Workshops we offer for Key Stage 2
These workshops are between 60 and 90 minutes duration and take up to 32 pupils.
Email museum@surreyheath.gov.uk
Local Heroes - Who am I?
60 minutes duration
Covers: English / History / Music (Ethel Smyth)
Choose from either
Ethel Smyth - Frimley based Edwardian composer and suffragette
Samuel Cody - Farnborough based early 20th century eccentric early aviator..
Learn about an influential local person through investigating museum objects and storytelling.
An activity based workshop involving the following:
- Famous local people
- Object handling
- Learning to gather information from objects
- Storytelling, miming and singing
- Group and full class activities
Requires four adults per class
What animals live in Surrey Heath? (at Museum only)
60 minutes duration
Covers: Science, Maths, Art, Geography, History
Investigate, compare, and gain an understanding of the local wildlife, using taxidermy animals, naturalist sketches and paintings, and by making observations and measurements to collect evidence.
An activity based workshop involving the following:
- Real specimens
- Sorting and grouping
- Measuring and making observations
- Scientific sketches by local naturalist George Edward Lodge
- Paintings of the local landscape/habitats
- Group work
Requires four adults per class
Local History Detectives- Learning to Research
90 minutes duration
Covers: History, Geography
Learn how to ask and answer questions, and to use a range of sources such as maps, objects and local census, to investigate changes that have happened in your local area. This workshop is designed to facilitate the local history study section.
Develop research skills to use in the classroom. An activity based workshop involving the following:
- Looking at maps, photographs and archive material
- Research skills
- Object handling
- Questioning skills
- Investigating
- Local history
Requires four adults per class and access to a whiteboard & projector
Art Detectives - Learning to Look (at Museum only)
60 minutes duration
Covers: Art, English, Maths, Geography, History
Develop opinions and observation skills using a variety of unseen art works held in the Museum's stores made available especially for your visit.
A whole class workshop tailored to your set topic, involving the following;
- Exploring usually unseen art works
- Art techniques
- Discussion
- Problem solving and grouping
- Individual work
- Presentation skills
- Forming opinions
Choose from the following themes or design your own:
- Portraits
- Seasons/the weather
- Landscapes (both local and further afield)
- Water
- Local buildings
- Wildlife
- Surrey Heath's war associations
- Local artists
Add on a 'Dissecting Art' follow-on workshop back at school where pupils recreate the art work they have studied in the Museum using different media. All materials provided. 60 minute session £30 per class.
The Highwayman Experience: Fact or Fiction?
90 minutes duration
Covers: History, Geography, English, Art
Investigate the notorious highwaymen of 17th & 18th century Bagshot Heath through historical facts, stories, role play and museum artefacts. Gain an understanding of the difference between fact and opinion, and discover how legends are made. A good writing stimulus for further work back at school.
An activity based workshop involving the following;
- Role play and performance
- Map work
- Story telling
- Local history
- Discussion
- Looking at art work
- Writing stimulation for further work
- Pre & post workshop activity ideas
- Museum objects
Requires four adults per class and access to a whiteboard & projector
WWII: Our Home Front
90 minutes duration
Covers: History, English, Citizenship
Learn about what it was like to live in Surrey Heath during the 2nd World War. Includes activities such as debating, dressing up and examining objects from the time period, which helps to encourage empathy and understanding.
Learn about what everyday people were doing in Britain throughout WWII. An activity based workshop involving the following;
- Role play and dressing up
- Object handling
- Discussion and debate
- Games
- Group work
Requires four adults per class
Discovery box available to accompany this session
Local Democracy Experience (at Museum only)
90 minutes duration
Covers: History, English, Citizenship, Art
Meet the Mayor and debate in the Council Chamber. Learn about the history of your local democracy through object handling, polling booth activities and emblem art work.
An interactive workshop involving the following:
- Debating
- Local democracy
- Explore the museum
- Craft
- Object handling