KS3 and KS4 - National Coal Mining Museum for England...KS3 and KS4 learning programme Underground experience Loans boxes and classroom resources 01 06 02 03 06 0405 07 Workshops Outreach

A visit to the National Coal Mining Museum for England will give your pupils a powerful learning experience they will never forget. The unique combination of historic buildings, interactive galleries and natural landscape provides an immersive learning environment, where pupils can explore their local heritage, investigate Britain’s industrial past, see science in action and develop their creativity.

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COST: Free

DURATION: 1 hour 20 minutes

GROUP SIZE/ SUPERVISION: 2 adults: 17 students

This is the exciting highlight of any school visit and is a truly unforgettable experience. With an ex-coal miner as their personal guide, pupils ride the cage 140 metres underground to discover first-hand what life was like as a miner.

Choose from:

Meet a Miner TourPupils go on a chronological journey through mining history from the 1840s, when whole families, including young children, worked together underground, right through mechanisation and up to the present day. A great tour to show how mining has changed over time.

Hands on TourThis underground tour can be tailored to suit your group and includes the following interactive areas:> Underground stables - muck out, harness and

feed a model horse> 19th century mining - get your hands dirty

and work as a family to dig the coal> Lighting area - find out about lighting

through the ages and play some lighting games> Geology - see a real coal face and

handle rocks and fossils.

Specify what your learning focus is on your booking form and we will do our best to meet your requirements.

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All the learners enjoyed their visit; the guide captured their interest and the tour has left a mark on them. Thank you we will definitely come againNorth Nottinghamshire College

The tour gave a great insight into miningWest Leeds Area Inclusion Partnership


Sally Sam Fletcher It’s a Hard Life KS3Travel back to the 19th century when women and children were working in mines. What were working conditions like? What jobs did people do? What significant events happened to change the lives of these people? Meet Sam or Sally Fletcher and take part in role-play activities to find out.

NC FOCUS: Ideas, political power, industry and empire: Britain, 1745-1901

AVAILABLE: Monday - Friday

COST: £25 per workshop

DURATION: 30 minutes

GROUP SIZE: 17 pupils per session

SUPPORTING Victorians loans box RESOURCES:

Dig Deeper KS3Everything you wanted to know about mining but were afraid to ask. Dig Deeper with one of our miners and work together to take apart an interactive model of Caphouse Colliery. Pupils will handle objects and ask questions to find out how mining has changed over the last 100 years.

NC FOCUS: Local history study, historical perspective

AVAILABLE: Tuesdays and Thursdays


DURATION: 30 minutes

GROUP SIZE: 17 pupils per session

SUPPORTING 1930s - themed loans box RESOURCES: 1980s - themed loans box

Workshops and Talks

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Guided Tour of the Minewater Treatment Plant and Reed Beds

A member of the Education Team will guide you around the Museum’s innovative minewater treatment plant and explain how the iron-rich minewater is cleaned before being discharged into a local stream.

KS3, KS4 Science and Environmental Studies

AVAILABLE: on request

COST: £25 per tour (one class)

DURATION: 1 hour

Whats in Our WaterPupils will see real science in action as they work with a science specialist from the University of Huddersfield to investigate the chemical, biological and physical processes of cleaning polluted minewater. Pupils will take a guided tour of the minewater treatment plant, conduct field experiments on water samples and then carry out further chemical analysis in the classroom.

The session can be adapted for KS3, KS4 GCSE Science, Applied Science, Environmental Studies, OCR Nationals and BTEC courses

NC FOCUS: Chemistry (Chemical reactions)

AVAILABLE: 11, 18, 25 May and 8, 15, 22 June 2017

DURATION: Full day including underground tour

COST: £50

Sketchbook Inspiration

Looking for new inspiration for sketchbook and portfolio work? Maybe you want to develop your pupils’ observational skills? Art teachers have successively used our evocative site to lead sessions in printmaking, film, photography and even drawing underground. Get in touch to find out how you can use our spaces for your own Art activities. The Museum is an Arts Award Supporter.

COST: Free

Animating History

A fantastic opportunity to work a professional animator and film-maker to explore the idea of Heroism using animation techniques and digital technologies.

DATES AVAILABLE: 10, 11, 13, 17, 18, 20 October 2016


DURATION: 2 hours (17 pupils max)

Find out about how the Museum operates as a successful tourist attraction and markets itself to a wide audience. The session can be tailored to meet the needs of your group.

AVAILABLE: on requestCOST: £25 per workshopDURATION: 45 minutes

GROUP SIZE: up to 34 pupils per session


The Museum SiteThe Museum is set on a large site across two former coal mines, Caphouse Colliery and Hope Pit. Most of the galleries are based at Caphouse. There are so many things to see and do, which will excite your pupils’ curiosity and fuel learning across the curriculum.

Authentic pit buildings:Our historic Caphouse site dates back to the 1790s and many of the original pit buildings are open for you to explore. Steam winding engine house: The steam engine was installed in 1876 by Emma Lister Kaye. Look out for her initials engraved on the buildingPithead baths: An evocative historic building where a miner’s shift started and finished. Built in 1938, it dramatically changed the lives of miners, and their wives and mothers.Stable Yard and Horsekeeper Talks: Visit the stable yard and listen to one of our horsekeepers telling you about the working lives of the ponies.

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Teacher led visits and

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We welcome teacher-led visits, but they do need to be booked in advance. Pupils’ activity trails and teachers’ resources, which you can use to support a whole day’s visit or to complement a workshop, are available on our website www.ncm.org.uk/learning. Look out for the Art Cart too, which is stocked with drawing materials.

TALKS AVAILABLE: Daily at 11:30 and 13:30


Galleries and

ExhibitionsMining Lives Gallery: Explore interactive displays to find out about home and community, sports and leisure, disaster, trade unions and strikes

Parkinson’s Yard: explore a reconstructed back yard complete with tin bath and coal shed.

Coal Interface Gallery: Get up close to the Museum’s technology collection and find out how inventions through time have made miners’ working lives safer and more efficient.

The Whitehaven corfe: Look out for this woven basket used for transporting coal underground. It is one of the Museum’s rarest objects.

1842 Gallery: Explore the working conditions and lives of the women and children who worked underground in the early 19th century, before the 1842 Coal Mines Act changed their lives.

Listen out for the testimonies of women and children taken from the Royal Commission.

Hope PitHow did miners get down the mine? How did they breathe underground? How did they power their machines? Find the answers to these science questions and more with a visit to Hope Pit, a smaller colliery dating back to the 1830s. Hope Pit is approximately 5-10 minutes’ walk from Reception.

Electric winding house: explore this building to learn about the important job of a banksman.

Nature Trail

and reed bedsFollow the half-mile Nature Trail and see how an old colliery spoil tip now creates a lush habitat for wildlife, plants and trees. Amaze your pupils with a trip to the reed beds to see how the Museum cleans the bright orange iron-rich minewater pumped from underground.

The reed beds: explore part of the Museum’s sustainable minewater treatment plant.


Loans Boxes and Classroom

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Loans BoxesLoans boxes contain original objects, photographs, background information and activities, which stimulate curiosity and hands-on learning. Boxes are free to borrow for up to a month. Please book through the Assistant Education Officer.

> Coal Measures fossils> Victorian Work> Victorian Home > The 1842 Childrens Employment Commission> 1930s Family> 1930s Work> 1980s Mining Safety> 1980s Mining Tools> 1980s Mining Life> 1984/85 Miners’ Strike > Mining Portraiture

Online LearningMining fact sheets and other learning resources are available on the Museum website: www.ncm.org.uk/learningVisit www.ncm-collection.org.uk to explore the Museum’s online collections or search the library catalogue. Look out for digitised Coal magazine (editions from 1947-1959).Visit www.bbc.co.uk/arts/yourpaintings to see some of the Museum’s art collection.

LibraryThe Museum’s research library holds a wealth of information on the history of coal mining in England. Speak to one of our qualified librarians about using this important resource.

OutreachIf you are unable to visit the Museum, or would like a session in school to help you prepare for your visit, then let us come to you!

Sally Fletcher and the 1842

Royal CommissionMeet Sally Fletcher, a Victorian miner. Through role-play and an historical investigation pupils will find out how Sally’s life changed when the 1842 Mines Act was passed, prohibiting women and children from working underground. Subject focus: History (ideas, political power, industry and empire: Britain, 1745-1901)

> Available: On request> Cost: £60 per session or book two sessions

in one day for £100> Duration: 2 hours> We will travel to schools within a 45-mile radius

of the Museum> We can tailor sessions to meet the needs of your

group, depending on age, ability and group size


> Contact the booking staff to make a booking on 01924 848806 or email [email protected] We will need to know the size of your group and preferred visit date. Speak to a member of the Education Team if you need help choosing an activity or planning your day on 01924 848806 or email [email protected]

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

> We advise all teachers to make a preliminary visit. The Education Team is happy to help with planning your day.

Supervision requirementsAround the Museum site 1 adult: 10 pupilsUnderground tour 2 adults: 17 pupilsPlease see our Practical Information document for further health and safety information.

SEN groupsWe welcome visits from special schools and will always try to meet your specific requirements. Most of the Museum site is accessible by wheelchair and there are accessible toilets in the main visitor centre.

Lunch FacilitiesA picnic area is available for packed lunches, weather permitting. There is also a shared indoor space where pupils can eat their lunch, which will be allocated to you when you book. We ask you to leave these areas clean and tidy after use.

Getting to the MuseumThe Museum is on the A642, halfway between Wakefield and Huddersfield, easily accessible from the M1 and M62.There is free coach parking available. For local schools (5 miles radius) we can support you with a ‘parent drop-off ’ or a ‘minibus run’. Please let our Bookings Officer know if you wish to do this.

Toilets Coat and Bag StorageLockable cupboards are available for coats and bags in the shared lunch area. However, space is limited, so if possible please leave belongings on the coach. The Museum cannot take any responsibility for items left in the cupboards. Toilets are located near the shared lunch space.

Booking a Room You can book the Education Activities Room in the Learning Curve for the day if you need a base during your visit. The charge for this is £40.

Museum ShopThe Museum shop stocks resources for teachers and items suitable for children. Goody bags are available on request. Supervised groups of up to ten pupils can visit the shop at any one time.

Cancellation of BookingsPlease let us know as soon as possible if you wish to cancel a visit. If a workshop is cancelled with less than five working days’ notice, the full amount will be payable.

Museum InformationNational Coal Mining Museum for England, Caphouse Colliery, New Road, Overton, Wakefield. WF4 4RH Tel: 01924 848806 Email: [email protected] [email protected] www.ncm.org.uk

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