School Learning
Programme
Wakefield Museums and Castles
Sessions for Schools
September 2016 - July 2017
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School Learning Programme
School
Learning
Programme
We can help you
bring the excitement
to learning!
About Us
Our programme uses the museums’ rich
collections, local landmarks and history to
create memorable and interactive learning
experiences. All sessions are flexible and can
be adapted to meet your needs.
If you don’t find the topic you are looking
for, just let us know. We always welcome
suggestions for new topics and ways to help
you.
We look forward to welcoming you and your
pupils.
For enquiries or more information,
please call 01924 302700 or email:
[email protected]
Information about our existing workshops,
news sessions and ‘Specials Weeks’ will be
shown on our learning blog:
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£58 for workshops delivered at one of our
sites
£112 for ‘special’ sessions (such as those
lasting 4 hours plus)
September 2016 - July 2017 Sessions for Schools
£102 for workshops delivered in-school (£153
for two, or £179 for three sessions run in one
day)
Book 5 sessions in a school year and get a
6th free (if all booked at the same time. The
workshops will be invoiced at the time of
booking to be paid in advance)
Free Sessions!
We often offer free pilots for new sessions
on a first-come, first-served basis. This is
to enable us to refine the content prior to
general release, so it is a condition of taking
up a free session that you are willing to
give us detailed feedback and take part in
promotional photography as necessary. To be
sure of hearing about free pilots on offer, sign
up to our teachers’ mailing list by emailing
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Castleford Museum
Pontefract Museum
Burton Street
Wakefield
WF1 2DD
Carlton Street
Castleford
WF10 1BB
Salter Row
Pontefract WF8 1BA
Follow the themes of wealth and
power, hardship and hope, passion
and belief, love and war, work and
home.
From an Iron Age chariot to a
Roman’s hobnail sandal, not
forgetting marbles, rugby, mining
and pottery! The museum invites
visitors to follow the history of
Castleford from the Bronze Age to
the modern day.
Pontefract Museum is situated in
the town centre and is packed full of
life, history and artefacts tracing the
history of the growth of Pontefract
Town, from life under siege at
the castle during the Civil War, to
working in the liquorice factories,
to life in a workhouse; and a room
dedicated to the local glass industry.
Plus, discover the extraordinary life
of Charles Waterton, a pioneering
Victorian eco-warrior, explorer and
Yorkshireman.
Workshop costs
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Wakefield Museum
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The early life of Henry Moore, one
of Castleford’s most famous sons,
is explored using objects from the
beginning of his career as a world
famous artist.
The museum also has a research
room, for investigating all things
Pontefract, and a programme of
temporary exhibitions.
Pontefract Castle
Castle Chain NEW SESSIONS!
Pontefract
Contact us if you would
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be interested in taking
part in a FREE pilot
Known at the Key to the North,
session during the
this Royal Castle was once one
Autumn Term 2016.
of the most important fortresses
in the country. It was frequently
at the centre of national events,
acting as fortress and temporary
home for lords and kings. It was
also a prison and armoury up to its
demolition in 1649. You can visit
the underground dungeon cut out
of the solid rock and see where
Civil War prisoners carved their
names into the cell walls.
The new Learning Centre will open
in September 2016. We will be
piloting workshops in the space
over the autumn term with formal
bookings being taken from January
2017.
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Outreach
Session Programme
We can bring the museum to you!
Reception - KS1
William’s Castle
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KS1
Create a Castle Story
How Did We Live in the Past?
Toys of the Past
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KS1 and 2
Who was Charles Waterton?
Sweet Success
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Many of our workshops are also
offered as Outreach, at a time and
date to suit you - and most can be
adapted to fit in with your timetable.
We are looking for teachers to
provide consultation for these
new sessions - if you would be
interested in taking part in FREE
pilot sessions at the castle from
September to December 2016
please email museumslearning@
wakefield.gov.uk
(See programme listings for
session details). In taking part in
a FREE pilot session, you must
agree to give a full feedback
on the session and take part in
promotional photography/filming as necessary.
We do recommend visiting the
museum for your workshops
whenever possible, but understand
that this isn’t always practical, so we
are happy to come to you.
KS2
Egyptian Artefacts
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The Romans in Castleford
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Anglo-Saxon Village
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Vikings!15
Fashion Fantastic
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Animation Creation
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Greek pots
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1940s Housewife
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Medieval Food
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Pontefract Castle: Site Tour and Poetry
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Battle of Wakefield: Tour, Objects and Poetry
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Iron Age Chariot
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Industrial Wakefield
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The Value of Money
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Stepping Into the Stone Age
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Bronze Age Beakers
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Fascinating Fossils!
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sessions available in-school.
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KS2 and 3
Enquire, Discover and Film!
Deconstructing the Castle
Skeleton Secrets: Investigating Ancient Bones
The British Civil War: Sieges in Pontefract
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KS3 and 4
Medieval Medicine
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Special Educational Needs
Jungles and Rainforests: SEN Workshop
Life in a Medieval Castle: SEN Workshop
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Other services for schools
How to Book
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William’s Castle
Create a Castle Story
Notes
Key Stage: Reception - KS1
Key Stage: 1
Links to history, literacy and speaking and
listening skills are developed throughout this
workshop.
Links to history, literacy and speaking and
listening skills are developed throughout this
workshop.
Who used to live in a castle?
Can your pupils imagine they are
dragons?
What was it like living here?
What story will pupils create about
the castle?
These sessions offer our youngest visitors
a chance to get creative whilst discovering
the topic of Castles. It is a stimulating mix of
looking, listening, talking and storytelling.
You are inside your dragon egg. You can hear
strange noises all around. Get ready to hatch
and take a journey with us around Pontefract
Castle to discover what life was like here in
medieval times.
Children will experience what castle life was
like through looking at costume, objects and
listening to William’s story.
Using imagination and enquiry skills we
will assist pupils to create their own castle
story by using drama, literacy and historical
investigation.
Workshop includes:
• An interactive storytelling session
• Object handling
Duration: 1 hour 30 min
Venue: In school
• An interactive story creating session
• Object handling
See page 4 for details
• Site tour
Duration: 2 hours
Venue: Pontefract Castle
It was very enjoyable
and pitched at the
correct level
Available from January 2017
Please Note: The content and delivery of this
workshop may change slightly in response
to the feedback collected through the pilot
process. An up-to-date Teachers’ Pack will be
sent on booking.
South Ossett Infants’ Academy
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NEW SESSION!
Contact us if you would
be interested in taking
part in a FREE pilot
session during the
Autumn Term 2016.
Workshop includes:
• Presentation of site images
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How did we live in the past?
Toys of the past
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Key Stage: 1
Key Stage: 1
Links to history, drama (role-play) and speaking
and listening skills are related throughout the
workshop.
Links to history, science (materials) and speaking
and listening are developed throughout the
workshop.
How did people live in Victorian
Wakefield?
What sorts of toys did children play
with in the past century?
How are household chores different
today?
What materials were they made out of?
What gadgets did people use?
How did they work?
Pupils will meet Anne Dixon, Victorian resident of 126
Nelson Street, Wakefield, who will discuss her daily
routine at home.
This session is an excellent introduction to learning
about the past, with the opportunity to handle real
and replica toys from the last 100 years. Explore
the roles that toys play in people’s lives, discover
the materials toys have been made from over the
years and learn how to estimate the age of old
toys.
Pupils will be encouraged to examine mystery
Victorian household objects and help Anne in her
chores to discover how people used to live in
Wakefield.
Workshop includes:
Workshop includes:
• Handling original and replica objects
• Role-play
• Object handling of original artefacts
• Become an object detective - examine objects to discover their hidden secrets
• Developing thinking, listening and questioning
skills
• Learning through play
Duration: 1 hour
Duration: 1 hour 30 min on site or 1 hour in
school
You can extend your visit to the museum by taking a
self-led look around after your workshop - just ask a
member of the team for more details.
Venue: Wakefield Museum or in school
Venue: Wakefield Museum
The workshop was pitched
at exactly the correct
level and was a perfect
stimulus to begin our topic
The workshop was
very well organised
and enjoyable
Ossett South Parade Primary
Thank you for a fantastic
learning workshop. It was
thoroughly enjoyed by all the staff
and children. Superb delivery
Girnhill Infant School
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Towngate Primary School
Who was Charles Waterton?
Sweet Success
Notes
Key Stage: 1 and 2
Links to science, habitats, local history,
geography and literacy are related throughout
this workshop.
Reception
Key Stage: 1
and 2 - KS1
history, literacy,
and listening
Links to science,
history speaking
and design
skills are relatedare
throughout
workshop.this
and technology
developedthethroughout
workshop.
What links Wakefield to the rainforests
of Guyana?
Like it or loathe it - this incredible plant
can be used for many things.
Why should we care about wildlife
habitats?
What do pupils know about this once
locally grown product?
Why is Waterton important to
Wakefield’s past?
Can they market a new product for the
future?
Pontefract was once a main location for the
production of liquorice in England. Over time
the plant’s use changed from a purely medicinal
ingredient to that of a flavour in sweets for mass
production.
Wakefield man, Charles Waterton, was a great
Victorian naturalist. His ideas may have been
perceived as eccentric in his time, but are now seen
as forward thinking. We will look at why this man is
important to us locally and within the wider world.
We will look at medieval/Tudor recipes containing
liquorice, and how the ingredient was marketed to
the masses in the 20th Century.
Along with discussion about Waterton’s life, pupils
will have the opportunity to see pages from his
diaries and have a go at writing with a quill and ink.
Workshop includes:
Workshop includes:
• Discussing liquorice growing at the castle
• Object handling - old sweet packaging
• Handling liquorice root
• Seeing a liquorice plant growing at the castle
• Participating in a design activity
• Learning about animals and birds Charles
Waterton came across in the Rainforests and at
home
• Finding out about habitats
• Introduction to explorer Charles Waterton
• Writing with a quill
Duration: 1 hour 30 min on site or 1 hour in school
Venue: Pontefract Castle or in school
Duration: 1 hour 30 min on site or 1 hour in
This workshop may be used to support your Arts
Award and Artsmark projects.
school
Venue: Wakefield Museum or in school
You can extend your visit by taking a self-led
look around the castle, or taking the short walk
to Pontefract Museum where there is a liquorice
display in the main gallery - just ask a member of the team for more details.
Excellent workshop appropriate to the age of the
children. Children really enjoyed
it and learnt a lot. Thank you
Available to book at Pontefract Castle from January 2017
Snapethorpe Primary School
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Egyptian Artefacts
The Romans in Castleford
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Reception - KS1
Key Stage: 2
history,
speaking
and
listening
Links to art
and literacy,
design, literacy
and
history
are
skills are related
throughout
the workshop.
developed
throughout
this workshop.
Key Stage: 2
Why do we have Egyptian artefacts in
the Wakefield Museums’ collections?
How did Romans end up living in
Castleford?
What can these artefacts tell us?
What evidence did they leave
behind?
Links to history, literacy and speaking and
listening skills are developed throughout this
workshop.
Pupils will learn how our collection of ancient
Egyptian artefacts came to be in Wakefield thanks
to two Victorian men called William. Working in
small groups they will then take a close up look
at some of these amazing artefacts, trying to
determine what they are and what they reveal
about life and death in ancient Egypt.
In this interactive workshop pupils learn how
Castleford was a very important centre for trade
and commerce in Roman times.
They will have the opportunity to examine real
and replica artefacts of the type made and used
in Roman Castleford and use these objects to
answer questions and draw conclusions about
what life was like in the ancient town.
Pupils will also learn about some of the Egyptian
gods and goddesses portrayed on the artefacts
and design and name Egyptian style gods and
goddesses of their very own!
Workshop includes:
• Identifying objects from the past
• Listening and discussion skills
• Handling real and replica Roman objects
• Identifying objects and drawing conclusions
• Working cooperatively in groups
• Drawing gods/goddesses
Duration: 1 hour 15 min on site or 1 hour in
• Writing names in hieroglyphs
school
Duration: 1 hour 15 min on site or 1 hour in school
Venue: Castleford Museum or in school
Workshop includes:
• Examining real Egyptian artefacts
Venue: Wakefield Museum or in school
This workshop may be used to support your
Arts Award and Artsmark projects.
The children were engrossed
with the artefacts. They really
took an interest in what they
were and how they were made
Very clear and detailed - excellent
vocab to extend knowledge. Children
did not want to leave
South Crosland C of E Junior School
St Joseph’s Catholic Primary School
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Anglo-Saxon Village
Vikings!
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Notes
Reception - KS1
Key Stage: 2
history,
literacy,
speaking
and listening
Links to local
history,
drama
and speaking
and
skills are skills
related
workshop.
listening
arethroughout
developedthe
throughout
this
workshop.
Key Stage: 2
Could your pupils survive a year as
Anglo-Saxons?
A log boat, a spoon and a piece of
pottery - what do these objects tell us
about Vikings in the district?
Links to local history, geography and literacy are
developed throughout this workshop.
Divided into families, pupils will have to work
together in order to settle disputes and trade goods
in order to survive.
From a simple hair comb to a boat that crossed
the Calder, pupils will look at trade, transport and
domestic life in the Viking era. Handling replica Viking
objects and viewing real Viking age artefacts, pupils
will discuss the significance that each item would
have had to villagers of the time.
Pupils will develop a sense of community through
organisation and problem-solving, developing an
empathy with people from the past.
Pupils will discover the history behind the log boat
from Stanley Ferry, learn how objects in museum
collections can tell us about the past and develop
empathy with people from the past.
Workshop includes:
• Role-play and costumes
• Object handling (replicas)
• Problem-solving
Workshop includes:
• Study a Viking era log boat
• Use local area maps
• Learn a Viking game
• Handle replica objects
Duration: 2 hours
Venue: Wakefield Museum or in school
Duration: 1 hour 30 min
Venue: Wakefield Museum
A fantastic morning for
the children to help bring
their topic alive! Very well
organised and carried out!
Enjoyable afternoon for
all children and adults appropriate activities for age
group and varied content
Towngate Primary School
St Michaels CE Academy
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Fashion Fantastic
Animation Creation
Notes
Reception - KS1
Key Stage: 2
literacy,
speaking
and listening
Links to history, art
and design,
computing
and
skills are related
throughout
speaking
and listening
skills the
are workshop.
developed
throughout this workshop.
Reception - KS1
Key Stage: 2
speaking and
Links to history, literacy, computing
andlistening
speaking
skillslistening
are related
the workshop.
and
skillsthroughout
are developed
throughout this
workshop.
How have the fashions of the past
shaped the way we dress today?
How digitally creative can your pupils
get?
What objects on display will pupils
choose to inspire their own designs?
Which piece of a picture will they
develop into a bigger story?
This session offers pupils the chance to be creative
using digital technology. Using the historical
costume and natural history objects on display
at Wakefield Museum we will challenge pupils to
design a new piece of clothing.
Will the caiman get his revenge or the
nondescript come to life?
• Using images and objects for inspiration
These sessions offer pupils the chance to
be creative with digital technology. Using the
Waterton collection and the life of a Victorian
explorer as inspiration, pupils will create a
short piece of digital animation (on iPads) about
rainforests and the animals that live in them.
• Digital creativity
Workshop includes:
Workshop includes:
• Discussion and enquiry
• Use an image to springboard enquiry
Duration: 2 hours
• Digital creativity
Venue: Wakefield Museum
• Opportunity to reflect on work created
This workshop may be used to support your
Arts Award and Artsmark projects.
Duration: 2 hours maximum on site or 1 hour 15 min in school
Venue: Wakefield Museum or in school
This workshop may be used to support your
Arts Award and Artsmark projects.
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Greek Pots
1940s Housewife
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Key Stage: 2
Key Stage: 2
Links to history, literacy and art and design are
developed throughout this workshop.
Links to local history, history (significant event WW2), literacy and art and design are developed
throughout this workshop.
What can a piece of pottery tell us
about the past?
How did WW2 affect people at home in
England?
What were the names the Greeks gave
to different pots?
How did rationing affect daily life?
What was life like for children in
wartime?
Pupils will investigate what uses different
types of pots had in Greek society. With
ancient objects to inspire them, pupils will
use their senses and enquiry skills to create
personification poems.
Meet our WW2 housewife in this workshop
focusing on food and rationing. Pupils will have the
chance to handle ration books and other objects
from the 1940s and find out what life was like for
children living in Wakefield during the war.
Workshop includes:
• Handling real and replica objects
• Sensory enquiry
• Creation of poetry
Workshop includes:
• Designing a Dig for Victory garden to scale
• Object handling
• Devising a menu on rations
Duration: 1 hour
Duration: 1.5 hours on site or 1 hour in school
Venue: Wakefield Museum or in school
Venue: Wakefield Museum or in school
A fantastic session that was
engaging and incorporated
many skills
St Michaels CE Academy
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Medieval Food
Pontefract Castle: Site Tour and Poetry
Notes
Reception - KS1
Key Stage: 2
history, literacy,
speaking
and listening
Links to science
and history
are developed
skills are related
throughout the workshop.
throughout
the workshop.
Reception - KS1
Key Stage: 2
history, literacy,
speaking
and listening
Links to science
and history
are developed
skills are related
throughout the workshop.
throughout
the workshop.
What sort of food did medieval people
eat?
Who used to live in a castle?
What is a balanced diet?
Using the ruins of Pontefract Castle and historic
objects from the collections, pupils will create a
short poem about the history of the site.
What was it like living here?
How can we make food more interesting?
Looking at food and ingredients available in the
medieval era, this KS2 session has been designed
to encourage thinking about eating choices in a
non-confrontational manner.
This session includes approximately 1 hour spent
touring the site in order to collect information and
inspire poems about the day-to-day life of those
who lived and worked in the castle in the past and
the historic events that took place here.
The cross-curricular workshop allows pupils to
connect with the past as they meet ‘Bess’, a
medieval woman helping the sick in the village
where she lives, and gain hands-on experience
making a real historic (no-cook) recipe in class.
Workshop includes:
• A guided tour of Pontefract Castle
• An understanding of how people used to live
Workshop includes:
• Discussion on food availability
• Designing a balanced diet with limited resources
• Recreate a medieval recipe
• Empathy with a character from the past
Duration: 1 hour
Venue: Pontefract Castle or in school
You can extend your visit to the castle by taking
a self-led look around or guided tour after your
workshop - just ask a member of the team for
more details.
• Creation of poetry
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PONTEFRACT CASTLE
Duration: 2 hours
Venue: Pontefract Castle
Contact us if you would
be interested in taking
part in a FREE pilot
session during the
Autumn Term 2016.
Available from January 2017
Very knowledgeable leader. Hands
on which the children enjoyed
Badsworth CofE Infant & Junior School
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NEW SESSION!
Contact us if you would
be interested in taking
part in a FREE pilot
session during the
Autumn Term 2016.
See page 4 for details
Available at Pontefract Castle from January 2017
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Battle of Wakefield: Tour, Objects and Poetry
Iron Age Chariot
Notes
Key Stage: 2
Key Stage: 2
Links to local history, geography and literacy are
developed throughout this workshop.
Links to local history, science and art and design
are developed throughout this workshop.
Why was the Battle of Wakefield an
important event?
What Iron Age evidence do we have in
Castleford Museum?
Can you create a poem based upon
sensory enquiry?
Can you design a model chariot using
simple materials?
Using the ruins of Sandal Castle and historic
objects from the collections, pupils will create a
short poem about the Battle of Wakefield.
Using the remains of an Iron Age chariot burial
on display at Castleford Museum for inspiration,
pupils will be encouraged to think about the history
behind the chariot.
This session includes approximately 45 minutes
spent touring the site of Sandal Castle in order to
collect information and inspire poems about the
historic event that took place here.
In groups pupils will design, build, test and refine
their own model chariots using resources provided
in a given time frame. These models may be
taken back to school for further modification and
refinement.
Your class with then travel to Wakefield Museum to
undertake object handling (45 minutes) and start to
create a poem based on information given during
their workshop.
Workshop includes:
• Discussion of the Iron Age Chariot
Workshop includes:
• Design and construction of a model chariot
• A guided tour of Sandal Castle
• Testing and improving on designs
• Object handling
• Opportunity to reflect on work created
• Visit to Wakefield Museum
Duration: 1 hour 30 min
• Creation of poetry
Venue: Castleford Museum
Duration: 2.5 hours
Venue: Sandal Castle and Wakefield Museum
Please note there are no toilet facilities at
Sandal Castle. There will be 30 minutes when
you arrive at Wakefield Museum to use facilities
on site and look around the museum before
the object handling session commences. Travel
between sites should take approx. 20 min
The workshop was well structured
and the children really enjoyed
learning about and making their
chariots
Sandal Magna Community Academy
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Industrial Wakefield
The Value of Money
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Key Stage: 2
Key Stage: 2
Links to local history and literacy are developed
throughout this workshop.
Links to history, numeracy, science, literacy
and speaking and listening skills are developed
throughout this workshop.
Who lived and worked in Wakefield?
Why is money important to us?
Which industries were common
here?
How do we put a value on items and why?
Was money in the past as important?
How has the local area changed over
the past 100 years?
This session will help pupils develop an
awareness of monetary concepts. Through
practical activities and questioning we will assist
pupils to understand the importance money
has played and the value placed on money in
historic and current societies.
Pupils will take a look at Wakefield’s industrial
heritage - past and present - using old
photographs, maps and census records to gain
an insight into the professions of Wakefield’s
past inhabitants and relate this information to
life in Wakefield in the present day.
Using coins from the collections as tools for
enquiry, pupils will get hands-on with the past.
Workshop includes:
Workshop includes:
• Discussion of Wakefield’s industrial heritage
• Using copies of old photos and maps
• Using census records
• Relating information discovered to the present
day
• Object handling
• Using enquiry skills
• Group discussion
Duration: 2 hours
Duration: 1 hour 45 min
Venue: Pontefract Castle
Venue: Wakefield Museum
Available from January 2017
Please Note: The content and delivery of this
workshop may change slightly in response
to the feedback collected through the pilot
process. An up-to-date Teachers’ Pack will be
sent on booking.
Lovely leader with fantastic
subject knowledge and a fantastic
manner with pupils
St Joseph’s Catholic Primary School,
Castleford
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NEW SESSION!
Contact us if you would
be interested in taking
part in a FREE pilot
session during the
Autumn Term 2016.
See page 4 for details
Stepping Into the Stone Age
Bronze Age Beakers
Notes
Key Stage: 2
Key Stage: 2
Links to history and science are developed
throughout this workshop.
Links to history and science are developed
throughout this workshop.
How long ago did the Stone Age
happen?
How can archaeologists tell how old
a piece of pottery is just by looking
at it?
What can Stone Age artefacts reveal
about life and the environment
thousands of years ago?
How did Bronze Age people decorate
their characteristic pots using
materials from nature?
How were Stone Age tools made and
how similar are they to the tools of
today?
In this workshop pupils will learn how
archaeologists can tell how old a piece of
pottery is simply by the way it looks. They
will focus on Bronze Age pottery in particular,
first examining images that illustrate the
characteristic patterns used to decorate Bronze
Age pots then designing and making their own
Bronze Age style beakers using the sorts of
natural decorating tools that the Bronze Age
potters themselves might have used including
sticks, stems and seed pods!
Pupils will create a human time line to illustrate
just how long ago the Stone Age started - and
how very long it lasted. They will imagine what
the environment in West Yorkshire would have
been like so many millennia ago and learn how
the people of the time would have relied entirely
on nature for their survival. Pupils will get to
touch real Stone Age artefacts and work in small
groups to identify how the tools were made, used
and how they compare to the tools of today.
Workshop includes:
• Making a chronological timeline
• Understanding the environment of the Stone Age
• Touching real prehistoric artefacts
• Understanding how Stone Age tools were
made, used and how necessary they were to survival
Workshop includes:
• Learning how pottery from the past can be dated
The children were fascinated.
The workshop leader was fab and
explained difficult concepts really
well
• Looking at photographs of Bronze Age pots
• Designing and making clay pots in the style of Bronze Age beakers
Sandal Magna Community Academy
Duration: 1 hour 30 min on site or 1 hour in
school
Venue: Wakefield Museum, Castleford
Duration: 1 hour 30 min on site or 1 hour Museum or in school
in school
This workshop may be used to support
your Arts Award and Artsmark projects
Venue: Wakefield Museum, Castleford
Museum or in school
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The children could take their clay
pot away which was a great way to
remember what they’d done afterwards.
Thank so much…always a great service
from the museum staff!
Streethouse Primary School
Fascinating Fossils!
Enquire, Discover and Film!
Notes
Key Stage: 2
Key Stage: 2 and 3
Links to science, history and art and design are
developed in this session.
Links to history, literacy, computing skills and
speaking and listening skills are developed
throughout this workshop.
How are fossils formed?
This session can fit any topic you are
studying!
Can your pupils come to a
conclusion about at hypothesis
posed to them?
Will they agree or disagree once they
have looked at the evidence?
What can they tell us about the
prehistoric world?
What ancient creatures might still be
out there in fossil form just waiting
to be discovered?
First pupils will learn through an interactive
demonstration how and why fossils form. Working
in small groups they will handle and categorise
a range of real fossils and consider what these
ancient objects can teach us about the prehistoric
world and its links with the present day.
This session allows pupils to use Wakefield
Museums’ collections as a focus for enquiry
along with up-to-date technology (iPads) to
record their findings.
The objects used for enquiry can be chosen to
link to the topics/themes being taught at school
- let us know your topic and we will search the
collections for appropriate objects for your pupils
to focus their enquiries on.
Pupils will be given a ‘big question’ to consider,
related objects for research and iPads to record
the process. They will use an app to create short
digital presentations in which they try to answer
the ‘big question’. Each film will be watched by
the group and positive critique will be offered. All
work will be transferred to disc for further use in
school.
Pupils will next consider what sorts of ancient
fossils might still be undiscovered then use their
imaginations to design their own ‘prehistoric
creatures’.
Workshop includes:
• Interactive science demonstration
• Handling and categorising real fossils
• Designing imaginary prehistoric creatures
Duration:1 hour 30 mins on site or 1 hour 15 mins in school
Workshop includes:
Venue: Wakefield Museum, Castleford
Museum or in school
• Object handling
• Hands-on technology work
• Group discussion
Duration: 4 hours (lunch break at museum/
site part way through - lunch not provided)
Venue: Wakefield Museum or Pontefract Castle
This workshop may be used to support your
Arts Award and Artsmark projects
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Notes
Fantastic organization/
resources/staff knowledge!
Children were enthralled
Greenhill Primary School
Superb in every aspect
Wakefield City Academy
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Contact us if you would
be interested in taking
part in a FREE pilot
session during the
Autumn Term 2016.
Deconstructing the Castle
Skeleton Secrets: Investigating Ancient Bones
Notes
Key Stage: 2 and 3
Key Stage: 2 and 3
Links to history, art and design, drama, literacy
and speaking and listening skills are developed
throughout this workshop.
Links to history and science with a healthy eating
theme embedded throughout.
How was and is Pontefract Castle
viewed by those who lived and visit
here?
How can studying skeletons help us
to understand what life was like in
the past?
Using images, maps and objects pupils will begin
to develop their own picture of how important this
site was - and is.
What information can a person’s
bones reveal about their health and
lifestyle?
Through visual and hands-on enquiry pupils
will begin to understand how one site can be
interpreted in many different ways.
This exciting workshop will transform your pupils
into scientists as they learn about ancient bones
and how to examine them.
The session will be delivered at the castle and at
Pontefract Museum.
Pupils will first consider what archaeologists
find when they discover ancient burials - what
remains from the past and what has rotted away?
Using a PowerPoint for guidance, pupils will next
learn how to determine the age and gender of
a skeleton as well as how to recognise signs of
specific ailments and afflictions. Pupils will work
in small groups to apply their learning, examining
specially modified replica skeletons and drawing
conclusions about what the bones reveal about
the lives of these imaginary ancient people.
Workshop includes:
• Viewing different art works and images
• Object handling
• Site tour
Duration: 4 hour (lunch break at castle site
part way through - lunch not provided)
Venue: Pontefract Castle and Pontefract
Museum
Available from January 2017
Please Note: The content and delivery of this
workshop may change slightly in response to
the feedback collected through the pilot process.
An up-to-date Teachers’ Pack will be sent on
booking.
NEW SESSION!
Contact us if you would
be interested in taking
part in a FREE pilot
session during the
Autumn Term 2016.
Workshop includes:
• Discovering how human bones can help
archaeologists learn about the lives of past peoples
• Recognising that what you eat can affect your bones
• Investigating life-sized replica skeletons
See page 4 for details
Duration: 2 hours
Venue: Pontefract Castle
Available from January 2017
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You can extend your visit to the castle by
taking a self-led look around or guided tour
after your workshop - just ask a member of
the team for more details.
Notes
Good pace, excellent resources. Thank you
Three Lane Ends Community Primary School
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The British Civil War - Sieges in Pontefract
Medieval Medicine
Notes
Reception
KS16) and 3
Key Stage: 2
(Years 5 -and
Links to local
history,
national
events
history,
history,
literacy,
speaking
andinlistening
literacy,
geography
and
enquiry
skills
are
skills are related throughout the workshop.
developed throughout the session.
Key Stage: 3 and 4
How do we know what happened
locally?
How did medieval people believe the
body worked?
What sort of people practiced
medicine?
Did any of it actually work?
Links with history and science - this session can
be adapted to complement either a Medieval
Realms topic or the Medicine Through Time GCSE.
What evidence is left on-site?
Using a diary account of a soldier garrisoned in
Pontefract Castle in 1642, pupils will be asked
to think about the day-to-day life of people
during the English Civil Wars.
In this interactive session pupils will learn about
different aspects of medieval medicine - from
the belief in the four humours to the roles of
the physician, apothecary and the medieval
surgeon. They will then have the opportunity
to make some real medieval home remedies,
using the kind of equipment and ingredients
that medieval households had access to, and
they will try to work out how effective these
remedies would have been.
From written words to maps of the time, we
will explore the Civil War history of the castle,
showing pupils around the site and matching up
present day archaeology with evidence from the
past.
Workshop includes:
• Transcribing diary entries
• Relating historical maps to areas on site
• Developing empathy with a person from the past
Workshop includes:
NEW SESSION!
Duration: 1 hour to 1 hour 30 mins
Contact us if you would
be interested in taking
part in a FREE pilot
session during the
Autumn Term 2016.
depending on what best fits your timetabling
See page 4 for details
• Understanding basic medical theory
• (Safe!) demonstration of the use of surgical instruments.
• Recreating real medieval remedies from recipes
Duration: 1 hour to 1 hour 30 mins
depending on what best fits your timetabling
Venue: Pontefract Castle or in school
Venue: Pontefract Castle or in school
You can extend your visit to the castle by taking
a self-led look around or guided tour after your
workshop - just ask a member of the team for
more details
You can extend your visit to the castle by taking
a self-led look around or guided tour after your
workshop - just ask a member of the team for
more details.
Available at Pontefract Castle from
January 2017
Available from January 2017
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Contact us if you would
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part in a FREE pilot
session during the
Autumn Term 2016.
Special Educational Needs
Life in a Medieval Castle: SEN Workshop
Our SEN programme is being developed in partnership with local Special Schools and new sessions will be
initially be offered free of charge. If you are interested in helping us to develop a new session, we would be
glad to hear from you.
Key Stage: for
Reception
- KS1
Adaptable
all SEN classes
Links to history
art and
designand
arelistening
developed
history, and
literacy,
speaking
throughout
this
session.
skills are related throughout the workshop.
We currently have 2 exciting new sessions on offer: one at Wakefield Museum and one at Pontefract Castle.
Please get in touch to discuss in more detail your class’s needs, the session content and/or the facilities
at the site so that we can best accommodate your class and ensure a brilliant experience for everyone. We
encourage you to do a site visit beforehand, during which the session leader can show you around.
The workshop leader is also happy to visit the class that is coming about a week before the session to
introduce herself to the pupils and tell them a little bit about the museum/castle and what they will be doing.
Jungles and Rainforests: SEN Workshop
What was Pontefract Castle like in
medieval times?
What kind of people lived and worked
there?
Notes
What sights, sounds and smells
would have surrounded them?
Key Stage: for
Reception
- KS1
Adaptable
all SEN classes
Links
art and
designand
arelistening
developed
Links to
to history
history, and
literacy,
speaking
throughout this session.
skills are related throughout the workshop.
This fun, interactive workshop will bring the past
to life and help pupils imagine what life was like
at Pontefract Castle in medieval times.
Pupils will take part in fun action games and
use all of their senses as they recreate and
experience the sights, sounds, smells and
sensations of the medieval castle - from the
drafty corridors and damp stone walls to the
smoky kitchen and noisy great hall!
Pupils will get to design and decorate their own
medieval style coats of arms.
What kinds of creatures live in the
rainforest?
What sights, sounds and smells
would you experience if you visited
the rainforest yourself?
This highly interactive, multi-sensory session
uses puppets, musical instruments, sounds and
craft resources to bring a rainforest scene to life
and to teach pupils about the amazing animals
that live there. The session can be adapted to
all abilities.
Workshop includes:
• Fun, interactive, multi-sensory activities
• Exploring history where it happened
• Making medieval inspired artwork
Duration: This session can last for up to 1
This workshop has been planned in modular
form so that it can be easily adapted to suit
each group’s particular needs. Please ring us
to discuss the best content and delivery options
for your class.
hour 30 mins - but we can make it shorter if
that would best fit the needs of your class.
Venue: It takes place in the Learning Zone on
the upper ground floor at Wakefield Museum
on Burton Street. We recommend that you also
build in time to visit the museum galleries on
the lower ground floor to see the Natural History
collection of jungle animals (the building is
wheelchair accessible).
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Duration: 1 hour - or to suit your class and
schedule
Venue: Pontefract Castle
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The visitor centre is wheelchair
accessible. Disabled parking is directly
outside the castle gates
NEW SESSION!
Contact us if you would
be interested in taking
part in a FREE pilot
session during the
Autumn Term 2016.
See page 4 for details
School Learning Programme
How to book
Notes
To book a visit to any of our sites,
please phone: 01924 302700 or email
[email protected]
(Telephone answered Mon - Tues 9.30am - 4.45pm
answerphone service at other times. We will get
back to you as soon as possible)
Self-directed visits
Teachers are welcome to organise self-led visits to
our sites. Such visits are welcomed, but please do
book in advance to avoid clashes with other groups.
Please note: there will be a small charge payable
if you wish to book a castle or dungeon tour at
Pontefract Castle. Please contact us for more
information.
Online resources
There are a number of online resources available
at: http://museumslearning.blogspot.co.uk/
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Lunch Spaces
Please be aware that there are no dedicated lunch
spaces in our venues. You may be able to book a
space to eat your packed lunch on site, but please
enquire in advance. A small housekeeping charge
maybe applied.
Fact-finding and preliminary visits
We are always happy to see teachers to talk
through potential visits. Appointments can be
made after school, or during school holidays as well
as during the school day.
Complementary events programme
We also run a range of fun and educational events
for families. For more details please contact us to
join the free mailing list.
[email protected]
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