Somerset Services to Education Providers 2016-2017
SOMERSET HERITAGE LEARNING SERVICE
(MUSEUMS AND ARCHIVES)
Service Provider:
South West Heritage Trust
Service Category: Somerset Maintained Schools and
Somerset Academy Schools –
Service Direct From Provider
Contact:
Maddie Rowling
Heritage Learning Administrator
01823 347451
[email protected]
Website: www.swheritage.org.uk
Service Description:
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How to Order Your Subscription
The Heritage Learning Subscription
o For Our Subscribers
o Pay As You Go
Museum Loans for Learning – objects in schools
Visit Your Museums!
In-School Sessions
Take One Projects
Archives and Local Studies in School and at the Somerset Heritage Centre
Contact List
HOW TO ORDER YOUR SUBSCRIPTION
To buy your Heritage package please contact us:
Telephone: 01823 347451
Email: [email protected]
Subscriptions are based on the number of children in the school. All subscription costs will
be available on application.
Please contact us with any queries about your subscription.
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THE HERITAGE LEARNING SUBSCRIPTION
Please contact us to discuss which package option best meets your needs and budget.
For Our Subscribers
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Use of Museum Loans from a choice of over 2500 objects and many themed
packs
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Museum-based teaching sessions at no extra cost
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Archives and Local Studies sessions at the Somerset Heritage Centre or in
school – working with an archivist to explore documents
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In-school sessions (mileage costs apply)
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Free teacher pre-visits and briefings to enable teachers, classroom assistants
and governors to take full advantage of the heritage services
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Free copy documents for the ‘Victorian Local Study’ and a variety of other
topics to support teaching
The Pay As You Go service offers:
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Objects from Museum Loans – charged per pack
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Museum teaching sessions charged per pupil
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In-school teaching sessions charged per session – handling real and replica
objects with a learning specialist
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Archives and Local Studies sessions at the Somerset Heritage Centre or in
school – working with an archivist to explore documents
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Teacher pre-visits and briefings to enable teachers, classroom assistants and
governors to take full advantage of the heritage services
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Tailor-made packs of copy documents on a range of topics including ‘Victorian
Local Study’, ‘Crime & Punishment’ and ‘Witchcraft’
Pay As You Go prices will be provided on request.
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Find out how we can best meet your needs by contacting us!
All options include:
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Free self-guided visits to the Museum of Somerset and the Brick and Tile Museum
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Use of on-site research facilities where currently available
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Advice and information from staff
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Resource packs and pupils’ worksheets available to purchase
MUSEUM LOANS FOR LEARNING
Use real objects in your school! Choose
from original and replica artefacts and art to
support pupils’ studies. Many of the loans
can be used to enrich the new 2014 National
Curriculum. Please let us know what you
are studying and we will try to help.
What can you borrow?
You can use loans to enhance the school
environment, or for investigations as an integral
part of your pupils’ work. Choose objects from
the following main subjects areas: Dinosaurs,
Stone Age, Iron Age, Bronze Age, Inventions
and Machines, Explorers, Archaeology,
Treasure, Egyptians, Greeks, Romans, Vikings, Saxons, Tudors, Victorian Domestic,
Victorian Education, 1930s, Homes Long Ago, World War I, World War II, Seaside, Toys,
World Cultures, Biology, Natural History, Geology, Transport, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam,
Judaism, Sikhism, and Art.
We will deliver and collect all items!
How to order
Choose from selected topics or contact us for advice about individual objects and to see
what may be available. You can now visit the Somerset Heritage Centre to view the
collection and make selections in person.
You can order items in the following ways:
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Preferably by email: [email protected]
By telephone: 01823 347453
By posting the order form sent to your school
Whichever way you choose to make your order, please send us your email address, so that
we can acknowledge your order.
To ensure the best choice of items please send in your orders early. We suggest that you
contact us before the end of the preceding term. You may also like to set up orders
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covering the whole school year. Items can be selected to fit in with key topics. We can also
suggest material relevant to your area of study.
VISIT YOUR MUSEUMS!
The Museum of Somerset
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Explore exciting new galleries and collections spanning Somerset’s history from 400
million years ago to today!
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Join us for a teaching session in the purpose-built learning space:
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Sessions for Key Stage 1 and 2: Dinosaur Dig, Knights and Castles, Rocks and
Fossils, Teeth and Bones, The Roman Way, Tudor Life, Monmouth Rebellion, Stone
Age Somerset, Digging Deep in the Bronze Age and Saxon Somerset.
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Sessions for Key Stage 3 and 4: Taunton Castle through the Ages, and Monmouth
Rebellion.
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Post-16 pupils can investigate ‘A’-level Archaeology with our experts.
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More new sessions will be added during 2016.
Somerset Rural Life Museum – New Sessions in School
We have been successful in bidding for HLF funding to redevelop the Somerset Rural Life
Museum. The site will be closed during the academic year 2016-17. Happily, we are
bringing several of your favourite sessions out into your classrooms! So please make sure
you use us to support your teaching in school.
As part of the ‘Victorian Homes’ cooking session children will make bread and explore
butter making. In the laundry session students will be able to use Victorian tools as well as
dress in Victorian costume. Other popular sessions, such as Toys and the Christmas
session, will also be available in school.
Please contact us with any other requests. We’re always keen to work towards your
curriculum needs.
Bridgwater Brick and Tile Museum shows the local brick and tile making industry, plus
the only remaining kiln in Bridgwater. Interactive teaching sessions are available, including
‘Clay in Action’ for KS1 and 2. This engaging experience links with new National Curriculum
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units such as materials (and science), homes in the past and (for Somerset schools) your
local history unit.
IN-SCHOOL SESSIONS
In-school sessions available for KS1:
 Victorian Homes (either cooking or laundry)
 Toys of the Past
 Seaside Holidays in the Past
 Wartime Somerset
In school session available for KS2:
 Victorian Homes (either cooking or laundry)
 Victorian Somerset
 Wartime Somerset
 Monmouth Rebellion
Planning your visit
We want you and your pupils to enjoy a positive learning
experience at our sites. So please come for a free pre-visit to
ensure all your needs are met. Details on your teaching
sessions will be sent to you with the booking letter.
Resources
Resource packs for teachers and activity sheets and trails for
pupils are available.
Facilities
The Museum of Somerset has a learning space with toilets
and cloakroom area, and a shop. Gallery spaces offer exciting
learning opportunities.
The Brick and Tile Museum in Bridgwater has a learning
area within the gallery and an accessible toilet.
TAKE ONE PROJECTS
Every year we will run at least one ‘Take One’ project.
For the academic year 2016-17 we will be running a Take One project at both the Museum
of Somerset and the Somerset Rural Life Museum.
‘Take One’ was started by the National Gallery and enables students to explore one
museum object in depth, resulting in many different types of work from different disciplines.
The project has the potential to be predominantly student led but is also highly flexible,
enabling teachers to adapt it to their style and practice.
All our Take One projects include a training day and an exhibition event at the museum
site(s). These events take place at a weekend and enable children to share their work with
both parents/carers and members of the public. Additional loan packs and resources are
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available for Take One projects, and email updates will be sent out as projects are planned
and publicised.
To find out about the training day or resources for our Take One projects please contact
Lizzie Mee on [email protected].
The Somerset Heritage Centre in Taunton provides opportunities for teachers to access
research facilities and visit the Museum Loans for Learning store.
ARCHIVES AND LOCAL STUDIES
in School and at the Somerset Heritage Centre
Explore real archive materials in your
classroom!
The Archives and Local Studies Service is based at
the Somerset Heritage Centre. We can supply copies of documents for your local history
or geography study. We can also cater for broader topics including the Tudors, Victorians,
Second World War, crime and punishment, public health and medicine and for literacy
classes.
The most commonly requested documents include:
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census returns 1841-1901 for family names and occupations
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OS maps from the 1880s, tithe map c1840 and earlier estate maps for area
development
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extracts from County Directories 1848-1939
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School log book entries detailing information on education during the 19 th century
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extracts from parish registers
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photographs and postcards of an area
There are also posters, letters, diaries, household accounts, illustrations, wills and
inventories and much more! Contact us to find out what we may have for a particular area
or period. Most resources can be used across all Key Stages.
We can also provide sessions on how to do your own historical investigation.
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Please contact Esther Hoyle on 01823 347424, email [email protected], for
further details about services relating to Archives & Local Studies.
Contact List
Maddie Rowling, Heritage Learning Administrator
01823 347451
Lizzie Mee, Formal Learning Officer
01823 347453
Esther Hoyle, Archives & Local Studies
01823 347424
Email for all contact: [email protected]
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