Cliffe Castle Education Programme
Welcome to Cliffe Castle’s Learning & Outreach programme. To make a booking or for further information and small group rates (15 and under) contact:
Elizabeth Smith, Museums Officer (Education)
telephone 01535 618234
email elizabeth.smith1@bradford.gov.uk
Claire Ackroyd, Learning & Outreach Manager
telephone 01535 618235
email claire.ackroyd@bradford.gov.uk
Alternatively contact - Dan Willoughby, Learning Team Support Officer
telephone 01274 435865
email daniel.willoughby@bradford.gov.uk
Schools Workshops & Trails 08/09
China Trail
Celebrating China in Yorkshire & Keighley’s Summer Palace – Take a journey through the Museums Chinese collections and learn to appreciate something of Chinese Culture, discover silk worms and silk butterflies, ceramics, dragons and Chinese colours. A small handling collection is available to support this tour. Free – self-run tour (Max 35 pupils) Booking essential. Free – self-run tour (Max 35 pupils) Booking essential.
Self service Art Trolley (with a range of materials and paper) plus a 15 minute Intro to site.
Free until December 31st 2008. (Max 35 pupils)
Subject to availability. Booking essential.
Toy Detectives
KS1 History Unit 1 How are our Toys different from those in the past?
A fun, hands on workshop where the children explore the differences between old toys and new looking at materials, how the toys were used, and Trevor's Time Boxes!
1 hour Education Officer led hands on session
£55 per session (Max 35 pupils)
Ancient Egyptian Workshop
KS2 QCA History Units 6 & 10
Find out all about how the Ancient Egyptians prepared their dead for the Afterlife in our new hands on workshop. The session includes an opportunity for children to handle real burial objects from Ancient Egypt, and to find out how the mummy in Cliffe Castle’s collections met her death. 1 hour Education Officer led hands on session £55 per session (Max 35 pupils)
Rocks and Fossils
KS2 Science Unit 3D Rocks and Soils
As budding geologists children will experiment with grouping rocks, learning how rocks are formed and which rocks are important to us.
1 hour Education Officer led hands on session
£55 per session (Max 35 pupils)
Habitats and Adaptations
KS2 Science Unit 4B Habitats
Children will meet a host of local animals from our Natural History collections and become 'Habitat Estate Agents'. They will then investigate how the animals are adapted to living in their particular habitats.
1 hour Education Officer led hands on session
£55 per session (Max 35 pupils)
Bones, Muscles and Movement
KS2 Science Unit 4A Moving and Growing
The children will attempt to decipher which skull belongs to which animal in an interesting and different handling session. Though role play they explore which bone and muscle structures help different animals move in different ways.
1 hour Education Officer led hands on session
£55 per session (Max 35 pupils)
Time Team
KS1/2 History Unit 18 What was it like to live here in the past?
The museum's collections have been muddled up and the Time Team must sort artefacts in to categories: early history, the Romans, and the Victorians. As the children carefully observe and record what they find, the lives that revolved around these items will gradually reveal themselves.
2 hour Education Officer led hands on session
£80 per session (Max 35 pupils)
Patterns in Glass
KS2 Art and Design Unit 3B Investigating Pattern
Using Cliffe Castle's stunning Morris & Co. stained glass and fabulously furnished reception rooms the children draw details of pattern. They then create their own laminated 'stained glass' to take back to school for the classroom window.
2 hour Education Officer led session
£80 per session (Max 35 pupils)
Belonging
KS2/3
Cliffe Castle is full of fascinating objects from all over the world. How did they get here? Should they stay here? Can you help us decide where objects really belong?
Lively debate and discussion, with artefacts to handle from Keighley, Pakistan, Egypt and New Zealand.
2 hour Education Officer led hands on session.
£80 per session. (Max 35 pupils)
Written in Stone
KS3 Science Units 8G Rocks & Weathering, 8H The rock Cycle KS3 Art & design Design Unit 19 Visiting a Museum
It could be 5 years since your students covered rocks in primary school, so this interactive workshop reopens where year 3/4 left off. Students will experience a creative exploration of different rocks and their characteristics to help build on and extend their knowledge.
2 hour Education Officer led hands on session
£80 per session (Max 35 pupils)
Patterns in Glass
Suitable for adult & SEN groups
Using Cliffe Castle's stunning Morris & Co. stained glass and fabulously furnished reception rooms for inspiration participants will sketch elements of pattern before developing their own pattern design. They then create their own laminated 'stained glass' to take away for display.
2 hour Education Officer led session
£80 per session (Max 35 pupils)
Booking is essential for all workshops and tours.
