Introduction Workshops at Ingrow Education Centrekwvr.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Online-Brochure...Ingrow Education Centre Ingrow West Station, South Street, Keighley, West Yorkshire,

Where the curriculum and learning are put into context.Where the curriculum and learning are put into context.Where the curriculum and learning are put into context.Where the curriculum and learning are put into context.

Ingrow Education Centre

Ingrow West Station, South Street, Keighley, West Yorkshire, BD21 5AX

Tel: 07825 632123 Fax: 01535 647317 e-mail: [email protected]

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Ingrow Education Centre offers a varied and comprehensive educational package which

will compliment classroom learning. With links to Science, Literature, Mathematics,

Engineering and Technology, Art and Design, History and Geography, it is the perfect

contextual and experiential addition to the learning provision for every child. In addition to

workshops taught by in-house educational professionals, we also offer teacher self-led

sessions and are happy to work with you to provide tailored and personalised workshops.

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Have a chat with our Education Officer to see how a visit to the KWVR can fit with this

term’s topic, through Science, Engineering & Technology, Maths, Literature, History, Film

and railway. We will do our very best to design sessions that are individually tailored to

your requirements.

And our self-contained Learning Coach with exhibits, archives & work room is the the ideal

place for learning for your school visit.

• The Centre can provide help for teachers and group leaders.

• Our Education Officer has a wealth of relevant experience.

• Education support staff mostly come from the education sector.

• Rest assured that your visit will be well supported by our team.

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We are proud to announce the opening of The Learning Coach.

This unique learning environment situated on the platform of

Ingrow station is a renovated rail carriage, which offers a

classroom area and compartment restored with its original

features. Together with the Museums and the Heritage of the

Keighley and Worth Valley Railway, we are confident that all

your learning needs can be catered for.

Workshop Outline & Workshop Outline & Workshop Outline & Workshop Outline & CCCCostsostsostsosts

All of our workshops are based on a group consisting of up to 30 children and 6 adults. Due to the space restrictions of our classroom in the Learning Coach, classes will be split into 2 groups of 15 for the day.

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Here is an example of a workshop itineraryHere is an example of a workshop itineraryHere is an example of a workshop itineraryHere is an example of a workshop itinerary

Most of our workshops follow the same itinerary. Here is an example of a typical school visit to Ingrow Education Centre where the school have booked onto one of our workshops and have added a train ride onto their day.

10:00 School Arrives at Ingrow Education Centre.

10:10 – 10:30 Welcome and introduction. Class is divided into two groups of 15151515. Coats, bags and lunches are placed into the secure cupboard.

10:30 – 11:45 Group 1 – Stay in Learning Coach and partake in paid workshop.

Group 2 – Catch 10:30 train to Oxenhope and return at 11:30.

11:45 – 12:00 Explore Museum of Rail Travel. Prepare for lunch. Time available for Group 1 to purchase items from the shop if required.

12:00 – 12:25 Lunch on one of the carriages in the Museum of Rail Travel or outside if the weather is nice.

12:25 – 14:00 Group 1 – Catch 12:30 train to Oxenhope and return at 14:00.

Group 2 – Partake in paid workshop in the Learning Coach. Time available for Group 2 to purchase items from the shop if required.

14:00 Collect belongings from the Learning Coach and return to coach/minibus to go back to school.

Workshop CostsWorkshop CostsWorkshop CostsWorkshop Costs

Educational Workshops £120.00

Self-led Visits £2.00 per child

Train Ride CostsTrain Ride CostsTrain Ride CostsTrain Ride Costs

These prices are only available when booked in conjunction with an educational workshop.

From the 14th September 2015 until 20th May 2016 we operate a midweek (Wednesday) diesel train. From the 23rd May 2016 a full steam service operates every day.

For latest timetables please visit the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway website, www.kwvr.co.uk/events/month.

Ingrow to Keighley Return:

Steam Train £78.20

Diesel Train £45.90

Full Line Return:

Steam Train £149.60

Diesel Train £93.50

Where the curriculum and learning are put into context.

Ingrow Education Centre, Ingrow West Station, South Street, Keighley, West Yorkshire, BD21 5AX Tel: 07825 632123 Fax: 01535 647317 e-mail: [email protected]

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Topics & SubjectsTopics & SubjectsTopics & SubjectsTopics & Subjects

ScienceScienceScienceScience

Science is based around experiential learning, rational explanation, observation and investigation. Our science workshops aim to build upon these principles, whilst linking specific science areas of study in a context based setting.

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Get involved with the force of friction and how it affects moving objects. Explore what forces interact and how different surface materials and lubricants affect the amount of friction that is generated. This experiment aims to consolidate understanding of what friction is and how it is created, with specific application to the movement of trains. It helps inspire critical thinking skills through considering what variables increase or decrease this everyday force.

Learning Outcomes:Learning Outcomes:Learning Outcomes:Learning Outcomes:

• Compare how things move on different surfaces

• Notice that some forces need contact between two objects

• Recognise that some mechanisms such as leavers allow a smaller force to have a greater effect

• Identify the effects of friction that act between moving surfaces

• Asking relevant questions and using scientific reasoning to answer them

• Setting up simple practical enquires, comparative and fair tests

• Making systematic and careful observations and where appropriate taking accurate measurements using standard units and using a range of equipment

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Pupils will be challenged to explain why changes of state are needed to move a steam train. Investigate which fuel gives the most energy when it is burned. This activity aims to reinforce understanding of states of matter and how temperature dictates a chemical’s state. It encourages pupils to think about and consider the importance of variables in an investigation and how it is necessary to control these when carrying out a fair test.


• Observe that some materials change state when they are heated or cooled

• Understand the temperature at which water changes state




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Test your knowledge and understanding of how air resistance affects moving objects and how the design of trains affect the level of air resistance. Design your own train in groups and observe how its shape affects the wind tunnel test. In addition, pupils will experience first-hand how shape affects air resistance. This workshop aims to enhance understanding of air resistance, the forces involved and how different properties affect it.

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• Explain the unsupported objects fall towards the Earth because of the force of gravity acting between the Earth and the falling object

• Identify the effects of air resistance that act between moving surfaces

• Pupils work scientifically by exploring moving objects and incorporating knowledge to design and make trains to test how the shape effects the air resistance




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Take part in activities exploring the properties of sound. Develop and reinforce knowledge and understanding of sound; how volume, direction, movement and the material or medium it travels through affect the properties we perceive. The workshop aims to demonstrate how a range of conditions can alter how we hear sound and the scientific explanations involved.

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• Identify how sounds are made, associating some of them with something vibrating

• Recognise that vibrations from sounds travel through a medium to the ear

• Find patterns between the pitch of a sound and the features of the object that produced it

• Find patterns between the volume of a sound and the strength of the vibration that produced it

• Recognise that sounds get fainter as the distance from the sound source increases




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Learn about and explore the life of a tree, using your observation skills to find the different types of inhabitants who live on, under and around the tree, and then record your findings. You will also learn about how these creatures co-exist and are part of a life cycle.


• Identification and classification

• Identify and describe the basic structure of a tree

• Observe changes across the four seasons

• Identify that most living things live in habitats to which they are suited and how they are dependant on each other

• Name a variety of animals in their habitats

• Recognise that living things can be grouped in a variety of ways

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Engineering & TechnologyEngineering & TechnologyEngineering & TechnologyEngineering & Technology Engineering and technology allows learners to develop creativity and imagination in a practical context, whilst employing critical thinking and evaluative skills. Our Engineering and Technology workshop allows learners to practice these skills in a unique and unusual way.

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It’s a race against the clock as students work in teams to budget for and build a railway bridge from various materials that is strong enough to hold a wooden train track to get their engine from one side of the bridge to the other. Each team will be given a design brief to work from. Through this challenge students will understand that some shapes and materials are stronger than others, weak materials can be made stronger with good design techniques and that distribution of mass is an important consideration when building structures. They will also learn project management skills.


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• Develop writing skills, planning, drafting and evaluating script prior to performance.

• Students will learn about Grouping and classifying materials

• Finding useful materials

• Properties of materials

• Choosing materials for a purpose and testing properties of materials

• Project management and team building

• Budgeting and working to timescales

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• Students will learn about properties of materials

• Choosing materials for a purpose

• Testing properties of materials

• Exploring how the creative application of scientific ideas can bring about technological developments and consequent changes in the way people think and behave

• Project management and team building

• Budgeting and working to timescales

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MathsMathsMathsMaths Mathematic knowledge is essential to everyday life and the world around us is filled with mathematical concepts. Our mathematics workshops aim to put mathematics into context and allow learners to appreciate that mathematics is interesting and relevant to them.

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Explore the museums searching for and identifying 2D and 3D shapes. Children are encouraged to think about and discuss the properties of different 2D and 3D shapes. This workshop also helps the children to understand how 3D shapes are constructed from 2D shapes and how such shapes are incorporated into the objects around them.

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• Recognise common 2D & 3D shapes, sizes and patterns including repeating patterns

• Identify and describe the properties of 2D & 3D shapes

• Understand that 3D shapes are constructed from 2D shapes

• Compare and sort common 2D & 3D shapes and everyday objects

• 3D shapes, area and volume

• Counting, doubling and halving

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Pupils will use a train timetable to plan a day on the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway. They will use their understanding of timetables to workout which stations they can visit in the time available. Information will be provided about the heritage and possible activities at each station, which will enable the children to make an informed choice about how to plan their day out and learning opportunities.


• Using train timetables to investigate lengths of journeys and arrival/departure times

• Examine selected timetables for repeating patterns e.g. hourly, every half hour etc.

• Planning own learning according to the required National Curriculum subjects

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LiteratureLiteratureLiteratureLiterature

This session will take the children back in time to the world of The Railway Children where they can use their imagination whilst learning about the story. They will go on an exciting train ride to discover all about the book and film, and also be given the chance to explore and investigate some of the places and locations where the children lived and played in the film. Additionally, they will be given the opportunity to see one of the trains and carriages that featured in the film.

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This session will take the children back in time to the world of The Railway Children where they can use their imagination whilst learning about the story. They will go on an exciting train ride to discover all about the book and film, and also be given the chance to explore and investigate some of the places and locations where the children lived and played in the film. Additionally, they will be given the opportunity to see one of the trains and carriages that featured in the film.


• Appreciate our rich and varied literary heritage

• Increase their familiarity with a wide range of books including fiction from our literary heritage

• Identifying themes and conventions in a wide range of books

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The workshop will start with the children being introduced to the Ingrow railway animals and hearing one of their adventures. Everyone will then participate in story mapping, story making games and drama as they are guided to re-tell and adapt their version of the story. Children are encouraged to join in the story using their imagination, props and puppets. Using traditional oral storytelling skills, pupils can explore themes and characters.



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• Improving speaking and listening skills.

• Developing confidence in sharing ideas with peers.

• Widening vocabulary through listening and speaking.

• Nurturing collaboration through group story making games.

• Sparking an interest in writing, reading or retelling a story.

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Join the Keighley & Worth Valley bears for a day of fun and games. Getting on board the train at Ingrow West Station, you will take an exciting journey to Oxenhope Station. Along the way you will pass through lots of countryside which gives the perfect opportunity to spot your favourite animals.

When you arrive at Oxenhope Station you will make your way to the picnic area where, whilst you enjoy your picnic lunch, you will hear some of the adventures of the railway bears - Grizzly, Bouncer, Honey and Boo. There will also be time after lunch to play some games and maybe be lucky enough to go on a bear hunt.

We encourage children to bring their own teddy bear along with them.


• Improving speaking and listening skills.

• Widening vocabulary through listening and speaking.

• Creative play

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Exploring & Exploring & Exploring & Exploring & InvestigatingInvestigatingInvestigatingInvestigating

Investigation, deduction and reasoning are essential cross curricular skills which allow learners to employ critical thinking, alongside articulating their findings. Our Exploring and Investigating workshop allows learners to practice these skills in an exciting and interesting way.

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Be like Sherlock Holmes and use you investigative skills to solve a murder most horrid. A passenger has been murdered on one of the carriages, but the perpetrator is still in the building. It is up to you to act as detectives, searching for clues and evidence in the carriages and establish, who the murderer is and the motives behind this dastardly act.

This workshop provides a context specific setting and helps develop investigative skills and encourage critical thinking.


• Use deductive and reasoning skills to solve the mystery.

• Work collaboratively to search for and use evidence.

• Use information methodically and articulate findings.

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HistoryHistoryHistoryHistory

History helps pupils’ understand the complex lives people have led and how this changed society over time. History encourages learners’ enquiry skills and develop positive attitudes and values for the world they live in. The purpose of our history workshops are to inspire pupils’ curiosity to know more about the past.

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Explore what it was like to be a child evacuated during World War II. Why were children evacuated to Keighley and where were they evacuated from? How did they get here? How would you feel if you had to live with strangers in a different part of the country?

Discover which evacuees have left their suitcases at the station using our suitcase stories activity. The suitcases contain the belongings of four different evacuees. Can you work out who the suitcases belong to?

What would you pack if you were going to be evacuated?

Write a postcard home from the owner of the suitcase describing their life as an evacuee.


• To find out about the experiences and feelings of evacuees, from a wide range of information source.

• To communicate their learning in an organised and structured way, using appropriate terminology.

• To empathise with the experiences and feelings of evacuees.

• To present the viewpoints of different characters through dialogue, role-play and writing.

• To communicate ideas through different mediums including oral and written.

• To work together in groups to share ideas.

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This workshop is designed to be taught in two sections where the groups change after lunch. The class would be split into two groups with one group learning about the industrial aspects of the railways, whereas the other group would explore the social and leisure aspects as well as key events such as war and the British Empire.

Industrial Aspects:Industrial Aspects:Industrial Aspects:Industrial Aspects: Explore how and why the railways were created and the impact

that this had on the industrial and economic fabric of Great Britain and how this evolved over time. From the height of the railways and the industrial revolution, through to their decline and current renaissance, the railways have had an instrumental impact on the history of the country and how it affected the working lives of the population. This workshop aims to build understanding and appreciation of the history of the railways, the change in trends over time and their causes. In this workshop pupils will also explore elements of geography.

Social and Leisure Aspects:Social and Leisure Aspects:Social and Leisure Aspects:Social and Leisure Aspects: Discover the impact that the railways have had on the history of Great Britain. Understand how leisure and commercial travel were affect by the railways and how they were instrumental in building the British Empire. Explore how they played an important role during wartime, including the vital role women played on the railways during conflict. The workshop encourages an understanding of British history and how the railway was key to its development and pivotal events.


• A study over time tracing how aspects of national history are reflected in the locality

• Use common words and phrases relating to the passing of time.

• Know about the characteristic features of the period and society, including the ideas, beliefs, attitudes and experiences of the men, women and children

• Describe and make links between the main events, situations and changes across the period.

• Recognise that the past is represented and interpreted in different ways.



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• Learn how to find out about the past from a range of sources and information.

• Ask and answer questions about the past.

• Describe and understand key aspects of human geography, including types of settlements, land use, economic activity including trade links, and the distribution of natural resources including energy, food, minerals and water.

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The Children will be able to explore the fascinating bygone era of the Victorians – what the children wore, ate, things they did on a visit to the seaside, and they will also look at how they got to their destination. They will also be encouraged to examine the differences and similarities between those of the Victorian holiday makers and their own experiences at the Seaside. The children will be encouraged to wear Victorian clothes for this enlightening session.


• Understanding of how holidays in the past were different to today. Can distinguish between 'then and now'.

• Place events and objects in chronological order.

• Use common words and phrases relating to the passing of time.

• Identify differences between ways of life at different times.

• Identify different ways in which the past is represented.

• Learn how to find out about the past from a range of sources and information.

• Ask and answer questions about the past.

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Art & DesignArt & DesignArt & DesignArt & Design Art and Design encourages creativity and imagination, whilst inspiring learners to engage with their own ideas of what art is to them and build confidence in their ability. Our Art and Design workshop aims to provide rich and diverse settings and subjects from which to develop their artistic skills.

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From trains to trees and stations to scenic views, this art-based workshop will take you on a journey along the railway where industry and nature meet. Allow your artistic flair to come alive on this creative walk amongst local heritage and the natural world. Choose your canvas: paper, a pebble, a leaf… Experiment with texture, colour and pattern using a critical eye to create a masterpiece.


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• Use drawing and painting to develop and share ideas, experiences and imagination.

• Develop a wide range of art and design techniques in using colour, pattern, texture, line, shape, form and space

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• Develop artistic control and experimentation skills.

• Improve their mastery of art and design techniques, including drawing and painting with a range of materials [for example, pencil, charcoal, paint.

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FilmFilmFilmFilm Film is an ideal vehicle for exploration, creativity and expression whilst working collaboratively with their peers. It can also inspire self-confidence and develop learners use and command of spoken language. Our workshop aims to provide a setting where learners can produce a short film in a contextual setting.

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Lights, Camera, Action! Join us at the museum to create your own short film. We provide the setting and props; you provide the creativity and imagination. Be a film star, a reporter or a documentarian, the choice is yours. This creative workshop allows you to develop your filmmaking and collaborative skills whilst in a context based setting. It also encourages progress in speaking and listening, and writing composition, as well as narrative and nonfiction based literacy skills.


• Develop in a number of spoken language skills, including articulation, narrative, imagination, audibility, fluency, presentation, performance3D shapes, area and volume.


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Revision VisitsRevision VisitsRevision VisitsRevision Visits

The Train Game is the ideal SATs revision aid of knowledge and understanding across the Science and/or Mathematics curriculum. It provides a fun and competitive medium for reinforcing key concepts incorporating the benefits of peer scaffolding.

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Choose whether to answer question about maths or science and work in teams to get to the end of the railway line. Pupils will work together to play this giant board game. One pupil from each team will act as the train on the game board and together with their team they will compete with their classmates to win the game by answering question from across the National Curriculum. This is an ideal activity to help consolidate learning and understanding aiding in revision prior to SATs, or as a fun but educational end of school year treat.


• Reinforcement of key concepts throughout the national curriculum on a subject specific basis.

• Enhancement and enrichment of learning through the engagement and motivation of game play.

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Introduction Workshops at Ingrow Education Centrekwvr.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Online-Brochure...Ingrow Education Centre Ingrow West Station, South Street, Keighley, West Yorkshire,