SCHOOLS LEARNING

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The museum has a learning programme for young people, teachers, and home educators. It is delivered through visits to the museum galleries, hands-on sessions with collections and learning resources, and with loans boxes for use in schools.

The museum supports local schools in teaching the National Curriculum through museum enrichment of their topics of study. The programme aims to increase knowledge and understanding of topics of study, and improve enquiry and awareness skills.

Your Visit

If you would like to visit us with a class, please contact the museum on 01749 673477 or at admin@wellsmuseum.org.uk

Charges apply to visit, or to use the loans boxes - click here for current charges

Resources

The following Trails and Activities are available to download at no additional charge once you have booked your visit with us. Click on the Resources images below, then click on 'go to link' and download

Loans Boxes

For box contents click on the loans boxes images, then click on 'go to link' and download.

To arrange a loan, please contact the museum, details as for 'Your Visit'

The Romans on Mendip School Workshop

Booking information – a school workshop for KS2 primary children, supporting delivery of the national History curriculum - The Romans in Britain.

Our workshop modules use local history and real archaeological evidence to help pupils discover:

Why the Romans came to Britain — and why the Mendip Hills were so important
How Roman settlement changed local communities and daily life
What “Romano-British” life looked like in practice
How archaeology helps us understand the past
The lasting legacy of the Romans in our region today

To book, in the first instance please contact the museum on 01458 831197 or at admin@wellsmuseum.org.uk

Cost: £5-7 per pupil (all accompanying adults free), depending on workshop length (1.5 hours - 2.5 hours). The cost includes access to the entire museum as well as the workshop and materials.

Children will work in four-five groups assumes a maximum class size of 32. To get the most from your visit, please organise children into groups before your workshop begins. Each group will require support from one adult. Two teachers from the museum will deliver the workshops and one of these adults will be assigned to one of the groups, the remaining volunteers will need to be provided by your school. Recommended ratio: one adult for every six children so that the children are well supported.

Eating and drinking is not permitted in the museum apart from the school lunch room or garden. The school lunch room is FREE for schools attending workshops. Please ask when you make your booking.

Trails and Worksheets

We have developed a series of trails and worksheets for schools, tailored to each of Key stages 1& 2. The trails were developed by teachers and piloted with a local school. They are designed to ensure pupils engage with both the artefacts and the time period covered within the trail topic.

Once you have booked your school/class visit, we recommend you download a copy of the relevant trail for each pupil. We will also send you a copy of the teacher notes to help you fully prepare for your visit. The teacher notes include a recommended risk assessment.

1. Wells and World War One (KS1) Trail (1.1) (Trench on 1st Floor) (1.1) and Remembrance Worksheet (1.2) (Ground Floor Foyer)

2. Wells and World War One (KS2) Trail (2.1) (Trench on 1st Floor) and Remembrance Worksheet (2.2) (Ground Floor Foyer)

3. Wells Then and Now/Wells Through Time - Wells City Galleries on 1st Floor, left & right side. Trail (3.1), Teacher Information (3.2), Teacher Programme (3.3)

4. Transport Through Time (KS1) Wells City Galleries, right side. Trail - PDF (4.1) or PowerPoint (4.2)

5. Wells and the Railways - Wells City Galleries, right side. Trail - PDF (5.1) or PowerPoint (5.2), and Worksheet (5.3)

6. Stone Age to Iron Age –Balch Room & Study. Trail (6.1) , Teacher Information (6.2) , Beaker Pottery (6.3) and Witch of Wookey Hole (6.4) Worksheets

7. Art & Design (KS1) Activities within a Rucksack - Wells City Galleries and Balch Room & Study

8. Art & Design (KS2) Activities within a Rucksack - Wells City Galleries and Balch Room & Study

Note: Art & Design activities are included in the one day workshop offering (all key stages) developed jointly between, Wells & Mendip Museum, Wells Cathedral and the Bishop’s Palace.