school visit will incur a 100% cancellation fee.
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