Special Events for Schools
Special Events for Schools at Stoke-on-Trent Museums
Hare and Tortoise
Literacy and Art R, KS1
31 January to 3 February
£3.50 per child for 90 minute clay workshop
Gladstone Pottery Museum 01782 237777
Jack and the Beanstalk
Literacy and History R, KS1
17, 18, 19 January
£3 per child for 2 hour visit
Etruria Industrial Museum 01782 233144
The Gingerbread Man
Literacy and History R, KS1
16, 17, 18 January
£3 per child for 2 hour visit
Ford Green Hall 01782 233195
The Ugly Duckling
Literacy and Science R, KS1
24 to 27 January
£2.50 per child for 90 minute workshop
The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery 01782 232323
Ancient Greek Day
History, Art and Design KS2
19 January
Pupils will try on a chiton costume, perform a Greek myth, learn about the Olympics, see 2,500 year old pots and make their own Greek pot to take home during this popular, two hour themed event.
2 hour visit, £3.50 per pupil
The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery 01782 232323
World War 2 Make Do and Mend
History and Citizenship KS2
21, 22, 23 February
Meet our ARP warden to find out about local air raids and life on the home front. Discover how people in the 1940s recycled just like today and reuse scrap cloth to make a rag rug.
£3 per child for 2 hour visit
Etruria Industrial Museum 01782 233144
Tudor Textiles
History and Art KS2
6, 7 March
Do you know your warp from your weft? Be inspired by the Tudors to make a framed, woven wall hanging. Get creative and choose your own natural and recycled materials to weave with. Then dress up in Tudor costumes to find out the differences between the rich and the poor.
£3 per child for 2 hour visit
Ford Green Hall 01782 233195
Animal Crackers
Art and Design KS1
12 to 16 March
Go creatively crackers with an animal themed visit to the museum. Make an animal pot from clay inspired by our ceramics collection or visit the natural history gallery and create a mask of your favourite animal. Then explore further with the animal trail.
£2.50 per child for 90 minute workshop
The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery 01782 232323
Clay Science
Science KS2
13, 15, 16 March
Is making pottery a reversible or irreversible change? Learn about changing materials and the properties of pottery as we explore the science of clay. This special workshop activity is held as part of National Science & Engineering Week.
£3.50 per child for 90 minute workshop
Gladstone Pottery Museum 01782 237777
Earth Science Week
Science KS2
20, 21, 22 March
Pan for gold and gemstones to take home, test the properties of rocks and discover which minerals were used in the pottery industry at the Etruria Mill.
£3 per child for 2 hour visit
Etruria Industrial Museum 01782 233144
For details email museumeducation@stoke.gov.uk
School groups making educational visits (tours and/or workshops) to our museums do not have to pay VAT. To qualify for these group rates we ask that schools pay fo a minimum of 10 pupils. Please note that schools cancelling event bookings less than 2 weeks before the visit date may be charged the full amount.
