2013-14-ks3-and-ks4-programme by alex rogerson

NATIONAL COAL MINING MUSEUM

for England

Education Programme KS3 and KS4 The National Coal Mining Museum for England tells the story of coal mining and its communities. Set in a real colliery, the Museum brings to life the history of one of the country’s oldest industries. A visit to our free Museum can be organised to enhance and inspire learning in a number of subject areas. The education team is more than happy to assist you in planning a visit to suit the requirements of your pupils.

What is there to see and do? Underground tour This is the highlight of any school visit and is a must-do activity. With a former coal miner as their personal guide, pupils ride the cage 140 metres underground to discover first-hand what life was like as a miner. See inside to find out about our different tour options for schools. Explore authentic pit buildings See our steam winding engine in action, visit the pithead baths where a miner’s shift started and finished, or see the ponies in the stables. Sights, sounds and smells combine to give each original pit building its own unique atmosphere. Galleries and exhibitions Our galleries and exhibition spaces show the history of coal mining and get to the heart of mining communities, homes and families. Our changing special exhibitions

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programme means there is always something new to discover. Nature trail and reed beds Visit the reed beds and find out how the Museum’s innovative watertreatment plant cleans iron-rich minewater pumped from underground. Follow the nature trail and see for yourself how the old colliery spoil tip has been regenerated into mixed woodland, providing a habitat for wildlife, plants and trees. Hope Pit How did miners get down the shaft? How did they breathe underground? How did they power their machines? Interactive displays and multimedia science exhibits explore science and technology concepts in a real-life industrial context.

Self-guided visits You are welcome to organise a selfguided visit and we have a number of resources available to help you do this, including a KS3 gallery trail. This is available on request or can be downloaded from our website: www.ncm.org.uk/learning Contact the education team to arrange a preliminary visit. School workshops and talks See inside to find out how Museum staff can facilitate interactive, curriculum-based learning experiences for your class. For further information about our inspiring, historic site please download the document ‘Explore the Museum’ from our website www.ncm.org.uk/learning

Education Programme KS3 & KS4

Underground Tours

Make Sense of Mining The underground tour is always the highlight of any school visit. The Museum is now able to offer to schools a choice of underground tour, all of which are led by a former miner and last about 1 hour and 20 minutes.

Meet a Miner

Hands-On History

Subterranean Science

Available: 7 days a week

Subject focus: KS3, with strong links to History

Subject focus: KS3, with strong links to Science

Cost: Underground tour is free

Available: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday

Available: Wednesday, Friday

Duration: 1 hour 20 minutes

Cost: Underground tour is free, living history workshops cost £25 per session (17 pupils per session)

Duration: 1 hour 20 minutes

A history-focused tour that will give pupils the chance to get their hands dirty as they take on the roles of the trapper, thruster and hurrier in a 19th century mining family and have a go at 'feeding', 'mucking out' and harnessing the model horses in the underground stables. Pupils will also experience lighting through the ages, from the pitch dark of an unlit coal mine right through to modern electric lighting.

A science focused tour that looks at two important aspects of science in mining: lighting and earth-science.The darkness of the underground provides the perfect setting to experiment with light, and pupils will be able to get hands-on to see how light only travels in straight lines as well as looking at how colours are filtered. Pupils will also get the chance to see underground rock formations, and to identify common rocks and fossils found in the Coal Measures.

Subject focus: KS3, KS4, all subjects

This chronological tour will enable pupils to discover mining through the ages, as the guide takes them on a journey through mining history from the early 1800s, when whole families including young children worked together underground, right through mechanisation up to the present day. This tour is a great introduction to coal mining, and works well alongside all the schools’ workshops on offer, as well as for any self-led visits.

This interactive tour can be booked in conjunction with one of our surface workshops, such as Sam/Sally Fletcher ‘It’s a Hard Life’. Ask a member of our education team, or speak to the bookings officer for more details.

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This interactive tour works well with our new surface workshop ‘What’s Rock?’. Ask a member of our education team, or speak to the bookings officer for more details.

Education Programme KS3 & KS4

Humanities Dig Deeper Dig deeper and uncover the layers of Caphouse Colliery with one of our guides. Using a scale model of the site, museum objects and Coal Measures fossils, pupils are introduced to the social and technological history of coal mining over the last 100 years.

Sam or Sally Fletcher ‘It’s a Hard life’ Meet Sally or Sam Fletcher in the Victorian area of Caphouse Colliery during the Industrial Revolution. Listen to their stories of working underground as children before the 1842 Coal Mines Act changed their lives.

Subject focus: KS3 History, Geography Available: Tuesdays and Thursdays

Subject focus: KS3 History, Citizenship

Cost: £25 per workshop (17 pupils per session)

Available: Monday - Friday

Duration: 30 minutes

Striking Out An enquiry-based session led by group leaders where pupils examine a range of primary and secondary sources relating to the 1984/85 Miners’ Strike. These include photographs, oral history, archive material and objects from the collection. For an additional cost, pupils can also interview one of our miner guides about his experiences of the Strike.

Cost: £25 per workshop (17 pupils per session)

Subject focus: KS3, KS4 History Available: Tuesdays and Thursdays

Duration: 30 minutes Why not borrow the Coal Measures Fossils loans box or a 1980s-themed loans box to complement this session? Fred at the Pithead Baths Fred is the pithead baths attendant at Caphouse Colliery in 1938, where he demonstrates the use and benefits of the ‘new’ baths and discusses the impact of welfare provision for miners in the 1930s. Pupils use their enquiry skills to help Fred sort out some ‘lost property’ from the 1930s.

Cost for interviewing a miner: £30 Duration: 1 hour 45 minutes, including 30-minute interview with a miner

There are Victorian-themed loans boxes available to complement this session.

Borrow the Striking Images loans box to support this session.

Subject focus: KS3 History Available: Monday - Friday Cost: £25 per workshop (17 pupils per session) Duration: 30 minutes There are 1930s-themed loans boxes available to complement this session.

“Our Year 9 pupils found it really interesting and were able to ask lots of questions. They loved the different smells.” Mr Steer,Thornhill Community College

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Education Programme KS3 & KS4

Science Science and Safety in the workplace trail A self-directed trail around the Museum site, which has been specially designed to help focus pupils on health and safety issues. The trail can be downloaded from our website: www.ncm.org.uk/learning

Guided tour of the minewatertreatment plant and reedbeds A member of the education team will guide you around the Museum’s innovative minewater-treatment plant and explain how the iron-rich minewater is cleaned before being discharged into a local stream.

Subject focus: KS4 Science Available: Monday-Friday

Subject focus: KS3, KS4 Science and Environmental Studies

Cost: free

Available on request

Duration: 1 hour

Cost £25 per workshop (one class) Duration: 45 minutes What’s Rock? Students can find out more about coal and how it formed, as well as investigating sedimentary, metamorphic and igneous rocks. Make rocks more memorable with this investigative workshop.

What’s in Our Water? This science session provides a great opportunity for pupils to see real science in action. Working with Museum education staff and a science specialist from Huddersfield University, pupils are guided around the Museum’s innovative minewater-treatment plant and conduct field experiments on samples of minewater collected at each stage of the process. Then back in the classroom there is a practical session analysing the water samples. Subject focus: KS3, KS4 GCSE Science, Applied Science, Environmental Studies, OCR Nationals and BTEC courses Available: 24, 25, 26 September 2013. Further dates to be announced for summer 2014. Cost: £45 per day (maximum of 34 pupils)

Subject focus: KS3 Science, Geography Available: Wednesdays and Fridays (with Subterranean Science Underground Tour)

Duration: Full day including underground tour

Cost £25 per workshop (17 pupils per session) Duration: 45 minutes

"‘What’s in Our Water?’ was an excellent find. The chemistry content was pitched exactly right; there were questions to stretch our more able students but it was accessible to the whole group. It was very interactive." Ms Morton, Queen Margaret's School,York www.ncm.org.uk

Education Programme KS3 & KS4

Art Sketching above and below ground The original colliery buildings and Museum collections provide fantastic inspiration for sketching and drawing activities. Or plan a visit to include sketching underground in the lightlimiting conditions of the pit. Drawing boards are available to borrow and the education room can be booked as a base if required. The Museum’s loans boxes also provide great opportunities for observational drawing.

Exploring rural and urban landscapes A fantastic resource which supports the theme of landscapes using the Museum’s industrial and rural site. Video tutorials created by professional artist, Jake Attree focus on technical skills and there are also tips for developing pupils’ drawing techniques and reproductions of landscape pieces in the Museum collection. Drawing boards are available to borrow.

“I have been very impressed by the quality and standard of the art collection. It has informed pupils’ future coursework and the workshop has given them the opportunity to try out new media and techniques” Mrs A Allan, Carlton Bolling College

Subject focus: KS3, KS4, KS5, Art and Design Cost: Download for free from our website or buy from the shop for £4.00 © The Family of the late Tom

McGuinness

Workshops with professional artists The Museum regularly runs workshops with professional artists, which explore different aspects of the Museum’s art and photography collection and develop skills in art. Subject focus: KS4/KS5 Art students Dates available: See our website, or get in touch with a member of the learning team to find out about our upcoming art workshops Duration: Full Day

“Students have had a unique experience drawing underground. Being advised by a practising artist was a great benefit” Mrs M Tallant, Barnsley Academy

The varied Museum site can be used as inspiration for many creative projects. Art students have used our art and photography collections to explore themes such as industry, work, faces, figures in action, conflict, light and dark. www.ncm.org.uk

“I learnt a lot about coal mining artists – I didn’t know that artists were appointed to record the work of coal miners.” Pupil from Maltby Academy

Education Programme KS3 & KS4

Meet the experts Talks Our expert Museum staff are able to give talks on the following subjects:

Video conferencing

• Leisure and Tourism • Health and Safety in the workplace • Environmental Science • Engineering • Aspects of the Museum collection such as mining disasters, women in the coal fields, the history of Caphouse Colliery and coal mining’s rich artistic heritage.

For pupils too far away to visit the Museum or for teachers wishing to consolidate learning following a visit, videoconferencing is an exciting and interactive way for pupils to learn about coal mining.

Dates available: On request We are a flexible and knowledgeable team with a range of expertise, and whenever possible will adapt our talks to meet the needs of your pupils. We also are happy to work with you to plan special projects and events linked to our fantastic collection. Please get in touch with the education team if you have an idea you would like to discuss and we will do our best to accommodate you.

To take part, we advise schools to register with JANET Videoconferencing Service (JVCS). See www.ja.net/services/video/ jvcs/ for more information. We can also help schools who are not registered; please get in touch for more information. Meet a Real Miner Hear at first hand what it was like to work underground. Our miner-guide will explain the dangers and thrills of his working day, giving a powerful insight into the mining industry. Pupils can ask their own prepared questions and develop their speaking and listening skills. A teacher’s pack supports this unit. Subject focus: KS3 History/English Available: Thursdays Cost: free Duration: 45 minutes

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Education Programme KS3 & KS4

Supporting your Visit We understand that you don’t make a Museum visit in isolation and so have a range of resources to support pre- and post- visit activities in the classroom.

Loans boxes

Our loans boxes contain real Museum objects from across our collections for pupils to handle, contextual information and ideas for classroom activities.They provide a tangible link with the past, stimulate curiosity and encourage a hands-on approach to learning. Use the boxes to develop historical enquiry and interpretation skills, communication skills and creative projects. Loans boxes are free to borrow for up to a month. Please book through the Assistant Education Officer. Coal Measures Fossils Six Coal Measures fossils, which pupils can handle and explore.

Victorian Home A selection of objects that relate to the Victorian mining home.

1980s Mining Safety A selection of miners’ protective clothing and equipment focusing on working conditions underground. A great resource for studying health and safety.

Mining Portraiture Access fantastic images of paintings from the Museum’s art collection as well as photographs, handling objects, mining artist interviews on audio CD and information sheets.This is an invaluable resource for pupils looking at portraiture or exploring themes around figures, faces, industry and work.

1980s Mining Tools Objects relating to modern mining. 1980s Mining Life Objects relating to the life of a miner in the 1980s. 1930s Family Objects and photographs that relate to life in a mining family in the 1930s. 1930s Work Objects and photographs to follow up a ‘Fred at the Pithead Baths’ workshop. Victorian Work Objects, framed photographs, and copies of sources from the 1842 Children’s Commission.

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Striking Images – the 1984/85 Miners’ Strike Powerful historic photographs taken by Guardian newspaper photographers tell the story of the 1984/85 Miners’ Strike and those who were affected by it. Resources also include trade newspapers, leaflets and oral history recordings.The teachers’ notes will guide you through activities. The 1842 Children’s Employment Commission Interpret primary evidence from the 1842 Commission and discover what it was really like for children working underground.Take on the roles of mine workers, mine owners, and commissioners, and discuss the consequences of the 1842 Coal Mines Act.

Digital and Online Learning Museum website Visit www.ncm.org.uk/learning to download gallery trails and fact sheets. Visit www.ncm-collection.org.uk to explore the Museum’s online collections or search the library catalogue. We have recently digitised Coal (editions from 19471959), the National Coal Board’s magazine, which gives a fascinating insight into life in a coal mining community. Exploring Urban and Rural Landscapes Video tutorials created by professional artist, Jake Attree focus on technical drawing skills. My learning website Visit mylearning.org.uk to explore resources and activities relating to Victorian children working in coal mines and the role of women in the coal mining industry.

Education Programme KS3 & KS4

How to book Practicalinformation We have a dedicated picnic area, indoor lunch spaces, toilets and lockable storage cupboards for school groups. There are coach parking spaces available and an outside adventure playground. Our risk assessment advice document can be downloaded from the website. Localschoolsinitiative For local schools (5 mile radius only) we offer a 'parent drop-off' or 'minibus run' facility. Please let our Bookings Officer know if you require this. Shop The Museum shop sells resources for teachers and a range of souvenirs and reference books. Goody bags for schools groups are available on request. Supervisionrequirements School groups have underground tours in groups of seventeen pupils and two adults. Around the rest of the Museum site, we recommend a ratio of one adult to every ten children. Bookingthe Educationroom You can book the Education Activities Room in the Learning Curve, equipped with interactive whiteboard, for the day. The charge for this is £40.

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Cancellation Please let us know as soon as possible if you wish to cancel your visit. If a booked workshop is cancelled with less than five working days’ notice, the full amount will be payable. Museuminformation National Coal Mining Museum for England, Caphouse Colliery, New Road, Overton, Wakefield, WF4 4RH Tel: 01924 848806 Fax 01924 844567 Email: education@ncm.org.uk www.ncm.org.uk Registered in England & Wales as a Limited Company by Guarantee No. 1702426. Reg. Charity No. 517325. VAT Reg. no. 457 548 314. Reg. Office: Caphouse Colliery, New Road, Overton, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, WF4 4RH

Contact the Booking Staff to make a provisional booking on 01924 848806 or by email: booking.officer@ncm.org.uk. We will need to know the size of your group and preferred visit date. If you need an indoor lunch space, please ask at this point.

We will then send you a booking form; please return this within two weeks.

Once your booking is confirmed, you will be notified in writing.

We advise all teachers to make a preliminary visit. The education team is happy to help with planning your day. If you have any specific enquiries, please contact the education team on 01924 848806 or email education@ncm.org.uk.