Excite curiosity exploring 250 years of industrial heritage. Our education activities are specifically designed to link to school curricular, art and design, STEM and History. Inspired by the stories of manufacture, home and lifestyle, trade and transport, and industrialisation across 18th to 20th century, workshops explore creativity, scientific innovation, and social history. From factory founders to factory workers our sessions include:

· Hands-on activities

· Trails and quizzes

· Sensory learning

All sessions are led by our trained learning and events staff and volunteer staff. Sessions have been designed working with schools, teachers and education specialists.

Educational visits - Museum of Royal Worcester - school engagement

ACTIVITIES FOR CHILDREN

School Trips - Museum of Royal Worcester - Pudding the Factory Cat

EYFS to KS1 Workshops

Discover Workshop:  playfull Clay Birds

Length: 1 hour and 30 minutes

Curriculum focus: Expressive Arts, Understanding our World (history, geography, science)

Cost: £6.50 per child

Learning through sensory play children explore past and present, and representations of the bird world. Identifying shapes, colours and patterns they enjoy “bird spotting” in our galleries, to inspire their own clay artworks. Children engage with storytelling, interactive sensory trails, textures, materials, sounds and a hands on clay workshop.

KEy stage 1 and 2 workshops

Discover Workshop: Working Lives past and present

Length 10 – 12am (4 hours including Paint a Plate activity)

Curriculum Links: KS1: History, PSHE, Spoken Language, Art and Design (skills of similarity and difference, fairness and rules, design and technique).

KS2 : Local history, Cause and consequence, historical enquiry. cross-curricular learning in English (discussion and interpretation), Maths (measurement, time, and accuracy), Art & Design (pattern, symbolism, and design), and PSHE through ethical reflection past and present.

Cost: £6.50 per student option of additional Paint a plate activity for £13.75 per student)

About the Session

An interactive workshops with handling original-style objects, and interpreting visual sources. The session explores the working lives of children at the Worcester porcelain factories. Through role play, discussion, and creative design activities, students will develop a deeper understanding of home and working lives experienced by children living in industrial Victorian Britain and comparisons to production and working lives today.

key stage 3 workshops

Discover Workshop: Working Lives past and present

Length 10 – 12am (4 hours including Paint a Plate activity)

Curriculum Links: Supports key KS3 historical skills including source interpretation, change and continuity, and evaluation of evidence, while offering strong cross-curricular connections to Citizenship, English (analysis and debate), Maths (quantification of labour and productivity), and Art & Design.

Cost: £6.50 per student option of additional Paint a plate activity for £13.75 per student)

About the Session

An interactive engaging workshop with handling collections, and visual source interpretation. Students explores the working lives of children at the Porcelain Factories deepening understanding of the Industrial Revolution and social history to examine division of labour, gender roles, childhood, trade and empire and reform-era working condition in 19th century. 

Find out more about booking Educational Visits

Contact our friendly team to find out more about booking a visit, what you and your class can expect, how we can tailor your class visit to fit your topics and the national curriculum.

For booking, please complete the booking form. Enquiries please contact our team through info@museumofroyalworcester.org