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:
David Sheldon, Museums Officer (Education)
telephone 01535 618234
email david.sheldon@bradford.gov.uk
Elizabeth Smith, Museums Officer (Education)
telephone 01535 618234
email elizabeth.smith(museums)@bradford.gov.uk
Alternatively contact - Dan Willoughby, Learning Team Support Officer
telephone 01274 435865
email daniel.willoughby@bradford.gov.uk
The following FREE 30 minute introductory tours are available to groups during summer term 2008, subject to availability and booking essential;
- Keighley Stories - Stories of Keighley and its people through hundreds of objects. A self run Family Trail is also available.
- Celebrating China in Yorkshire & Keighley’s Summer Palace – Take a journey through the Museums Chinese collections starting with the ‘Fountain of Clear Ripples’ by artist Lisa Cheung 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.
- Book a Trolley of Drawing Materials to support your visit £45 per session (Max 35 pupils)
Toy Detective
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 they 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 Unit 10
Hands on mummification workshop. A fascinating workshop offering children the opportunity to explore Egyptian ideas about death and the afterlife. 1 hour Education Officer led hands on session £55 per session (Max 35 pupils)
Rock 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
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 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. A pre-visit lesson plan is available to maximise the children's learning and enjoyment. Contact the Education Officer for details.
2 hour MES 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.
1½ hour Education Officer led session
£80 per session (Max 35 pupils)
