Activities For Secondary Schools
Tours, workshops and other educational activities are available for students at KS3, KS4 and KS5 at all of our sites. For details contact the site directly or email museumeducation@stoke.gov.uk
The Potteries Museum and Art Gallery
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Our archaeological and historical galleries cover local history from prehistoric times up to the last few decades. We have a gallery full of colourful costumes and out natural history area contains animals which sit still long enough for more detailed study and sketching! A visit will support and inspire your students’ learning with the depth and resonance of the real thing.
World War 2 Spitfire Poetry - Y7, Y8
Staffordshire Hoard Anglo-Saxon War Game -Y7
Gladstone Pottery Museum
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The most complete Victorian Pottery factory in Britain, this unique site also includes a Victorian doctor’s surgery, tile gallery and toilet exhibition. Gladstone provides students with a fantastic hands-on learning experience. Find out about nineteenth century working conditions for adults and children. See traditional ceramics skills demonstrated and then have a go in a workshop led by one of our experienced tutors.
Gladstone Pottery Museum Tour - KS3, KS4
Microbes and Disease - KS3
Art Deco Plate Painting - KS3, KS4
Clay Mask Making - KS3, KS4
Bone China Flower Making - KS3, KS4
Dish Making - KS3, KS4
Slab Pot Making - KS3, KS4
Ford Green Hall
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An authentically furnished timber-framed house built in 1624. Students can handle tudor artefacts, marvel at sumptous tapestries and find out about Tudor and Stuart life in a country farmhouse.
Tour of Ford Green Hall - KS3, KS4
Evidence from the Past - KS3
Etruria Industrial Museum
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Situated at the junction of the Caldon and Trent & Mersey canals this is the last steam powered potters mill in Britain. The bone and flint mill provide fantastic opportunities for Art and Design. The mill is filled with original machinery which will inspire creative work and the historic site is a great place to learn about the impact of local industry.
Bone and Flint Mill Guided tour - KS3, KS4
Seeking Health - KS3
World War 2 Code Breakers - KS3
Outreach Services
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If you are unable to take children out of school you could make use of our outreach services which bring our museums to your classroom. The cross curricular Gods and Monsters workshops suitable for Y7 involve pupils listening to a Viking or Egyptian myth, handling replica objects and shaping clay into something from the story. We also have a range of loans boxes so you can make use of museum objects in the classroom. Assembly talks are also available to secondary schools. A member of our museum team can visit your school to give a short talk about what we do, how objects are collected and what museums are for. To book contact us on 01782 235390 or email museumeducation@stoke.gov.uk
Viking Gods and Monsters - Y7
Egyptian Gods and Monsters - Y7
Loans Boxes may be suitable for all ages. Click here for the full list.
Real World Science
This exciting new project uses our museum collections to teach pupils about science and help develop science skills. Various workshops for KS3 and KS4 are available. Click here for more information.
