Touchstones Rochdale - Schools Programme 2014-15 by Your Trust

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SCHOOLS

PROGRAMME

2014/2015

YOUR MUSEUM NEEDS YOU!

DESIGNED FOR THE NEW NATIONAL CURRICULUM

GO4IT SCHOOL SERVICES

SPORT AND HEALTHY LIFESTYLE The Arts & Heritage educational offer, featured throughout this booklet, is complemented by the Link4Life Neighbourhood and Communities Service who work in partnership with the Link4Life Sport and Leisure Service to provide an inclusive Sport and Healthy Lifestyle offer for children and young people as well as the school staff workforce. This team also works in partnership with other organisations to support the delivery of the Healthy Schools initiative.

Our offer includes: Sports Coaching

Leadership Training

The Sports Coaching programme aims to increase the number of young people regularly participating in sport by offering a coaching programme for schools which supports the delivery of the PE curriculum. We offer a variety of sports specific sessions including multi skills, all coaches are fully qualified and enhanced CRB checked.

Link4Life is an accredited Assessment Centre for Sports Leaders UK. Leadership training is available including Young Leaders Award (9-13 years), Level 1 and 2 in Community Sports Leadership (14 years+), Basic Expedition Leadership Award, Higher Sports Leadership Award and Dance Leaders Award.

Inclusive & Specialist Coaching (SEN)

Healthy Workforce Programme

Link4Life employs a specialist disability sports officer and sports coaches who are experienced in delivering inclusive and specialist programmes for children & young people with disabilities. We assist in the delivery of Playground2Podium programme and deliver specialist holiday activity programme and weekly activity clubs for disabled children & young people.

The Healthy Workforce Programme aims to promote health and wellbeing by providing fitness, sport and activity sessions, as well as advice on health and exercise for employees. Significant health benefits have been recorded by individuals as well as contributing to a fall in sickness absence levels and improved health and well-being.

Club Development

Continuing Professional Development

Advice and guidance is available, including school-club links, club accreditation (Clubmark, Charter Standard and Springboard), funding and constitutions.

We offer training opportunities for school staff to support the teaching of the PE curriculum.

For more information about the Link4Life Go4it Schools Service Sport and Healthy Lifestyle offer please contact: Jonathan Hayhurst (Sports Programme Co-ordinator) Email: jonathan.hayhurst@link4life.org Tel: 01706 926231

Link4Life is the trading name of Rochdale Boroughwide Cultural Trust. Registered Charity No: 1118610

WELCOME FROM THE EDUCATION TEAM

CONTENTS LIST

Touchstones Rochdale offers inspiring, interactive and fun learning opportunities that directly support the needs of the new National Curriculum. Inspired by the Borough’s Arts and Museum collections our high quality learning offer is designed to stimulate pupils’ curiosity through creative and handson learning. A visit to Touchstones Rochdale contributes to the cultural aspect of Ofsted’s requirement that a school promotes students’ spiritual, moral, social and cultural development. Last year over 14,000 enthusiastic learners participated with our service through workshops, outreach sessions, special projects and loans boxes. This year our brand new learning offer reflects the changes to the National Curriculum and your wartime commemorations - look out for the NEW tags throughout the programme.

Your Local History

Science, Technology, Engineering & Maths

Forthcoming Exhibitions

We look forward to hearing from you over the coming year.

How to Book

Karen Vine, Lindsey Milnes & Natalie Rhodes The Education Team

“Involving young people in the arts increases their academic performance, encourages creativity, and supports talent early on.” Department for Education and the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, July 2013

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Introducing the Arts & Heritage Service KS1 & KS2 History

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KS2 History

CONTENTS

SCHOOLS PROGRAMME 2014/2015 12 - 13 War & Remembrance 14 - 15 Rochdale Pioneers Museum

18 - 19 Science & Nature 20 - 21 Revealing the River Roch 22 - 24 Literacy: Storytelling, Puppetry & Poetry 25

Self-Guided Visits

26 - 27 Artplus & Music 28 - 29 Meet the Facilitators 30 - 31 Loans Boxes 32 - 33 Workshop Planner

Our Schools Programme has been awarded the Learning Outside the Classroom Quality Badge.

WHAT WE OFFER: • School Workshops: our outstanding cross-curricular school workshops bring learning to life with original and replica artefacts, role play and strong pupil involvement. • Outreach Workshops: bring the magic and wonder of Touchstones Rochdale to your school with our hands-on curriculum linked outreach workshops. •

Loan Boxes: our very popular Loan Box Service is free to borrowers within the Rochdale Borough. Each box contains original and reproduction artefacts and is designed to support study topics including history, geography, art, local studies, citizenship and ecology. They encourage learners to use all their senses and help pupils to develop the important skill of drawing conclusions based on an examination of evidence, together with an understanding of the limitations and reliability of evidence. Furthermore, they are ideal for generating group and class discussion.

• Self-guided Visits: a superb, cost effective way for your class to access culture for free! Start your planning by downloading our exhibitions brochure from www.link4life.org/touchstones. •

Arts Award Supporter: Touchstones Rochdale offers a wide range of activities and resources that could contribute to a young person’s Arts Award. From workshops, curator talks and behind-the-scenes tours to opportunities to see and review exhibitions and artefacts to inspire creative responses. Look out for the Arts Award Supporter logo throughout this programme.

• Teacher CPDs: our fun and informative CPDs are delivered by field experts and will give you lots of cross-curricular activities to take back to the classroom.

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INTRODUCING THE ARTS & HERITAGE SERVICE

With captivating Art Galleries, an enthralling Museum, Local Studies Centre, Visitor Information Centre, Café & Gift Shop, Touchstones Rochdale has something special for everyone. Why not pay a visit and relax with some stunning art and discover the fascinating and rich history of the Borough. Art Gallery

See a wide variety of exhibitions in the Art Gallery’s four gallery spaces. Gallery One is dedicated to exhibitions from the local community; Gallery Two shows the impressive permanent collection in a series of changing exhibitions; Galleries Three and Four show a range of temporary exhibitions focusing on contemporary art and craft. Exhibitions often feature hands-on activities for younger visitors, including a dedicated under 5s activity station in Gallery Two.

Local Studies Centre Discover the past for yourself – first hand. Whether you’re interested in local history, want to trace your family roots or just want to know a little more about the street you live on, we can help you find out more. You can read about the history of the Borough by looking at the local history books online at www.link4life.org/localstudies. Why not also visit the ‘Discover’ section on the website. Look out too for the Local Studies workshops specially designed for KS1 (page 6) and KS2 (page 16) in this programme.

Museum

An exciting ‘hands-on’ Museum full of fun activities for children, fascinating facts for adults and, for the not so young, a chance to share some cherished memories! Come and discover Rochdale’s past and perhaps help shape its future.

Visitor Information Centre & Shop

Our Centre can provide you with details of local, regional and national attractions and events. We stock a wide range of souvenirs, postcards, local crafts and pocket money gifts for children.

Venue Hire

Hire our venue for meetings, seminars, product launches or corporate hospitality. Please ring the admin/ finance team on 01706 924939 for more information.

Arts & Heritage Resource Centre

The Resource Centre is where we look after our historic collections. You can arrange to meet a curator and get help with identifying and researching items. Visits can be arranged by appointment. For further information or to discuss donating an item please contact us on 01706 641085 or email resourcecentre@link4life.org

Arts Development

Interested in getting involved in the Arts such as theatre, dance & circus? Check out www.takepart.org.uk to find out what’s on offer around the Borough!

Café Life

Café Life, run by Pure Innovations, is open Tuesday to Saturday 10am-4pm with food served from 11am.

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Granny Su’s historical adventures make learning about the past fun for younger children. During these cross-curricular sessions your students will develop an awareness of the past; identify similarities and differences between ways of life in different periods whilst improving their thinking and enquiry skills.

KS1 & KS2 HISTORY

GRANNY SU’S HISTORICAL ADVENTURES

Cost: £63 (1hr 30mins) Dates: Workshops available throughout the year Time: 10am – 11.30am & 1pm – 2.30pm

Washday Now and Then

EYFS KS1 KS2

Join Granny Su to discover how household activities have changed over the last 100 years. During this workshop pupils will learn about washing clothes in Victorian Britain. Dressed in authentic period costume, your students will learn how to do the washing using a dolly tub, rubbing board and carbolic soap. Enjoy the rigours of Victorian life - all good clean fun! “The children were very excited and intrigued by the Victorian lady - lots actually believed she was Victorian!” Year 6 teacher, Rochdale

Toys Past and Present

EYFS KS1

This lively and fun-packed activity session explores changes within living memory by examining toys and games from the past and present. Everyone will have the opportunity to dress up in period costume as well as play with and discuss the difference between toys, how they work, and the materials from which they are made. Children will also make a simple toy to take away with them. “Their faces lit up and they were all engaged - a very positive response.” Year 1 teacher, Middleton

Celebrations: Traditional Victorian Christmas

EYFS KS1 KS2

Dates: Available November and December 2014

Queen Victoria and Prince Albert popularised the traditions we associate with Christmas today - the tree, the Christmas cards, the presents and even the Christmas pudding. They made Christmas a festival for the whole family and any gathering was a good excuse to play games together. In this workshop your class will learn traditional parlour games and play with toys and board games from the period too. Each child will dress as a Victorian, sit around our beautifully decorated hearth and tree and make a Christmas card and scented pomander to take away. “Children were all really engaged and ‘cannot wait to take their items home’.” Year 3 teacher, Rochdale

Seaside Holidays in the Past

KS1

In this session pupils will discover how going to the seaside has changed over 100 years. Find out where the Victorians went on holiday, how they travelled there and what activities they enjoyed once they arrived. In this session your children will; dress up as a Victorian, pretend to ride the ‘train’ to the seaside, take part in the parade along the ‘Prom’ and enjoy all the fun to be found on the sand. This packed session also includes; singing, playing traditional games, watching a Punch and Judy show and taking part in a real sandcastle building competition too! “The children loved the Punch and Judy puppets!” Year 2 teacher, Rochdale

See page 11 for our KS2 workshop Jolly Holidays in the Past.

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KS1 & KS2 HISTORY

Two Queens to Power

KS1 KS2

Cost: £63 (1hr 30mins) Dates: Workshops available throughout the year Time: 10am – 11.30am & 1pm – 2.30pm Join our facilitator to explore and compare the lives of Elizabeth I and Queen Victoria; discover how they both contributed to national achievements and compare what life was like under their rule. Your pupils will take part in role play, games and exciting activities to help understand and compare the life and times of two significant Queens.

Queen Victoria

KS1 KS2

Cost: £63 (1hr 30mins) Dates: Workshops available throughout the year Time: 10am – 11.30am & 1pm – 2.30pm This famous Queen of Britain and the British Empire ruled for more than 63 years until her death in 1901. In this workshop your pupils will discover more about Queen Victoria and what life was like for our ancestors in the 1800s. This workshop includes a Victorian schoolroom session so expect costume, canes and parlour games! A fantastic interactive session designed for both KS1 and KS2 pupils.

KS1 Local Studies

KS1

Cost: £63 (1hr 30mins) Dates: Workshops available throughout the year Time: 10am – 11.30am & 1pm – 2.30pm Designed especially for KS1 your class will delight in discovering, through the resources held in the Local Studies Centre, about the people and places in Rochdale. This study concentrates on local transport, housing and shops. Pupils will learn about some of the ways in which we find out about the past. They will work with archival materials including old photographs, trade directories, maps and census returns. Your children will be fascinated to learn about the ‘Lavender Wagon’ and the ‘Black Pea Man’!

Looking for a Local History workshop for KS2? Please turn to page 16 for our brand workshop How to use the Archives: From Cradle to Grave.

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Bring history topics to life in the classroom through stop-motion animation!

Cost: £300 is for a full-day workshop Dates: Available throughout the year. Please call to arrange a suitable date.

KS1 KS2

Stop-motion animation is the process of joining together a series of still images into one continuous film. Through this one-day workshop your pupils will learn how to use basic equipment to storyboard their films, animate drawings and even record sound effects!

KS1 & KS2 HISTORY

ANI-MAKE HISTORY Choose any significant historic event or well-known figure as your inspiration and then decide with the facilitator which key feature to animate. Working in small teams each group will produce a different aspect of the narrative which, when viewed together will tell the complete sequence of events. Behind-the-scenes editing will bring clips together in one DVD animation. Films can then be uploaded to You Tube to enable you to share your work with other classes, parents and the wider community.

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Events beyond living memory that are significant nationally or globally, for example: • The Great Fire London - how did it start? • The first aeroplane flight

The lives of significant individuals in the past who have contributed to national and international achievements, for example:

• Queen Elizabeth I – fighting the Spanish Armanda • L.S. Lowry – bring one of his urban landscape paintings to life • Florence Nightingale – explain how she saved lives during the Crimean War

The Viking and Anglo-Saxon struggle for the Kingdom to the time of Edward the Confessor, for example: • Viking Invasion – how did they travel and where did they come from?

“The workshop fitted in very nicely with our literacy topic and ICT. The interactive element and the animation techniques worked really well as I do not have the expertise or the equipment to deliver these.” Year 2 teacher, Middleton “It fitted in with the curriculum… The children enjoyed all aspects of the workshop and were thrilled with the animation.” Year 2 teacher, Rochdale

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KS2 HISTORY

Ancient Egypt: Me and My Mummy!

KS2

Cost: £63 (1hr 30mins) Dates: Workshops available throughout the year Time: 10am – 11.30am & 1pm – 2.30pm In this workshop pupils will learn about the achievements of one of the earliest civilisations: Ancient Egypt. Meet our costumed facilitator and learn how and why the Egyptians practiced mummification. Examine accurate replica artefacts, like the infamous ‘brain hook’, natron salt and a set of canopic jars. Learn how amulets were used to protect the body from evil spirits and watch in awe as we ‘act out’ the fascinating stages of mummification on three daring pupils from your class before making a mini mummy to take away. This is an absolutely brilliant workshop which brings to life many topics on the theme of Ancient Egypt.

Bring the magic of Touchstones KS2 to your classroom! KS2 OUTREACH: Annie the Archaeologist Discovers ‘Treasures of Ancient Egypt’ Cost: £150 for a single morning or afternoon session (£250 when two sessions are booked for the same day). Dates: Available throughout the year. Please call to arrange a suitable date. The Museum’s Egyptology collection has inspired this truly exciting, interactive fun learning experience which children will remember for a lifetime. The session includes; performance, role-play, music, authentic smells, object handling, movement and dance. Our costumed facilitator, Cat Jessop, will perform in your classroom as excitable Annie, hot from her recent overseas tour of 1920s Egypt with the great archaeologist Sir William Flinders Petrie. In this session children will learn about how and what treasures were unearthed. They will also act out a fascinating myth from Ancient Egypt to discover more about life in the past.

“The children loved handling the replica objects and learning the Egyptian dance!” Year 4 teacher, Middleton

“I loved dressing up as a Mummy!” Year 5 pupil, Pennines

Ancient Greek Life

KS2

Cost: £63 (1hr 30mins) Dates: Workshops available throughout the year Time: 10am – 11.30am & 1pm – 2.30pm

“It was extremely relevant! It has given the children an eagerness to get back to the classroom and learn more.” Year 5 teacher, Middleton

Dress in authentic costume and get ready to discover what life was like in Ancient Greece. Learn about the achievements of Ancient Greek civilisation including: democracy, architecture and theatre. Act out an ancient myth and take part in a live debate. Discuss and agree the price of figs and the sentencing of a prolific criminal who just happens to be an unsuspecting volunteer from your class! This is a fantastic interactive session and the costumed facilitator really helps to bring alive ancient history through lots of role-play activities.

Bring the magic of Touchstones to your classroom! OUTREACH: Ancient Greek Games! KS2 Cost: £150 for 1 x 2hr session for one class (or two x 1hr back-to-back morning sessions catering for two classes in total). Dates: Available throughout the year. Please call to arrange a suitable date. Improve your pupils’ fitness through this lively interactive curriculum-linked workshop. Our facilitator, dressed in authentic costume, will lead this energetic performance putting your children through their physical paces to learn more about life in Ancient Greece and its influence on the western world. Travel back in time to 500 B.C. to take part in the original Olympic Games of Ancient Greece! This inspirational active workshop makes links with the history curriculum, includes the energy of a PE lesson and helps build on the legacy of the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games and looks forward to Rio 2016! “Relevant to both PE and History - the children loved the competitions!” Year 7 teacher, Heywood

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KS2

Cost: £63 (1hr 30mins) Dates: Workshops available throughout the year Time: 10am – 11.30am & 1pm – 2.30pm Learn about the Roman Empire and its impact on Britain. Each child will dress in Roman costume during this exciting and fun filled role-play session. Following the strict instructions of Emperor Hadrian, learn how to march like a real Roman soldier and find out why marching was so important to their army. See how the North West changed following the Roman invasion of Britannia in 43AD and how the local Celts fared. Hear about typical Roman food, the warm and relaxing bathhouse and the bizarre Roman toilet habits (watch out for the toilet sponge - the Roman equivalent of toilet paper)!

KS2 HISTORY

Roman Invasion

“It covered all areas of our Roman topic and allowed the children to experience many aspects of Roman life first hand.” Year 3 teacher, Rochdale

Anglo-Saxon Attack!

KS2

Cost: £63 (1hr 30mins) Dates: Workshops available throughout the year Time: 10am – 11.30am & 1pm – 2.30pm Join Godwif, our Anglo-Saxon invader, who will explain where the Saxons came from and why they settled in England. Dressed in authentic costume children will be divided into four kingdoms before competing against each other in a traditional Anglo-Saxon sport. Learn about the importance of storytelling in Anglo-Saxon culture and help Godwif act out the grizzly legend of Beowulf the Brave. Discover the gory depths of the Anglo-Saxon’s crime and punishment laws as you investigate who stole the Saxon cows and debate what punishment they should receive.

Stone-Age Cave Painting & Pottery

KS2

Cost: £63 (1hr 30mins) Dates: Workshops available throughout the year Time: 10am – 11.30am & 1pm – 2.30pm It is 12000BC and Britain is beginning to warm after the Ice Age. We will visit the replica cave and discuss what life would have been like for the Neolithic hunter-gathers. Find out how Stone-Age artists used the colours of the soils, minerals and other natural materials to produce pictures of the animals and shapes that were important to them - striking images that still survive today to give us a tantalising glimpse into the lives of pre-historic Britain. Finally, each child will use pre-historic techniques to make their own pot like the ones used by early farmers to store food.

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KS2 HISTORY

A Viking Adventure!

KS2

Cost: £63 (1hr 30mins) Dates: Workshops available throughout the year Time: 10am – 11.30am & 1pm – 2.30pm

“It covered all aspects of our topic and the use of drama really brought the Vikings to life for the children.” Year 4 teacher, Rochdale

Travel back through the centuries to the time of the Viking raids and invasions! Working with our costumed facilitator pupils will dress up in Viking costume and ‘set sail’ from Norway to England in search of new lands. Discover why they faced resistance from Alfred the Great and Athelstan, how they lived, what they believed in as well as why and how they travelled. A lively energetic session exploring life as an invading Viking without the sea sickness!

Bring the magic of Touchstones to your classroom! OUTREACH: Annie the Archaeologist KS2 Discovers the Vikings! Cost: £150 for 1 x 2hr session for one class (or two x 1hr back-to-back morning sessions catering for two classes in total). Dates: Available throughout the year. Please call to arrange a suitable date. Join Annie the Archaeologist as she shares with your class tales from her latest time travelling adventure. Annie will tell of daring deeds and recount ghastly tales of life when the Vikings invaded Britain. Our costumed facilitator will transform your classroom into a den of discovery, using role-play, games, artefacts, smells and sounds to bring to life this fascinating topic.

Britain Beyond 1066: Life in Tudor England

KS2

Cost: £63 (1hr 30mins) Dates: Workshops available throughout the year Time: 10am – 11.30am & 1pm – 2.30pm Join our Tudor Lady or Gentleman and explore the character of Tudor England. Discover more about the homes of the rich and poor and the lives of their occupants. Dress-up in Tudor hats and act out the lives of various Tudors from Henry VIII to the peasants of Rochdale and even learn dance steps to an authentic merry tune from the period.

“It covered many objectives and the children loved dressing up.” Year 5 teacher, Pennines

Celebrations: Tudor Twelve Days of Christmas

KS2

Cost: £63 (1hr 30mins) Dates: Available November and December 2014. Time: 10am – 11.30am & 1pm – 2.30pm It’s Christmas Eve and almost time to “eat, drink and be merry”, but not quite yet as Lady Alice has a banquet to prepare, and your pupils must help her! This is a lively hands-on learning session with lots of fun and laughter. Your pupils can’t help joining in and getting into character with our enthusiastic costumed facilitator dressed in all her Tudor finery. Discover how Tudors decorated their houses and how they enjoyed a little luxury at Christmas such as eating pottage, fig stuffed boars head and roasted peacock! Your students will take part in traditional singing, dancing and games of the Tudor period. So raise your Wassail Cup in a toast to the Tudor Twelve Days of Christmas!

“The children have had a fantastic afternoon. It has enhanced their learning and brought the brilliant Tudors to life! Teacher in role was superb!” Year 4 teacher, Rochdale

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KS2

Cost: £63 (1hr 30mins) Dates: Workshops available throughout the year Time: 10am – 11.30am & 1pm – 2.30pm

KS2 HISTORY

Britain Beyond 1066: Victorian Schoolroom

Be prepared for some strict discipline! Your class will endure the rules and regulation as set by the costumed facilitator in this realistic performance based on a Victorian lesson. This workshop gives pupils the opportunity to explore, in role, a typical school day from the late 1880s. Pupils will follow a timetable based on the 3Rs under the watchful eye of Mr or Miss Grimm, the schoolteacher. Authentic costume will be provided for your class to wear during their visit. This session is definitely not for the faint hearted! “Children responded well to the role play and it gave them a feeling of what life was like for a child in Victorian England.” Year 5 teacher, Rochdale

Bring the magic of Touchstones to your classroom! OUTREACH: Victorian Schoolroom Drill! KS2 Cost: £150 for 1 x 2hr session for one class (or two x 1hr back-to-back morning sessions catering for two classes in total). Dates: Available throughout the year. Please call to arrange a suitable date. Strict Victorian school mistress Miss Grimm will deliver an authentic P.E. session from the era designed to produce a healthy workforce fit for ‘The Empire’. Our costumed facilitator will remain in role for the whole performance to give your children a flavour of life as a child in a Victorian school. After taking the register in your classroom Miss Grimm will march your pupils from the classroom to the hall to instruct them in a series of exercises known as ‘the drill’. By listening to the beat of her cane on the blackboard and carrying out Miss Grimm’s rigid instructions, pupils will certainly understand the importance of exercise for health during Victorian times and be very thankful it’s not their normal P.E. lesson! “It helped them compare life as a child today with that of a Victorian. Despite their initial terror, the factual first-hand experience helped them to deeply understand Victorian school life.” Year 6 teacher, Rochdale

Changes in Leisure & Entertainment: Jolly Holidays in the Past

KS2

Cost: £63 (1hr 30mins) Dates: Workshops available throughout the year Time: 10am – 11.30am & 1pm – 2.30pm Go on your jolly holidays without leaving the Museum! This is a fabulous interactive workshop comparing seaside holidays in the late Victorian period with those experienced in the mid to late 20th century. Our costumed facilitator will remain in role to deliver a terrific performance to engage your children with history and find out what seaside holidays were really like in the past. Pack your suitcase, board our ‘train’, and prepare to cheer and jeer with Punch and Judy! “It covered history, literacy and geography. The children loved taking part in the hands on activities.” Year 3 teacher, Rochdale

See page 5 for our KS1 workshop Seaside Holidays in the Past.

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WAR & REMEMBRANCE

The two World Wars were significant turning points in British history. From 2014 to 2018, across the world, nations, communities and individuals of all ages will come together to mark, commemorate and remember the lives of those who lived, fought and died in the First World War. Touchstones Rochdale can help you plan your wartime commemorations with our NEW World War One workshop, our FREE Remembrance Trail and our FREE World War One loan box. During the workshop pupils will discover how and why the First World War started and what life was like as a Tommy in the trenches at the front, as well as what was happening back home.

Life in the First World War

KS2

Cost: £63 (1hr 30mins) Dates: Workshops available throughout the year Time: 10am – 11.30am & 1pm – 2.30pm The First World War was a significant turning point in British history. During this interactive workshop your pupils will use role-play to act out the lives of the Lords, an ordinary family who live in Rochdale, from 1914 to 1918. Pupils will learn about: the causes of the First World War; how the Government used propaganda posters to encourage men to enlist; what life was like as a Tommy in the trenches at the front; about the Home Front including the changing role of women; the role animals played in the war and why we commemorate 11th November.

OUTREACH: Ani-make History (WWI & WWII)

KS1

KS2

Cost: £300 for a full day activity Dates: Available throughout the year. Please call to arrange a suitable date. Through this one-day workshop your pupils will learn how to use basic equipment to storyboard their films, animate collages and drawings and create sound effects! Decide together with the facilitator which key aspect of the First or Second World War to animate. For instance you may wish to concentrate your animation on the subject of Remembrance. Working in small teams each group will produce a different section of the chosen story. Behind-the-scenes editing will bring these clips together in one DVD animation. Films can then be uploaded to You Tube to enable you to share your work with other classes, parents and the wider community.

See page 7 for more information on the Ani-Make History outreach sessions.

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WWII: Oh, What a Lovely War!

KS2

What was life like on the Home Front during World War Two? What did Mother do during the day while Father was away? What were children expected to do towards the war effort? Your students will follow the story of Rochdale’s Schofield family from happier times in pre-1939 Britain to the drastic changes which affected them all in wartime. This is a lively hands-on session with lots of role-play and interaction which make it a fantastic introduction to WWII and Remembrance Day topics. Our costumed facilitator will remain in role throughout the performance to give your class a flavour of what life was really like during WWII.

WAR & REMEMBRANCE

Cost: £63 (1hr 30mins) Dates: Workshops available throughout the year Time: 10am – 11.30am & 1pm – 2.30pm

“It was an excellent session, lively and very interesting for the children. All children were engaged and they loved taking part in the role play and looking at objects.” Year 3 teacher, Rochdale

Bring the magic of Touchstones to your classroom! OUTREACH: WWII Boot Camp! KS2 Cost: £150 for 1 x 2hr session for one class (or two x 1hr back-to-back morning sessions catering for two classes in total). Dates: Available throughout the year. Please call to arrange a suitable date. Attention! It’s time to tie your laces and grab your kit bag to take part in our Second World War Boot Camp session. The costumed facilitator will remain in role for the whole performance to deliver an authentic P.T. exercise programme from the era. Designed to test the fitness of the fighters in World War Two, this workshop is guaranteed to get pupil’s pulses racing as well as mentally fit for the challenges ahead. Look sharp! Does your class have the strength of character to endure the WWII ‘function fitness test’?

WWII: A Wartime Christmas

KS2

Cost: £63 (1hr 30mins) Dates: November and December 2014 Time: 10am – 11.30am & 1pm – 2.30pm

“The children really enjoyed it and will use it as a stimulus for creative writing.” Year 5 teacher, Heywood

Learn how rationing affected Christmas celebrations during the Second World War; from the food that people ate, the ways that they cooked it, to the presents that they gave to their loved ones. The class will be split into two teams which will compete against each other to decorate a ‘bomb shelter’ using a traditional ‘goose-feather Christmas tree’, homemade paper chains and other festive trimmings. We will then put the decorated shelters to use as the Air Raid Siren warns us of an impending attack. Each child will wear a replica gas mask and will learn about the effects of Air Raids on the people of Wartime Britain. This fun and festive workshop will educate and amuse and is a perfect end of term treat for classes studying WWII, or classes who will begin the topic in the New Year. Each child will make a simple homemade toy which they can give as a Christmas gift.

Loan Box Service

Don’t forget you can also book a loan box to help bring your history topic to life in your classroom. The WWI & WWII boxes contain real and replica artefacts which are free to borrowers within the Rochdale Borough. See page 31 for further details. “Children handled and discussed the objects in small groups. The smells were used to inspire our wartime poetry lesson.” Year 6 teacher, Heywood

WWI & WWII: Self-guided Remembrance Trail

Discover Rochdale’s contribution to World War One and World War Two by exploring the wartime displays in the Museum at Touchstones Rochdale which includes a replica air raid shelter. To support your visit we have created a Remembrance Museum Trail. This FREE resource will guide your class around the exhibitions whilst they undertake educational activities to encourage them to look more closely at the artefacts on display and make connections with the topic of Remembrance. Why not extend your day by including a visit to the nearby Memorial Gardens to see the War Memorial opposite the Town Hall in Rochdale? There is no cost for a self-guided visit and entrance to our building is also free.

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ROCHDALE PIONEERS MUSEUM

, s i l i m m u ien teri c c o n e a c i l b u p i i d , ROCHDALE s u i r p n i o m ute PIONEERS MUSEUM u s n o n ; t e r e v i v l i s i r u m m u r e t op m u n u n r u f i e m e s s e e u sul halemq fi e r a t o n , t a t o p m o c d a m a Shopping Pioneers t c o hu r o e d e S . t n o c i n o c , m u n ; s i i c s au n i m a u t u l u c o n , i l i t a Pioneer Experience e t s a v i v i v e a it. o n m o m u c i d Co-op Christmas n o c , a t m a n i t n u l i s s, t c e a r t s i r c i u q u s n o c e t e u q , t re c o l n o c i Fairtrade Pioneers d o t a t c e p m a d u l c s u i l u s on r a c i l u s n o c s r u i d i s s e n l i t n u l i t Ca The Rochdale Pioneers Museum is housed in the actual building where, on December 21st 1844, the Rochdale Pioneers opened their store selling honest food at fair weights and measures. Travel back in time, find out about co-operative values and principles, and discover how a movement that started here spread and now involves over a billion co-operators around the globe. Bring your class and enjoy a facilitator led workshop or alternatively come for a self-guided visit. Why not make it a longer visit and add an additional workshop or combine with a visit or workshop at Touchstones Rochdale?

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“One of the best trips I have taken children on and will be recommending to other Bury schools.” Year 6 teacher, Bury

Cost: £60 per class (35 pupils maximum) Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes Pupils will travel back in time to 1844, visit the original Pioneers store and learn about co-operative values and principles. They will discover how the movement that started here in Rochdale spread and now involves a billion co-operators around the globe. Pupils will become Pioneers themselves, working together in teams to complete our museum trail and participate in co-operative games.

KS1 KS2

“A super engaging, interactive session which the children thoroughly enjoyed.” Year 4/5 teacher

Cost: £60 per class (35 pupils maximum) Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes (Available from mid-November and throughout December.) The Rochdale Pioneers opened their store just before Christmas 1844. Pupils will visit the original store, hear the story of the opening night and discover the struggles the Pioneers had to overcome in the months before the opening. They will explore what Christmas was like in 1844 and find out how many of today’s Christmas traditions, like sending cards and pulling crackers, were developed in the 1840s. Working co-operatively, pupils will make a Christmas paper chain to take back to school.

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PRIMARY

“Children were very engaged and enjoyed all the activities.” Year 1 teacher

Cost: £60 per class (35 pupils maximum) Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes Through story and role play pupils will find out why the Rochdale Pioneers set up their shop and will explore what it was like to shop there. They will uncover the secret ingredients unscrupulous traders used to adulterate food by trying their hand at mixing chalk with flour and gravel with oatmeal. Pupils will enjoy a play experience in our replica shop complete with mini shopping trolleys and baskets. Dressing up as bees, pupils will discover how bees work co-operatively, just like the Rochdale Pioneers.

KS2

“It was good that the children had so many hands on activities during their time in the museum enabling them to understand what co-operation means.” Year 3 teacher

“Children were interested and enthusiastic. They clearly felt involved as the guides spoke to them.” Year 6 teacher

Cost: £30 per class (35 pupils maximum). Duration: 1 hour (Please note this session is designed to follow on from the Pioneer Experience session to make it a longer or full day visit.) Extend your visit with this introduction to Fairtrade principles. Pupils will be surprised to discover the wide range of products that are Fairtrade from bananas to beauty products and even footballs! They will be inspired by what the Fairtrade Premium can do to transform the lives of growers and producers in the developing world. In teams, pupils will develop a Fairtrade event they would like to host at school and then pitch the idea to the class.

“It was all fun and exciting from the start.” Year 7 pupil

KS3 KS4

Cost: £60 per class (35 pupils maximum) Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes During the Pioneer Exploration session pupils will visit the original Pioneers store from 1844, discover what life was like in 1844 and find out what the Rochdale Pioneers did and why. Delving deeper they will participate in a role play activity and will interrogate the Pioneers’ founding document ‘Law First’. Pupils will explore the Museum to find evidence to allow them to assess how successful the Pioneers were at achieving their objectives.

KS3 KS4

Cost: £30 per class (35 pupils maximum) Duration: 1 hour (Please note this session is designed to follow on from the Pioneer Exploration session to make it a longer or full day visit.) The Pioneer Citizens session is an ideal partner to the Pioneer Exploration workshop. Pupils will further explore the values and principles of the co-operative movement and will assess how these have enabled co-operators to influence change in society. Pupils will examine member campaigns that have focussed on working conditions, maternal welfare and Fairtrade. They will be inspired to themselves become Pioneer Citizens and promote positive change in their own community.

Cost: £30 per class (35 pupils maximum) Duration: 1 hour (Please note this session is designed to follow on from the Pioneer Exploration session to make it a longer or full day visit.) This workshop can be paired with the Pioneer Exploration session to introduce students to the co-operative model as an alternative to the shareholder model in business. Pupils will explore how co-operative values and principles influence decision making and will also investigate ethical issues involved in supplying products. They will gain an understanding of the ‘co-operative difference.’

Self-guided Visits

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m i m u h e m u n m a t o n , t a n e b a l r ove e a c e a r p Learning Resources t u l c s e c a f e s e d i u q m tua a n i n r u , i t o n a r t n a t s o l n o n , s Teacher Previews & Inset Days i t s c, e u p s u t a t a n i m e n , s u m u s n O . re, C n t u , m e u q t a l a t c u a m e n , o v a ic Cost: There is no cost for self-guided visits and entrance to our building is also free. Donations are welcomed. Duration: 45 minutes to 1.5 hours Self-guided visits enable you to visit the original Pioneers store and explore the Museum without charge. You must book self-guided visits in advance. Resources and information at www.rochdalepioneersmuseum.coop/schools For EYFS we have recently launched our Mini Pioneers Baskets for information see www.rochdalepioneersmuseum.coop/minipioneersbaskets.

The first time a school books on one of the workshops they will receive a FREE Meet the Pioneers pack worth £30. For more information visit www.rochdalepioneersmuseum.coop/product/meet-the-pioneers-pack A range of learning resources can also be found on our website www.rochdalepioneersmuseum.coop/learning-resources

Would you like to find out more about our workshops before making a booking? Come along to one of our Teacher Preview sessions and meet the Museum Team. Thursday 10 July 4.15 - 5.45pm

Tuesday 16 September 4.15 - 5.45pm

To book a FREE place call 01706 524920 or email museum@co-op.ac.uk The Museum’s Learning Loft can be hired for staff inset days. Workshops and tours can also be provided.

For information regarding workshops and resources on these two pages please contact: Rochdale Pioneers Museum, 31 Toad Lane, Rochdale, OL12 0NU Tel: 01706 524920 Email: museum@co-op.ac.uk www.rochdalepioneersmuseum.coop

YOUR LOCAL HISTORY

YOUR LOCAL HISTORY Cost: £63 (1hr 30mins) Dates: Workshops available throughout the year Time: 10am – 11.30am & 1pm – 2.30pm

The History of Rochdale in 90 Minutes! (Guided Tour)

KS2 KS3 KS4

Our guided walk-and-talk takes your class on a magical history tour to uncover how several aspects of national history are reflected in Rochdale’s town centre. Did you know that Rochdale’s recorded history began in 1086 with an entry in William the Conqueror’s Domesday Book or that St Chad’s Church is built on Anglo-Saxon foundations or that there is a rare example of a medieval bridge in the town centre? This tour includes the chance to see and put into context significant historic buildings found close to the location of the river including the magnificent Town Hall built by our 19th century forebears. Children will also discover through tangible evidence aspects of national history reflected in our local townscape. This 90 minute session also includes a visit to the relevant Museum displays at Touchstones Rochdale to help support and strengthen your children’s learning. The qualified Blue Badge Guide Anne Thomas will impart her enthusiasm and knowledge to leave you truly inspired and proud of your local heritage.

How to use the Archives: From Cradle to Grave

KS2

How do historians find things out? Learn tips from the Local Studies Centre staff and become detectives for the day. Find out what the Centre’s original source material reveal about the lives of two families, one rich and one poor, by following them through the evidence from cradle to grave. The experts from the Local Studies Centre will help your students decode primary sources from the archive which includes; census returns, wills, parish records and death certificates. This session also explores the transport, food, shopping and housing of the period to help your students gain a real understanding of what it was like to live as a Victorian in Rochdale. Looking for a local history workshop for KS1? Please turn to page 6 for our session for younger visitors called ‘KS1 Local History’.

Fairtrade Fun-tastic!

KS2

What is fair? Who controls trade? Working with freshly peeled oranges and delicious chocolate your class will, through practical application, understand what is meant by Fairtrade. This workshop has at its heart a global message about the power of co-operation to effect positive change which is a story that has its roots firmly in Rochdale! Can your class work together to untangle the sticky story of the cocoa bean? Will they work out a fair wage for the chocolate bar workers? Pupils will put their trade knowledge to the test and form their own Fairtrade team and take part in lively activities guaranteed to create a buzz of thoughts and ideas on fairness and co-operation. “The tastiest workshop ever!” Year 6 teacher, Heywood

Victorian Co-op Experience Day

KS2

Cost: £120 (full day 10am-2.30pm) Dates: Available throughout the year. Please call to arrange a suitable date. A fantastic opportunity for your children to travel back to 1844 and spend a whole day actively engaged in learning about a local story that changed the world. At Touchstones Rochdale, children will take part in a lively role-play session with our facilitator dressed in an authentic costume from the Victorian Era. Children will also dress up, learn to weigh dry foodstuffs on an old fashioned scale, wrap goods using brown paper and record their transactions using dip pen and ink. At the Rochdale Pioneers Museum pupils visit the original Pioneers Store and learn about Co-operative values and principles. They will discover how the movement started here in Rochdale spread and now involves a billion Co-operators around the globe. Pupils will become Pioneers themselves, working together in teams to complete our museum trail and participate in Co-operative games. “It brought the history of Rochdale to life.” Year 6 teacher, Heywood

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We work in partnership with The Greater Manchester STEM Centre to provide primary school pupils with the opportunity to meet practising scientists, engineers, technologists and mathematicians through the workshops on offer. Using the objects on display in the Museum as inspiration, the activities promise to entertain and engage your children as well as help them develop important problem-solving and critical thinking skills.

Cost: £75 (1hr 30mins) Dates: Workshops available throughout the year Time: 10am – 11.30am & 1pm – 2.30pm

“Wonderful morning- different styles of learning covered all areas of children’s ability- visual, practical, auditory etc.” Year 1 teacher, Rochdale

KS1 KS2

1. Science of Toys

This session is designed to relate scientific concepts to something all children are familiar with toys! Pupils will explore the scientific concepts in toys (seeing, forces, energy, sound and more), examine historical toys in the Museum collection and then build their own toy.

2. Seeing the Light

SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING & MATHS

KS2

Drawing upon key examples from the Museum collection this hands-on session investigates light and colour; how we use them, mix them and how we see things. The session includes an interactive light and colour show exploring light sources and colour mixing.

3. Forces and Motion

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4. Flight

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What is flight? In this interactive session pupils will build a number of objects from card and paper to see if they truly fly.

5. Material World

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Materials are all around us doing many different jobs in many different ways. Pupils will investigate different examples of materials found on display in the Museum and take part in a number of experiments to compare, identify, mix and separate materials.

6. Bridge Building

KS2

In this workshop the science enabler will set the class an engineering design task to construct a small scale version of Rochdale Bridge using the popular K’nex kits. Children will work in small groups and during the process develop skills in communication, team working and problem solving which will increase their individual self-confidence. This workshop will also help children to understand why we need bridges, designs that make a bridge strong and how to think like an engineer. STEM sessions run at Touchstones can be used as completed stages in the British Science Association CREST Investigations programme. Further details from SETPOINT Greater Manchester - email stemsalford@aol.com

SCIENCE & NATURE

The following hands-on workshops provide “real-world” learning, helping children to discover the science behind the processes of the natural world inspired by some of the wonderful wildlife we have in Rochdale. Drawing on their experience and local knowledge NatureEd facilitators, Judy Alderson and Jude Murray, showcase innovative ways of using the outdoors to complement classroom-based learning. “The truth is: the natural world is changing. And we are totally dependent on that world. It provides our food, water and air. It is the most precious thing we have and we need to defend it.” Sir David Attenborough

Four Seasons – A Struggle for Survival

KS2

Cost: £63.00 (1hr 30mins) Dates: Sept 2014 – March 2015 Time: 10am – 11.30am & 1pm – 2.30pm Inspired by the Gallery Two exhibition Four Seasons in One Day, children will follow a year in the life of a hedgehog looking at its struggle for survival, exploring the interrelationship between animals and plants in respect to the seasonal variations of weather, temperature and light.

Festive Plants, Trees & EvergreensKS2 Cost: £63 (1hr 30mins) Dates: Available Nov and Dec 2014 Time: 10am – 11.30am & 1pm – 2.30pm This winter workshop looks at seasonal plants and trees with a particular emphasis on wood types and their uses throughout history. Children will explore the Museum looking at woodland products and have a chance to make their own festive decoration from willow, evergreens, cones and berries discussing different traditions and folklore around plants and trees.

KS2 KS3 OUTREACH: Forest School Taster – Wild Food Foraging & Cooking on an Open Fire!

Cost: £150 to book half a day - 15 children (£250 to book full day - 30 children) Dates: Sept & Oct 2014 and April & May 2015 Location: Hollingworth Lake Foraging is fun, hands-on and tasty! By recognising the importance of plant identification for foraging, pupils will develop a first-hand understanding of the structure, growth, life cycle and seasonality of plants. Learning to safely prepare and cook wild food over an open fire will challenge concepts of nutrition and food safety and help pupils gain knowledge and skills dating from pre-historic times. This exciting outdoor workshop offers a unique experiential learning opportunity linked with science and history. “I was amazed I could eat leaves.” Pupil Redwood School “An excellent well planned, well resourced & well delivered programme.” Teacher, Redwood School

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“The children loved hunting for bugs.” Year 3 teacher, Rochdale

KS1 KS2

Cost: £63.00 (1hr 30mins) Dates: Available each term except Dec 2014 – Feb 2015 Time: 10am – 11.30am & 1pm – 2.30pm A creative workshop bringing biodiversity to life as pupils explore the relationship between living things and their habitats. Children will find their own mini-beast from different habitats in the Touchstones garden and, by closely observing their creature, will learn how to identify, recognise adaptations and distinguish similarities and differences. Pupils will design their very own ‘Super Bug’. They will consider the bugs habitat, how it moves, what it eats, who eats it and, most importantly, which special ‘Super Bug’ power it possesses for survival!

Animal Adaptations

KS1 KS2

Cost: £63.00 (1hr 30mins) Dates: Available each term Time: 10am – 11.30am & 1pm – 2.30pm

SCIENCE & NATURE

Bugs & Beasties

“Fantastic workshop! The children were very positive and enthusiastic. Their attention was captured from the beginning.” Year 4 teacher, Middleton

Blind as a bat? Quiet as a mouse? Cunning as a fox? With a focus on nocturnal animals, your pupils will soon discover the amazing adaptive powers and survival tactics of a variety of animals. Pupils will take part in a series of challenges, testing their own sensory skills and discovering more about the survival adaptations of different animals before putting this knowledge into action. Pupils will create their own animal - thinking about where it lives, what it eats, and how it protects itself illustrating how it has evolved to be so well adapted to its environment.

Ordnance Survey Lancashire Sheet LXXXIX

RIVERS

The River Roch and its many tributaries are characteristic features of Rochdale’s landscape. The local importance of rivers is seen in their influence on the lives of people and wildlife of the area. From supplying the freshwater we drink to driving the wheels of industry, rivers are a vital part of our environment. Cost: £63.00 (1hr 30mins) Dates: Available each term Time: 10am – 11.30am & 1pm – 2.30pm

Rivers & Geography: Flowing with Life

KS2 KS3

Tracing the course of the River Roch as it flows through the Borough, this workshop shows pupils the importance of rivers within the water cycle and the impact of humans on wetland habitats and their wildlife. Starting at the giant topographical map, pupils will use the Museum collection to discover how precious fresh water is as a resource and then work together to produce a giant river system collage. This workshop provides a great opportunity to put local environmental issues into a global context and to help children learn from the past about our collective responsibility in using the Earth’s natural resources.

Rivers & History: Revealing the Roch

KS2 KS3

Linking local history to changes in environmental quality, this cross-curricular workshop focuses on the River Roch which gave Rochdale its name. Using archive maps and photographs, children will see how Rochdale grew dramatically from a medieval market place to one of the world’s first industrialised towns. Hidden secrets will be uncovered as the children step back in time on a guided walk along The Esplanade. Children will then create an eco-timeline to capture their thoughts for working towards a better and more sustainable future.

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REVEALING THE RIVER ROCH

Rochdale is named after the River Roch which was once a key feature of the town centre until it was covered up over 100 years ago by Victorian engineers. The following programme of cross-curricular workshops has been specially designed to enable your children to discover more about our hidden heritage and the treasures which lay beneath the concrete. Cost: £63 (1hr 30mins) Dates: Available each term Time: 10am – 11.30am & 1pm – 2.30pm

LOCAL STUDIES

The History of Rochdale in 90 Minutes!

KS2 KS3 KS4

Our guided walk-and-talk takes your class on a magical history tour to uncover how several aspects of national history are reflected in Rochdale’s town centre. Did you know that Rochdale’s recorded history began in 1086 with an entry in William the Conqueror’s Domesday Book or that St Chad’s Church is built on Anglo Saxon foundations or that there is a rare example of a medieval bridge in the town centre? This tour includes the chance to see and put into context significant historic buildings found close to the location of the river including the magnificent Town Hall built by our 19th century forebears. Children will also discover through tangible evidence aspects of national history reflected in our local townscape. This 90 minute session also includes a visit to the Museum to help support and strengthen your children’s learning. The qualified Blue Badge Guide Anne Thomas will impart her enthusiasm and knowledge to leave you truly inspired and proud of your local heritage.

Is There a Troll Under Rochdale Bridge?

KS1

In our re-imagined version of the famous fairy tale, the Three Billy Goats Gruff must cross Rochdale Bridge to get to the grass on the other side on the river. But what’s that lurking under the bridge? Oh no! It’s a fearsome Troll who eats anyone who passes that way!

LITERACY

This new production from Pocket Puppet Theatre adds suspense and drama to an age-old favourite fable. What fate bestows the three brothers? Will they manage to cross the bridge or will they succumb to the clutches of the Troll? This is a fully participatory workshop engaging the children in puppetry, storytelling, music, song, movement and a fun craft making activity. This workshop will also encourage children to imagine what the centre of the town looked like long before the shops, roads and pavements were built providing children with a unique insight into Rochdale in the past.

The Hidden Habitats of the River Roch

KS2

Through poetry, stories and rhymes Can O’ Worms storytelling will reveal the hidden habitats of the River Roch. In the last 100 years the river has changed from little more than an open sewer to a wildlife haven. Pupils will discover the secrets of the bird life that call the river, in the centre of our town, their home. Along the way, the words discovered and used by the children will be crafted into a poem as durable as the river itself. We may not have golden eagles, osprey or flamingos but the birds that do choose to live with us are just as secretive and fascinating.

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Ordnance Survey Lancashire Sheet LXXXIX

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ART

In response to artwork and archive material in the Arts & Heritage collections, the class will be asked to imagine how the local townscape might have looked in the past when the Rochdale Bridge was a principal feature of the town centre. In this session children will find out how to capture a 3D view as 2D and the visual tricks artists use to fool the eye. Pupils will be introduced to the rules of perspective and become familiar with art terms such as the horizon line, foreground, mid ground and background. Children will also understand the difference between - and know how and when to apply - aerial and linear perspective. Each student will apply their learning to create a stunning tactile collage making use of a variety of different materials and art techniques including: colour, texture, line, shape, form and space.

REVEALING THE RIVER ROCH

Tactile River Roch Landscape

Bridge Building KS2 Cost: £75 Rochdale Bridge, a magnificent historical relic which is an extremely rare example of medieval engineering, is hidden under The Butts in Rochdale Town Centre. In this workshop the science enabler from STEM Greater Manchester will set the class an engineering design task to construct a small scale version of Rochdale Bridge using the popular K’nex kits. Children will work in small groups and during the process develop skills in communication, team working and problem solving which will increase their individual self-confidence. This workshop will also help children to understand why we need bridges, designs that make a bridge strong and how to think like an engineer. This session will also provide your children with a unique insight into their local history and to marvel at the ingenuity of their forebears to lay foundations for a bridge where a river flows.

Rivers & Geography: Flowing with Life

KS2 KS3

Rivers & History: Revealing the Roch

SCIENCE

Tracing the course of The Roch as it flows through the Borough, this workshop shows pupils the importance of rivers within the water cycle and the impact of humans on wetland habitats and their wildlife. Starting at the giant topographical map, pupils will use the Museum collection to discover how precious fresh water is as a resource and then work together to produce a giant river system collage. This workshop provides a great opportunity to put local environmental issues into a global context and to help children learn from the past about our collective responsibility in using the Earth’s natural resources.

KS2 KS3

Linking local history to changes in environmental quality, this crosscurricular workshop focuses on the River Roch which gave Rochdale its name. Using archive maps and photographs, children will see how Rochdale grew dramatically from a medieval market place to one of the world’s first industrialised towns. Hidden secrets will be uncovered as the children step back in time on a guided walk along The Esplanade. Children will then create an eco-timeline to capture their thoughts for working towards a better and more sustainable future.

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EYFS KS1

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EYFS

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LITERACY

Cost: £63 (1hr 30mins) Dates: Workshops available throughout the year Time: 10am – 11.30am & 1pm – 2.30pm

The following workshops are expert-led and have been designed to encourage reading for pleasure and to enthuse and motivate your students about the joy of reading. Our recommended facilitators include; a poet, a storyteller and an author!

ADAM PERROTT

KS1

Adam Perrott’s Guide to Meddlers and Mischief-Makers!

KS2

Published author Adam Perrott brings his own special brand of humour to KS1 & KS2 audiences with an interactive comedy show about his creations The Odds and their meddling habits. After reading a few short excerpts from his book, Adam invites willing participants to prove whether or not they have “meddling” powers of their own by attempting a series of fun challenges ending in a spectacular and fun finale! “The children were engrossed in the story telling and loved having the opportunity to question an author about how they became a writer and the process behind having a book published.” Marc Kemp, Deputy Head, Parkfield Primary School, Middleton.

NORMAN WARWICK (JUST POETS) Just Poets: Once Upon a Rhyme

KS2

Just Poets deliver a workshop on narrative poetry. Pupils will explore plot lines, interrogate the text and talk to the characters. Pupils will engage in short, dynamic literary exercises in an attempt to answer the big literary questions; Where do stories start? Who do stories belong to? Can we always trust the teller of stories? Where do stories go when we have told them? This workshop will leave pupils with a clearer understanding of their relationship with story and poetry and of why literature can be so important in our understanding of the world.

Just Poets: Where Imagination Begins

KS1 KS2 KS3 KS4

Help Just Poets explore and discover where imagination begins. Together you will try to beat the world record time for writing a poem about your journey to imagination and back. This session includes; jokes, puns, lost letters, ‘Chinese Whispers’, and lots of fun. “Good introduction to poetry which encouraged children to use their imaginations - I will use ideas next week!” Year 2 teacher, Pennines

RAY STEARN (CAN O’ WORMS) Can O’ Worms: Animal Crackers

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Did you know that peregrine falcons nest right next to Touchstones? Using local wildlife as the starting point your class will explore the whole world of wildlife from worms to whales in stories and poems with Can O’ Worms facilitator Ray Stearn. From the stories children will create a poem to mark the day which they will present to the group. Alternative topic option: Animal stories are a favourite but a workshop can be tailored to your own theme with enough notice given. Stories from books old and new, interwoven with Ray’s original poems and perhaps a rhyme or two form the backbone of the session. Pupils interrogate the story, question the words and discover their own writing skills by creating a unique piece of their own. The magic contained in a can, whether it be full of worms or anything else for that matter, has to be seen to be believed and Can O’ Worms offers a workshop full of wonderment for KS1 and KS2.

See Can O’ Worms other workshop for KS2, The Hidden Habitats of the River Roch, on page 20.

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Explore our exhibitions and inspire your pupil’s curiosity with a FREE self-guided visit at Touchstones Rochdale. This type of visit means that you have opted to organise your own activities in the display areas and many schools combine a self-guided visit with one of our facilitator-led workshops to make a complete day out!

SELF-GUIDED VISITS

SELF-GUIDED VISITS All self-guided visits must be booked in advance. To get the most from your visit please read our handy advice below.

How to get the most from your self-guided visit: • There is no cost for self-guided visits and entrance to our building is also free. • We can supply additional information about temporary exhibitions including posters where available. • We also have a selection of worksheets for primary school children. We have themed activity sheets available to help focus your children in display areas such as the Museum Trail and Remembrance Trail. Contact us for a master copy, which you may then photocopy at school for use during your visit. • Clipboards and pencils can be supplied free when requested at the time of booking. • Booked groups have priority in display areas. It may be difficult to accommodate your class if you haven’t confirmed in advance. • We may be able to provide you with a space for FREE in which to eat your packed lunch. Please make this request at the time of booking so that we can make the necessary arrangements. • We recommend that you make a preliminary visit before bringing a class to familiarise yourself with the building and displays and to conduct your own risk assessment. • Essential information to help you plan your visit will be sent with confirmation of your booking including the ‘Code of Conduct’ outlining appropriate behaviour.

• To kick-start your self-guided visit, why not pre-book a free 30 minute introductory talk by one of our curatorial team. Meet the Curator is a fantastic opportunity for your class to meet an expert and the very person who has created the exhibition. Please see page 34 for more information or contact the Education Team for further details.

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ARTPLUS

Our art and design workshops engage, inspire and challenge pupils to experiment, invent and create their own works of art, craft and design. You can choose from a variety of workshops below which have been designed to include cross-curricular links. Through direct exploration of artwork on display, these workshops provide a range of innovative activities for pupils to enjoy and are especially valuable to those who benefit from multi-sensory learning opportunities. Cost: £63 (1hr 30mins) Dates: Workshops available throughout the year Time: 10am – 11.30am & 1pm – 2.30pm

Stone-Age Cave Painting & Pottery

KS2

It is 12000BC and Britain is beginning to warm after the Ice Age. Sit around the fire in our replica cave and discuss what life would have been like for the Neolithic hunter-gathers. Find out how Stone-Age artists used the colours of the soils, minerals and other natural materials to produce pictures of the animals and shapes that were important to them striking images that still survive today to give us a tantalising glimpse into the lives of pre-historic Britain. Finally, each child will use pre-historic techniques to make their own pot like the ones used by early farmers to store food.

Tactile Landscape

KS1 KS2

In response to artwork in the Art Gallery’s stimulating exhibitions, children will be asked to think about the landscapes which give them a sense of place. Is it the landscape surrounding their home or school or another place which they have visited on holiday? Inspired by historic and contemporary works from the Gallery collection and their experience of local landscapes the children will produce a tactile piece of art, combining materials, shape, texture and colour as a means of expression. “It was good for the children to see actual works of art at the beginning.” Year 3 teacher, Rochdale “Best art lesson ever!” Year 6 pupil, Rochdale

Tactile River Roch Landscape

KS1 KS2

Bring the magic of Touchstones to your classroom! OUTREACH: Knitted Nature KS2 Cost: £150 for 2 x 1hr sessions for one class (15 children per hour) or £250 for 4 x 1hr sessions when booked for the same day. Students will explore the biodiversity of flowers through designing and making selected species with wool. The flowers can then be displayed in your school to create an eco-art installation either indoors or out! The whole class will contribute to the making of a garland of knitted flowers using ‘Wonder Knitters’ to form lengths of knitted yarn and also pompoms in this round-robin session. The session will: highlight British flowers and biodiversity, how to improve the school grounds and how to use tools and equipment to investigate and make 3D craft pieces. “The knitting was fantastic and the children really enjoyed it.” Year 5 teacher, Middleton

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ARTPLUS & MUSIC

Step into Lowry KS1

KS2

Bring L.S. Lowry’s famous ‘matchstick men’ to life in this humorous drama and art session designed to explore the life and work of this world famous artist. Using his painting ‘Our Town’ from the Art Gallery collection as inspiration, your students will produce their very own version of an industrial landscape in a style typical of Lowry which they can take back to school for display.

Portraits

KS1 KS2

Excite the artists in your classroom by taking part in our art, craft and drama workshop designed to inspire and challenge your pupils perception of portraits. To begin, children will study paintings from the Gallery’s collection. Next, they will use drama, drawing and printmaking to explore their ideas and record their experiences. By the end of the session your pupils will have developed their knowledge of self-portraits; discovered that there are many different ways to represent figures and understand how portraits capture emotion.

Look, Draw & Sculpt

KS1 KS2

This action packed session combines ceramic sculpture making and portrait drawing with self-awareness. Pupils will explore 2D and 3D techniques inspired by our famous Touchstone heads and with help from a trained artist, sculpt a portrait incorporating personal expression and mood. To conclude, pupils inspire an acrostic class poem, capturing their response to the Touchstones and their experience of being sculptors.

The Colour of Music

“It was great, the children loved it and it linked to lots of the Art & Design objectives.” Year 4 teacher, Middleton

KS1 KS2

This workshop has been designed to help pupils unlock the hidden narratives in art and acquire a new descriptive vocabulary through music. No previous musical knowledge is necessary to enjoy the workshop. Beginners and the more experienced are welcome.

MUSIC

Professional musician Alison Cooper will inspire your students to create a short musical performance using the Gallery collection as a stimulus. Working in the relaxed environment of the Art Gallery itself the collection will be brought to life through the exploration of sound.

“The Colour of Music tied in with our sound and hearing science topic. Using paintings as a stimulus to create a piece of music worked really well and the children enjoyed the session.” Year 1 teacher, Rochdale

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MEET THE FACILITATORS

MEET THE FACILITATORS Alison Cooper

Alison graduated from De Montfort University, Leicester with a degree in Arts Management and has since worked as a freelance community artist for a number of galleries, museums and community organisations. A keen interest in textiles, craft, heritage, animation and music means she is able to deliver a wide range of mixed and multimedia workshops. Alison works part time for the Borough’s Arts & Heritage Service and shares her expert knowledge about the collections through her workshops. As a talented musician, Alison writes, records and performs her own music as well as through collaborative projects with other musicians. Alison also works directly with schools as a freelancer to deliver bespoke workshops to fit curriculum needs: alison.arts@yahoo.co.uk

Su Hudson

Su is a graduate of Manchester Polytechnic where she gained a BA (Hons) in 3D Design. Su spends much of her time as a professional ceramicist, selling her work at pottery festivals. Su is also a qualified teacher delivering art and craft workshops to a wide range of participants. Su believes learning should be fun, enjoyable and available to all.

Cat Jessop

After graduating from the University of Leeds with a degree in Arts Education Cat started her own business as a freelance arts facilitator specialising in devising and delivering visual arts and role-play workshops. Cat has worked extensively in the cultural sector to support the delivery of formal learning using arts and heritage to stimulate and engage children and young people to help them achieve excellence. Cat has delivered workshops for schools with Touchstones Rochdale for the past five years; she just loves dressing up in period costume! When Cat isn’t dressed-to-impress as a historic character, she creates illustrations and also ‘visual minutes’ (communicating discussions and meetings through animated pictures) for different organisations across the North West.

Vicky Lomax (Pocket Puppet Theatre)

Since graduating from Central School of Speech and Drama with a BA (Hons) in Puppetry and Costume Design, Vicky has worked throughout the North West of England, in partnership with a wide range of arts organisations, community groups and schools to create tailor made, creative puppetry and visual arts programmes for children and adults of all abilities and backgrounds. She also makes puppets and props for commission and for use with her own performances. Vicky uses puppetry and stories as a tool to educate whilst offering fun, creative experiences for all. She also incorporates literacy and numeracy into the puppetry workshops that she develops for schools, with the use of rhymes, movement and discussion.

Adam Perrott

Adam is a former bookseller who spent his days dreaming about writing. As well as writing books, jokes, and poems, he is a full-time father. In 2011, his debut Eerie Deirdre Darkly won the inaugural Beryl Bainbridge Award for a First Time Author at The People’s Book Prize. Adam’s other published books include The Odds and The Odds Strike Back.

Ray Stearn (Can O’ Worms Storytelling)

Ray Stearn is the person behind Can Of Worms Storytelling. Stepping from under the safety blanket of ‘Children’s Librarian’ and becoming a storyteller, Ray felt he was opening a Can O’ Worms. The name stuck. Ray has been telling stories in libraries and schools for children for many years with the aim of encouraging children to enjoy experiencing stories and discover the thrill of reading for enjoyment.

Judy Alderson

Graduating from Sheffield University with a BSc (Hons) in Archaeology and Bangor University with a PG diploma in Countryside Management, Judy followed a career in wildlife conservation and countryside management working with Scottish Wildlife Trust and the National Trust. Since 2002, she has worked as a Countryside Ranger at Hollingworth Lake developing her skills and expertise creating and delivering new educational activities and workshops for all ages. Judy has completed her Level 3 Forest School training and is currently running a variety of Forest School programmes.

MEET THE FACILITATORS

NatureEd

Working together with Rochdale Council, NatureEd is based at Hollingworth Lake delivering environmental activities across the Borough.

Jude Murray

A Zoology graduate from Nottingham University and more recently qualified as a Level 3 Forest School Practitioner, Jude began teaching practical conservation skills with BTCV before moving into environmental education as Countryside Ranger at Hollingworth Lake. Now working freelance with NatureEd and as a sessional tutor with Oldham Outdoor & Environmental Educational Service, she delivers a wide range of educational and fun activities for all ages. From mini-beast hunts to heritage trails, river studies to eco-art, Jude believes there is something that everyone can enjoy about the outdoors as much as she does.

STEM Greater Manchester

Touchstones science sessions are led by staff from SETPOINT Greater Manchester – The Greater Manchester STEM Centre. The organisation is a registered charity (No: 1040251) and has existed for over 20 years: regular presenters are Paul Titchmarsh, Rik Whittaker and David Ward. They have together over 100 years of experience working in schools, universities and businesses. Through their sessions they show their passion and interest in science and engineering using the many industrial and social artefacts from the Museum collection. Each session is linked into aspects of the National Curriculum tailored to the ability of the participants. For each session there is an introduction, an active visit to the display areas and practical hands-on investigations in the Education Studio.

Anne Thomas

Anne has been a registered Blue Badge Tourist Guide for the Borough of Rochdale for 28 years. Although born in the Borough, Anne moved to the United States where she received her formative education. Prior to her retirement, Anne worked in the Tourist Information Centre in Rochdale for 17 years where she gained an NVQ Level 3 in Customer Service. Anne gives guided walks and talks as part of the advertised Blue Badge Guide programme which she delivers to all age groups on the heritage of Rochdale. Anne particularly enjoys showing off Rochdale town centre as it’s her very own home town!

Ian Tully

For the past decade Ian has delivered history-themed workshops to thousands of children in museums and primary schools across the North West. A specialist historical role-player, he adopts the roles of various fascinating characters in order to educate, inspire and amuse his audiences. He is the founder of “Ian Tully’s Mobile Museum” which delivers workshops in schools in his native Lancashire and he is a wellknown and respected figure in his chosen industry. Despite a hectic and varied schedule, Ian is always keen to bring his inimitable workshops to Touchstones.

Norman Warwick (Just Poets)

Norman is widely known as a writer and broadcaster of the All Across the Arts page in three local newspapers and in a radio programme of the same name. He designs and delivers dynamic, fun-packed, literacy-based sessions including elements of drama, performance, poetry and song, often working in collaboration with dancers, circus artists, visual artists, and musicians. Norman will also serve as Master of Ceremonies at Rochdale Literature & Ideas Festival 2014. Visit www.justpoets2.com and www.allacrossthearts.co.uk to read the regular All Across the Arts pages written by Norman Warwick & colleagues in the local press or listen to All Across the Arts on the radio at www.crescentradio.net

LOAN BOX SERVICE

KS1 KS2 KS3 KS4

Our very popular Loan Box Service is free to borrowers within the Rochdale Borough. We do however charge a nominal fee of £20 for schools and groups from outside the Borough. Each box contains original and reproduction artefacts and is designed to support study topics including history, geography, art, local studies, citizenship and ecology. Each loan is for two weeks and boxes can only be booked one term in advance. As storage for the boxes is limited we try to maximise the number of times any one box can be loaned to meet the demand. We thank everyone for his or her co-operation in helping us to make this service work for all concerned. “The children got to handle the artefacts and ask & answer questions as though they were actual archaeologists. They really enjoyed this. They loved looking at the canopic jars - they were very intrigued with these.” Year 5 teacher, Rochdale

Ancient Greeks (Boxes 1 & 2) In these boxes you will find male and female costume, masks, coins, pots, posters and helmets. Also included is a copy of an ancient Olympic discus and some long jump weights.

Romans (Boxes 1 & 2) Boxes contain real and replica objects. Actual contents vary depending upon the box number but both include: costume, oil lamp, wax tablets, coins, mortarium, strigil, amphora and chatelaine set.

Vikings A selection of reproduction objects including: costume, jewellery, pottery, a horn cup, wattle and daub display, bone needles, a resource pack and a DVD.

Victorians (Boxes 1 & 2)

Ancient Egyptians (Boxes 1, 2, 3 & 4) Boxes contain real and replica objects. Actual contents vary depending upon the box number but all contain canopic jars, amulets, jewellery & objects related to Tutankhamun plus supporting resources including a DVD.

Anglo-Saxons Use the artefacts in this resource box to find out more about life in Britain as an Anglo Saxon. Objects include: costume, jewellery, coins, pottery, runes, candle holder, resource books and a DVD.

Tudors (Box 1 & 2) Boxes contain a selection of replica items. The actual contents vary depending upon the box number but both include: costume, DVD, music CD, jewellery, games and items found in the home.

Both boxes contain real and replica trade, school and domestic objects. Actual contents vary depending upon the box number, but both contain: laundry tongs, donkey stone, flat iron, slate, clogs and apron.

Victorian Co-op Box Victorian Washday Demonstrate your own Victorian washday in the classroom. Inside the dolly tub you will find many items including: apron, mop cap, tongs, washboard, posser, flat iron, donkey stone and carbolic soap.

Created in a partnership between the Rochdale Pioneers Museum and the Arts & Heritage Service this resource contains both original and replica Victorian objects to help you recreate the first successful Co-operative store. Box includes: costume, weighing scales, butter pats and co-operative dividend tokens.

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Homes (Boxes 1 & 2) A collection of real and replica, mostly Victorian objects i.e. candle snuffer, sugar snappers, carpet beater, flat iron, darning mushroom and a coffee grinder.

Each large box contains replica Victorian toys and games. Actual contents vary depending upon the box number, but all contain the following: whip & top, skipping ropes, cup and ball, hoop & stick, marbles and yo-yos.

LOAN BOX SERVICE

Victorian Toys & Games (Boxes 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5)

Millscapes Light & Lighting This box contains examples of different types and methods of lighting including: Roman and Viking oil lamps, Tudor rushlight, Victorian candleholder and a WWII cycle lamp designed for use during the blackout.

Holidays (Boxes 1 & 2) Explore seaside holidays from the past with the following items: bathing costume, Victorian style bucket & spade, typical holiday souvenirs, Box Brownie camera, sun parasol and Punch & Judy set.

Artefacts link to the local heritage of Rochdale focusing on the textile industry of the past. Box includes: bobbins, shuttles, clogs, cotton samples and a weaversâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; knotter.

World War I A collection of real and replica objects such as identity cards, letters from the front, newspaper articles and medals which will help you show your pupils what life was like for people in Rochdale throughout World War I.

World War II (Boxes 1 & 2) Boxes contain real and replica objects. Actual contents vary depending upon the box number but both include: gas mask, billy can, helmet, gas attack warning rattle, ration book, ARP badge, blackout blackboard, ARP armband.

Touchwood Bring the outdoors into the classroom with this fantastic tree-themed box; use to explore local woodlands, identify different trees, the seasons, habitats and different uses for wood. This box includes: seeds, leaf templates, magnifying glasses, teacher notes and activity ideas, a slice of tree trunk to show growth rings and replica fossilised bark.

Asian Toys, Games & Crafts Contains handcrafted items collected mostly from India i.e. shadow puppet, model wire motorbike, appliquĂŠd parasol, wooden games, jewellery and carved printing blocks.

Slavery Resource Display Discover how slavery fuelled the Industrial Revolution and the part Rochdale played in abolishing slavery in America. This substantive resource explores the history of slavery from a local perspective and includes replica objects for handling; a sugar cone and cutters, manacles as worn by slaves, dried cotton plant and a tobacco twists. This resource comprises of: a DVD, pop-up banners, a replica of a large painting featuring a slave serving tea at a grand house in Rochdale and a 3D life size copy of the famous inscribed flour barrel on display at Touchstones. This resource can be used as a temporary exhibition at your school and a starting point to explore related topics including local history, modern day slavery and fair-trade and co-operative business models.

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WORKSHOP PLANNER

WORKSHOP PLANNER Workshop

Level

Cross Curricular Links

Cost

When

KS1 & KS2 HISTORY (PAGE 5-11) Washday Now and Then

EYFS, KS1 & KS2

History, Literacy

£63

Available each term

Toys Past and Present

EYFS & KS1

History, Literacy, Science

£63

Available each term

Celebration: Traditional Victorian Christmas

EYFS, KS1 & KS2

History, Literacy, Art

£63

Available Nov & Dec 2014

Seaside Holidays in the Past

KS1

History, Literacy, Art

£63

Available each term

Two Queens to Power NEW

KS1 & KS2

History, Literacy

£63

Available each term

Queen Victoria NEW

KS1 & KS2

History, Literacy

£63

Available each term

KS1 Local Studies

KS1

History, Literacy

£63

Available each term

Ani-make History

KS1 & KS2

Art, History, ICT, Music, Literacy

£300 full-day

Available each term

Ancient Egypt: Me and My Mummy!

KS2

History, Literacy, Design Technology, Drama

£63

Available each term

OUTREACH: Annie the Archaeologist Discovers 'Treasures of Ancient Egypt'

KS2

History, Literacy, Dance, Drama

£150 x 1 or £250 x 2 on same day

Available each term

Ancient Greek Life

KS2

History, Literacy, Citizenship, Drama

£63

Available each term

OUTREACH: Ancient Greek Games!

KS2

PE, History, Literacy, Maths

£150 x 1 or £250 x 2 on same day

Available each term

Roman Invasion

KS2

History, Literacy, Drama

£63

Available each term

Anglo-Saxon Attack! NEW

KS2

History, Literacy, Drama

£63

Available each term

Stone-Age Cave Painting & Pottery NEW

KS2

Art, History

£63

Available each term

A Viking Adventure!

KS2

History, Art, Literacy, Drama

£63

Available each term

OUTREACH: Annie the Archaeologist Discovers the Vikings! NEW

KS2

History, Literacy, Dance, Drama

£150 x 1 or £250 x 2 on same day

Available each term

Life in Tudor England

KS2

History, Literacy, Art, Music, Drama

£63

Available each term

Celebrations: Tudor Twelve Days of Christmas

KS2

History, Literacy, Art, Drama

£63

Available Nov & Dec 2014

Victorian Schoolroom

Upper KS2

History, Literacy, Maths, Drama

£63

Available each term

OUTREACH: Victorian Schoolroom Drill!

Upper KS2

PE, History, Literacy, Maths

£150 x 1 or £250 x 2 on same day

Available each term

Jolly Holidays in the Past

KS2

History, Literacy, Art, Drama

£63

Available each term

WAR & REMEMBRANCE (PAGE 12-13) Life in the First World War NEW

KS2

History, Literacy, Drama

£63

Available each term

OUTREACH: Ani-make History (WWI & WWII) NEW

KS1 & KS2

Art, History, ICT, Music, Literacy

£300 full-day

Available each term

WWII: Oh, What a Lovely War!

KS2

History, Literacy, Drama

£63

Available each term

OUTREACH: WWII Boot Camp!

KS2

PE, History, Literacy, Maths

£150 x 1 or £250 x 2 on same day

Available each term

WWII: A Wartime Christmas

KS2

History, Literacy, Art, Drama

£63

Available Nov & Dec 2014

ROCHDALE PIONEERS MUSEUM WORKSHOPS. PLEASE REFER TO ADVERT FOR CONTACT DETAILS (PAGE 14-15) YOUR LOCAL HISTORY (PAGE 16) The History of Rochdale in 90 Minutes! (Guided Tour) NEW

KS2, KS3, KS4 History, Citizenship, Geography

£63

Available each term

How to use the Archives: From Cradle to Grave NEW

Upper KS2

£63

Available each term

Fairtrade Fun-tastic!

KS2

Victorian Co-op Experience Day KS2

History, Citizenship, Literacy Citizenship, Art, History

£63

Available each term

History, Literacy, Maths, Design Technology, Citizenship

£120 full-day

Available each term

SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING & MATHS (PAGE 17)

Science of Toys

KS1 & KS2

Science, Maths, History

£75

Available each term

Seeing the Light

KS2

Science, Maths, History

£75

Available each term

Forces & Motion

KS1 & KS2

Science, Maths, History

£75

Available each term

Flight

KS2

Science, Maths, History

£75

Available each term

Material World

KS1 & KS2

Science, Maths, History

£75

Available each term

Bridge Building NEW

KS2

Science, History, Maths, Design Technology

£75

Available each term

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Level

Cross Curricular Links

Cost

When

SCIENCE & NATURE (PAGE 18-19) Four Seasons NEW

KS2

Science, Citizenship

£63

Sept 2014 – March 2015

OUTREACH: Forest School Taster – Wild Food Foraging & Cooking on an Open Fire!

KS2 & KS3

Eco-Schools, History, Literacy, Citizenship, Geography

£150 half-day (15 children) & £250 full-day (30 children)

Sept & Oct 2014 and April & May 2015

Festive Plants, Trees & Evergreens NEW

KS2

Science, Art

£63

Available Nov and Dec 2014

Bugs & Beasties

KS1 & KS2

Science, Art

£63

Available each term except Dec 2014 – Feb 2015

Animal Adaptations

KS1 & KS2

Science, Art

£63

Available each term

Rivers & Geography: Flowing with Life

KS2 & KS3

Science, Geography, History

£63

Available each term

Rivers & History: Revealing the Roch NEW

KS2 & KS3

Science, Geography, History

£63

Available each term

WORKSHOP PLANNER

Workshop

REVEALING THE RIVER ROCH (PAGE 20-21) The History of Rochdale in 90 Minutes! (Guided Tour) NEW

KS2, KS3, KS4 History, Citizenship, Geography

£63

Available each term

Is There a Troll Under Rochdale Bridge? NEW

KS1

Literacy, Music, History

£63

Available each term

The Hidden Habitats of the River Roch NEW

KS2

Literacy, History, Geography

£63

Available each term

Tactile River Roch Landscape NEW

KS1 & KS2

Art, Literacy, History, Geography

£63

Available each term

Bridge Building NEW

KS2

Science, History, Maths, Design Technology

£75

Available each term

Rivers & Geography: Flowing with Life

KS2 & KS3

Science, Geography, History

£63

Available each term

Rivers & History: Revealing the Roch NEW

KS2 & KS3

Science, Citizenship, History

£63

Available each term

LITERACY (PAGE 22-24) Once Upon a Time

EYFS & KS1

Literacy, Drama

£63

Available each term

Life Cycle of a Very Hungry Caterpillar

KS1

Literacy, Art, Eco-Schools

£63

Available each term

Witches' Tales & Museum Trails

KS1

Literacy, History

£63

Available each term

Elmer at the Art Gallery

EYFS

Art, Literacy

£63

Available each term

OUTREACH: Owl Babies

KS1

Literacy, Music, Art

£150 x 1 or £250 x 2 on same day

Available each term

OUTREACH: Jack & the Beanstalk

KS1

Literacy, Music, Art

£150 x 1 or £250 x 2 on same day

Available each term

Adam Perrott's Guide to Meddlers and Mischief-Makers! NEW

KS1 & KS2

Literacy, Drama, Citizenship

£63

Available each term

Norman Warwick: Once Upon a Rhyme

KS2

Literacy, Art

£63

Available each term

Norman Warwick: Where Imagination Begins

KS1, KS2, KS3, KS4

Literacy, Art

£63

Available each term

Ray Stearn (Can O' Worms): Animal Crackers NEW

KS1 & KS2

Literacy, Science, Citizenship

£63

Available each term

History, Art

£63

Available each term

ARTPLUS & MUSIC (PAGE 26-27) Stone-Age Cave Painting & Pottery NEW

KS2

Tactile Landscape

KS1 & KS2

Art, Geography

£63

Available each term

Tactile River Roch Landscape NEW

KS1 & KS2

Art, Literacy, History, Geography

£63

Available each term

OUTREACH: Knitted Nature NEW

KS2

Art, Maths

£150 x 1 or £250 x 2 on same day

Available each term

Step into Lowry NEW

KS1 & KS2

Art, History, Drama

£63

Available each term

Portraits NEW

KS1 & KS2

Art, History, Drama

£63

Available each term

Look, Draw & Sculpt

KS1 & KS2

Art, History, Literacy, Citizenship

£63

Available each term

The Colour of Music

KS1 & KS2

Music, Art, Literacy

£63

Available each term

KS1, KS2, KS3, KS4

Tailored to your curriculum needs

Free

Available each term

MEET THE CURATOR (PAGE 34) Meet the Curator

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Portraits are brought to life in this exhibition as personal objects are explored and stories are told. Talking Heads celebrates some of the people of Rochdale who have given to the Borough.

James Ogden by H. Barrett Carpenter, 1910

Talking Heads Heritage Gallery 24 May 2014 – 18 April 2015

Meet the Heape family who helped to create Rochdale’s Art Gallery and Museum. Discover remarkable individuals – from innovator Thomas Watson to film star Gracie Fields. Family fortunes have built hospitals, churches, schools, libraries and museums in Rochdale Borough. Learn about how local industrialists created some of the landmarks and why they donated their collections to the public.

People’s Art 2014 Gallery Three & Four 5 July – 6 September 2014 The popular annual open exhibition for new and established artists, both amateur and professional, who live or work in the Borough of Rochdale returns, this time over the summer. The dates for handing in artwork to feature in the exhibition are Tuesday 17 June to Saturday 21 June 2014.

Touchstones Rochdale is an Asia Triennial Manchester 2014 partner and will be showing a new installation by Rosa Nguyen incorporating ceramics, glass and natural material to link with the festival theme of conflict and compassion. The exhibition is part of Touchstones Rochdale’s Contemporary Forward programme supported by Arts Council England. www.asiatriennialmanchester.com www.nguyen-ceramics.co.uk

A Common Ground: Ikuko Iwamoto, Junko Mori & Kayo Saito Gallery Three 13 December 2014 – 7 March 2015 If you’ve visited Touchstones Rochdale in the last year, you may be familiar with Junko Mori’s spectacular sculpture Propagation Project, Super Nigella Jumbo Wave, from our art collection. This exhibition brings together more of Junko’s work along with that of two other Japanese born, UK based artists, Ikuko Iwamoto and Kayo Saito. Ikuko makes ceramics and Kayo makes jewellery. All three are inspired by the natural world to make their work. The exhibition is part of Touchstones Rochdale’s Contemporary Forward programme supported by Arts Council England.

Talk: Meet the Curator

KS1 KS2 KS3 KS4

FREE Duration: approx. 15-30mins Dates: Talks available throughout the year. Please ring to arrange a suitable time and date. Ever wanted to know more about the objects or artwork on display, why they were chosen and the stories behind them? Meet the Curator is a fantastic opportunity for your class to meet the experts who created the exhibition. Talks can be tailored to your requirements and you are welcome to continue looking round or doing simple linked activities in the Gallery space afterwards.

Artist-led Workshops

Previous installation by Rosa Nguyen

This exhibition from the Borough’s art collection explores the four seasons through a range of historic and contemporary works of art. Springtime blossom, summer sunshine, autumn leaves and winter snows are all captured in work from a range of artists including Adrian Berg, Joseph Farquharson, Fred Jackson and Edward Stott. The exhibition includes a drawing trail and a new set of hands-on activities for under 5s.

Image courtesy of Adrian Sassoon, London

Rosa Nguyen: Sanctuary Gallery Four 27 September – 22 November 2014

Four Seasons in One Day Gallery Two 22 March 2014 – 7 March 2015 Picking Cobnuts by Vladimir Sherwood

FORTHCOMING EXHIBITIONS

We can arrange bespoke artist-led workshops for both primary and secondary schools linked to our exhibition programme. Cost is subject to individual artist’s fees plus cost of materials consumed. A written quote will be sent upon request. Please contact the Art Gallery Officer, Yvonne Hardman, on 01706 924945 or email yvonne.hardman@link4life.org for further information.

What we need to know: • • • • • • • •

Name of workshop Preferred date and time of visit School contact details Name of class teacher Number of pupils and year group Number of adults Any special learning requirements Packed lunch requirements

WORKSHOPS Unless otherwise stated all workshops cost £63 and are suitable for a maximum of 30 children. Your school will be invoiced after the date of your workshop and within the term the session takes place. Workshops are accessible to all learners regardless of ability, but please discuss special requirements at the time of booking to ensure we can effectively plan for their learning needs. Please note: An invoice for the total sum will be sent to your school after the workshop has taken place. Full payment is due within the period specified.

SELF-GUIDED VISITS There are no charges for booking a self-guided visit as entry to our building is free. Please note: Booked groups have priority in display areas. It may be difficult to accommodate your class if you haven’t booked in advance.

LUNCH FACILITIES We may be able to provide you with space in which to eat your packed lunch. Please make this request at the time of booking so that we can make the necessary arrangements.

CANCELLATION If you have to cancel a booked session, please telephone the Education Team immediately on 01706 924931 or 924938 (Tues-Fri) or 01706 641085 if you are calling on a Monday. Please note: From the moment we take your booking we start to incur costs. So if you cancel we unfortunately have to make a charge and the later the cancellation the greater the cost. We require at least four weeks’ notice of a cancellation to enable us to reallocate your session. If you do not contact us, or we are unable to refill the session, Touchstones Rochdale reserves the right to charge a cancellation fee covering the cost of your booked session. We are a not-for-profit organisation and fees charged cover the freelance facilitator and admin costs incurred. Therefore sufficient notice from you will hopefully allow a facilitator to secure alternative work elsewhere. An administration cost of £10 is liable on any other cancellation reported outside of the four week deadline where a booking has already been processed by the finance team. Outreach bookings: We reserve the right to cancel a session on arrival for health and safety reasons or if the facilitator is prevented by the school from starting on time causing an excessive delay or if we deem the behaviour of the participants during the session to be inappropriate. In the case of such cancellations we will not offer a refund.

In the rare instance that Touchstones Rochdale should ever have to cancel your workshop on the day the workshop is due, we promise to refund you in full (including the cost of any coach you may have prebooked where the coach company will not give you a full refund) and we will also offer you a replacement workshop without charge. Please note: Touchstones Rochdale does not accept liability for any cancellation made by a school due to adverse weather conditions unless the Touchstones Rochdale venue is also affected and unable to open to the public.

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LOAN BOXES Please note: You will only be able to book your loan box one term in advance. Your request remains provisional until you have received written confirmation of your booking. The service is currently FREE to users in the Rochdale Borough. We do however charge a nominal fee of £20 for schools and groups from outside the Borough. To request a box please call 01706 924938.

PLANNING A PRE-VISIT? We recommend that you make a preliminary visit before bringing the class to familiarise yourself with the displays. We can support you with this process by providing ideas for activities and further information about exhibitions. (Please see the section in this programme on self-guided visits).

RISK ASSESSMENT Touchstones Rochdale is a low risk environment and injuries to visitors are very rare. We can provide you with a generic risk assessment for self-guided visits and school workshops which take place within our building. However, it is the responsibility of individual teachers and leaders to visit the site in order to conduct risk assessments that are specific to their group and that fulfil their policy requirements.

VISIT OUR SHOP Our shop at Touchstones Rochdale sells a variety of pocket money priced items including stationery, badges and other lines related to the current exhibitions. If you would like to purchase souvenirs, we ask you to limit the number of children in the shop at any one time, to a maximum of ten. You can pre-order prepared goodie bags to save you time. Our shop also contains a wide selection of books on local history and the arts, which would be useful for lesson planning.

ACCESS Touchstones Rochdale is fully accessible to people using wheelchairs with a lift to reach the Galleries on the first floor. There is level access throughout the display areas and the adapted toilet is located in the foyer. There is on-street parking immediately outside the venue for Blue Badge holders (alongside the short-stay parking bays).

WHO DO I CONTACT FOR FURTHER INFORMATION? If you would like to find out more about our service for schools please contact the Education Team: Karen Vine (Education Co-ordinator) Email: karen.vine@link4life.org Tel: 01706 924938 or 924931 (Tues-Fri only)

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Touchstones Rochdale is located close to Rochdale town centre; Rochdale Bus Station: approx. 5 -10mins walk. Rochdale Railway Station & Metrolink: approx.10 -15mins walk. J20-M62: approx.10mins drive away. Cycle parking is available outside the centre. ‘Pay & Display’ car parking is available close-by. Coaches may drop off only outside Touchstones Rochdale (please ring for information about coach parking).

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Touchstones Rochdale is fully accessible for people requiring wheelchair access with limited parking for the disabled outside the centre. Front Desk: 01706 924492 Visitor Information Centre: 01706 924928 Email: touchstones@link4life.org Online: www.link4life.org/touchstones

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An exciting Arts and Heritage Centre with something special for everyone! • Art Gallery • Museum • Local Studies Centre • Visitor Information Centre • Events Programme • Education Service • Shop • Café

www.link4life.org/touchstones The Esplanade, Rochdale, OL16 1AQ

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Education Service 24492 | F: 01706 924944 | E: touchstones@link4life.org | W: link4life.org/touchstones Link4Life is the trading name of Rochdale Boroughwide Cultural Trust. Registered Charity No: 1118610

Link4Life is the trading name of Rochdale Boroughwide Cultural Trust. Registered Charity No: 1118610