Brighton & Hove City Museums, Handling Key Stage 2

Handling Sessions

Key Stage 2

Victorian Life

Be a history detective and find out what life was like for Victorian children and adults.

Venue: Brighton Museum & Art Gallery
Key Stage: 2
Suitable for: National Curriculum History
Duration: The workshop lasts for one hour
Cost: All schools £1.70 per pupil, £32 minimum charge

NB: This session could be used to complement a visit to Preston Manor.

Situations Vacant – Victorian role play*

Apply for a job as a servant at Preston Manor.

Venue: Preston Manor
Key Stage: 2
Suitable for: National Curriculum History
Duration: The workshop lasts for two hours
Cost: Brighton & Hove LEA Schools £2.45 per student, £34.50 minimum charge
Non Brighton & Hove LEA Schools £4.85 per student, £34.50 minimum charge

*See the Situations Vacant role play in action on Teachers TV Resource Review.

Meet the Booths

Come and meet Mr or Mrs Booth, remarkable Victorians, as they show you around their museum. Find out more about classifying the natural world in Victorian times and investigate birds, beaks, feet and feathers!

The Meet the Booths session has been designed to complement our Victorian role-play session at Preston Manor so you can make a day of it and visit both museums in the same day.

Venue: Booth Museum of Natural History
Key Stage: 1+2
Suitable for: National Curriculum History and Science
Duration: The workshop lasts for one hour/one and a half hours
Cost: Meet the Booths all schools £2.70 per pupil, £37 minimum charge

Meet the Booths and Preston Manor Victorian Role Play
B&H Schools £5.15 per pupil, Non B&H Schools £7.45 per pupil

Children and Life on the Home Front

Use objects and photographs to learn about life in war-time Brighton and Hove. After your session, visit the air raid shelter in the Exploring Brighton gallery.

Venue: Brighton Museum & Art Gallery
Key Stage: 2
Suitable for: National Curriculum History
Duration: The workshop lasts for one hour
Cost: All schools £1.70 per pupil, £32 minimum charge

Local History Talk

Learn how Brighton has evolved from Saxon times, to a fishing town, a seaside resort and a modern day city.

Venue: Brighton Museum & Art Gallery
Key Stage: 2
Suitable for: National Curriculum History
Duration: The activity lasts for one hour
Cost: All schools £1.70 per pupil, £32 minimum charge

Egyptian Artefacts

Handle real Egyptian objects and find out what they tell us about the lives of those who used them.

Venue: Brighton Museum & Art Gallery
Key Stage: 2
Suitable for: National Curriculum History
Duration: The activity lasts for one hour
Cost: All schools £1.70 per pupil, £32 minimum charge

Mini-Beasts

Learn how to identify and group organisms and how to use a key for classification.

Venue: Booth Museum of Natural History
Key Stage: 2
Suitable for: National Curriculum Science
Duration: The activity lasts for one hour
Cost: All schools £1.70 per pupil, £32 minimum charge

Skeletons

Use replica human bones and animal specimens to learn how a skeleton works and what they tell us about how they eat, move and grow.

Venue: Booth Museum of Natural History
Key Stage: 2
Suitable for: National Curriculum Science
Duration: The workshop lasts for one hour
Cost: All schools £1.70 per pupil, £32 minimum charge

Rocks

Learn how to classify and group specimens, and explore how and why different rock types are formed.

Venue: Booth Museum of Natural History
Key Stage: 2
Suitable for: National Curriculum Science
Duration: The workshop lasts for one hour
Cost: All schools £1.70 per pupil, £32 minimum charge

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