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SEND Materials that Matter
In this session, learners will become a conservator, exploring objects made from a variety of materials and finding out how to look after their own collections
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KS2 Our Ocean, Our World
In this session, learners will consider the role and importance of our ocean
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KS2 Polar Explorers
In this session, learners will uncover the stories of Arctic explorers by investigating objects, diaries and artworks
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KS2 Vikings
In this session, learners will become history detectives and explore replica Viking items
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KS2 Windrush Connections
In this session, learners will explore stories of people who travelled between the Caribbean and the UK from the 1940s
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SEND Learning, Living and Working
In this session, learners will visit the Museum three times over three weeks to explore it as a place for learning, living and working
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SEND Sensory Seas
In this session, learners will use song, rhyme and multisensory learning to discover what life is like as an explorer on the high seas
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KS3 / KS4 Migration and Movement Enquiry Day
In this session, learners will consider the questions: Why have people throughout history migrated to Britain? What can museum collections reveal about their experiences and impact?
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KS3 / KS4 Spanish Armada Enquiry Day
In this session, learners will consider the question: Is the Spanish Armada more important as a real event or a legend?
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KS3 Transatlantic Enslavement Enquiry Day
In this session, learners will consider the question: What can the museum's collections reveal about the lives of enslaved people?