Education Programme
Indoors, Outdoors, Explore!
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. Original pit buildings, interactive exhibitions and the chance to go underground in a real coal mine will give your pupils a unique learning experience they will never forget.
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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. School workshops See inside to find out how Museum staff can facilitate interactive, curriculum-based learning experiences for your class. 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. www.ncm.org.uk
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 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?
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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. 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
Make Sense of Mining 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. The tour is always the highlight of any school visit, and our different options will complement your choice of activity perfectly whilst on site.
nd u o r g r e d un tours Meet a Miner
Hands-On History
Available: 7 days a week
Subject focus: KS3, with strong links to History
Cost: Underground tour is free
Available: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday
Duration: 1 hour 20 minutes
Cost: Underground tour is free, living history workshops cost £25 per session (17 pupils per session)
Subject focus: KS3, KS4, all subjects
This general 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. The guide will happily talk about his own working life, as he gives a valuable insight into how coal mining has changed in this chronological look at the industry. 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.
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Duration: 1 hour 20 minutes A history-focussed tour that will give pupils the chance to get their hands dirty as they take the roles of early nineteenth-century mining families. Pupils will discover the roles of the trapper, the thruster and the hurrier. Following this, they will be taken to the underground stables to look after the model horses which need ‘feeding’, ‘mucking out’ and harnessing ready for their hard day’s work. Pupils will also get the chance to experience lighting through the ages, from the pitch dark of an unlit coal mine, through candles and early lamps, to compressed air and modern electric lighting.
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.
Education Programme KS3 & KS4
nd u o r g r e d un tours Subterranean Science Subject focus: KS3, with strong links to Science
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Available: Wednesday, Friday Cost: Underground tour is free, living history workshops cost £25 per session (17 pupils per session) Duration: 1 hour 20 minutes A science-focussed tour that looks in more detail at two of the most 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 travels only 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, while discussing how the strata were originally deposited and formed. 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.
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140m deep furnace shaft
Education Programme KS3 & KS4
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. KS3 History, Citizenship Available: Monday - Friday Cost: £25 per workshop (17 pupils per session)
es Humaniti 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.
KS3 History, Geography Available: Tuesdays and Thursdays
Duration: 30 minutes
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 iand 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. KS3 History
Cost: £25 per workshop (17 pupils per session)
Available: Monday - Friday
Duration: 30 minutes
Cost: £25 per workshop (17 pupils per session)
Why not borrow the Coal Measures Fossils loans box or a 1980s-themed loans box to complement this session?
Duration 30 minutes
There are Victorian-themed loans boxes available to complement this session. 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. KS3, KS4 History Available: Tuesdays and Thursdays Cost for interviewing a miner: £30
There are 1930s-themed loans boxes available to complement this session.
Duration: 1 hour 45 minutes, including 30-minute interview with a miner © Martin Jenkinson
“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
“This session was excellent at giving pupils a taste of real life science and has provided an excellent experience for them at the start of their GCSE course.” Mr J Newton, Kettlethorpe High School
KS3 Science, Geography Available: Wednesdays and Fridays (with Subterranean Science Underground Tour) Cost £25 per workshop (17 pupils per session)
Science
Duration: 45 minutes What’s in Our Water?
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. Developed with help from the Head of Science at Freeston Business and Enterprise College, these activities support pupils studying GCSE Applied Science. The trail can be downloaded from our website: www.ncm.org.uk/learning KS4 Science Available: Monday-Friday Cost: free Duration: 1 hour
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Guided tour of the minewater-treatment 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. KS3, KS4 Science and Environmental Studies Available on request Cost £25 per workshop (one class) Duration: 45 minutes NEW FOR 2012 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 that looks at the properties and uses of common rocks.
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. KS3, KS4 GCSE Science, Applied Science, Environmental Studies, OCR Nationals and BTEC courses Available: 11, 12 and 13 September 2012. Further dates to be announced for Summer 2013 Cost: £45 per day (maximum of 34 pupils) Duration: Full day including underground tour
Education Programme KS3 & KS4
“It was a fantastic, memorable experience for the students. The talk with Harry [the artist] was inspiring; his passion for the art was infectious and his own work made the talk relevant to teaching in the classroom.” A. Allen, Carlton-Bolling College, Bradford
Art Sketching and drawing around site The varied Museum site can be used as a starting point for lots of creative projects.The original colliery buildings and Museum collections provide fantastic inspiration for sketching and drawing activities. 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 new resource, which uses the Museum site as a focus for exploring urban and rural landscapes, has been created by Jake Attree, a professional artist. The resource includes video tutorials, tips and ideas for developing pupils’ drawing skills and reproductions of some landscape pieces in the Museum collections. Drawing boards are available to borrow.
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KS3, KS4, KS5, Art and Design Cost: Download for free from our website or buy from the shop for £6.00 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. KS4/KS5 Art students
Seeing the Whole Picture Project Seeing the Whole Picture is a fouryear art and photography project supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund. Over this period, we have been developing the Museum’s art and photographic collections and delivering education activities, which help young people to find out more about coal mining and its rich artistic heritage.Visit the website for more details about how to get involved: www.ncm.org.uk
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
“The most enjoyable part of the day for me was drawing outside and experimenting with different media” Year 12 pupil, St Wilfrid’s RC High School and Sixth form
cing Videoconferen and Loan boxes Loan Boxes Objects, information and activities stimulate curiosity, encouraging a hands-on approach to learning. Borrow a free loans box for up to a month. Please book through the Assistant Education Officer.
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. To take part, we advise schools to register with JANET Videoconferencing Service (JVCS). See http://www.ja.net/services/video/jvcs/ 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. KS3 History/English Available: Thursdays Cost: free Duration: 45 minutes
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Coal Measures fossils Six Coal Measures fossils, which pupils can handle and explore. 1980s Mining Safety A selection of miners’ protective clothing and equipment focusing on working conditions underground. A great resource for studying health and safety. 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 copy sources from the 1842 Children’s Commission. Victorian Home A selection of objects that relate to the Victorian mining home.
Education Programme KS3 & KS4
Mining Portraiture Resources for art students, including images of paintings, photographs, handling objects, mining-artist interviews on audio CD and information sheets. Striking Images – the 1984/85 Miners’ Strike A fantastic set of resources which tell the story of the 1984/85 Miners’ Strike and those who were affected by it. Resources include trade newspapers, leaflets, oral history recordings and a selection of historic photographs taken by Ken Wilkinson and Guardian newspaper photographers Don McPhee, Frank Martin, David Sillitoe and Kenneth Saunders. 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. A range of video material is also available to borrow. Please ask the Assistant Education Officer for more details.
Education Programme KS3 & KS4
How to book Practical information 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. 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. Supervision requirements 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. Booking the Education Room You can book the Education Activities Room in the Learning Curve, equipped with interactive whiteboard, for the day.The charge for this is £40. 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. Museum information 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
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• 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.