Learning Opportunities 2016 - 2017 Early years Key Stage 1 and 2
01751 417367
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Learning at Ryedale Folk Museum Enrich your students learning experience by visiting us at Ryedale Folk Museum. Our twenty heritage buildings represent life from pre-history to the 1950s, providing us with a wonderful opportunity to show groups a changing way of life in the home and at work. In the safe and atmospheric surroundings of the museum we are able to offer a variety of activities to support your curriculum-based learning. Choose from: • Museum-led activity days – £6.50 per child • Self-led visits - £4 per child • Object handling boxes • Bespoke learning activities
1Book now To book your visit or for more information contact the museum’s education team:
[email protected] 01751 417367 Cancellations Cancelled bookings within less than one month of the visit date will be subject to a £50 cancellation fee.
Facilities • Toilets, disabled toilet & baby changing facilities • Gift Shop to buy souvenirs • Area provided to store lunch bags • Under-cover area provided for eating lunch if wet weather Adult:child ratios Self-led visits : • Early years & Key Stage 1 – 1 adult free for every 5 children • Key Stage 2 – 1 adult free for every 8 children Activity Days: • 2 adults free for each activity group • Any additional adults £2 per adult Accessibility Our site covers 6 acres and it has a main tarmac path that takes visitors past most of the buildings. The paths up to the Round House and around the Fold Yard area are gravel or grass. All our buildings are wheelchair accessible. Please speak to the Education Team if anybody in your group has specific access requirements. Risk assessments Risk assessments for the different activities and the museum in general are available on request. Parking Visiting groups can be dropped off and collected from outside the museum. Coaches can park in the National Park Authority’s car park around 300m away. Free parking passes can be collected from the museum on arrival.
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Highlights for 2016-17 Iron Age Activity Day
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Early Years Groups
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KS1 – Homes Through The Ages
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KS1 – Tudor Countryside Life
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KS1 – Victorian Countryside Life
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KS1 – WWII – The Countryside At War
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KS2 – Iron Age Activity Day
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KS2 – Viking Activity Day
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KS2 – WWII – Evacuee Activity Day
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KS2 – Tudor Court Leet Activity Day
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KS2 – Victorian Hiring Fair Activity Day
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Handling boxes for hire
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Gift Shop & Goody Bags
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A Victorian Christmas
A fantastic opportunity to experience Iron Age life and support your pre-history learning. See page 6 for more details.
A Victorian Christmas Prepare for Christmas celebrations in our traditionally decorated atmospheric buildings. See page 13 for more information.
New for 2016-17! All visiting children will receive a voucher for a FREE child day ticket to the museum.
Early Years Groups – museum led and self led Storytelling sessions Bring your early years group to Ryedale Folk Museum, and listen to stories in the White Cottage from a choice of children’s books. After story time, groups can take part in a short related activity around the museum. Sessions last 45 minutes.
Elphi Trail Explore the museum to find Elphi the Farndale Hob’s miniature houses, hidden all around the grounds. Take an Elphi explorer bag on your adventure which has mini-binoculars, magnifying glasses, blindfolds and a booklet to help you on your travels. The Elphi Trail lasts approximately one hour and is a self-led activity.
Cost: £5 per child for one activity Cost: £6 per child for both activities
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Key Stage 1 – Homes Through The Ages Discover what domestic life was like for three different historic time periods during this activity day. Groups will visit the quaint Victorian cottage, the humble Tudor home and the simple yet spectacular Iron Age roundhouse. Pupils will be encouraged to identify similarities and differences between the homes by exploring how they were built and taking part in hands-on tasks and chores. White Cottage (Victorian) Groups will be shown the rooms of the house and given chores to do with traditional tools including bed-making, floor-sweeping, rugbeating and scrubbing the stone steps. Crofter’s Cottage (Tudor) By first exploring how the cottage is built groups will learn about Tudor life and homes. Everyday items will be studied with a hands-on task of grinding corn with a quern stone. Roundhouse (Iron Age) The reconstructed roundhouse offers a perfect backdrop to learning about life in the Iron Age. Groups will find out all about building materials and everyday household objects.
Cost: £6.50 per child (inc VAT) Thank you very much for a brilliant visit. The children got so much from all the different activities and haven’t stopped talking about the visit since. KS1 Teacher, May 2016
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Key Stage 1 – Tudor Countryside Life This fantastic activity day is suitable for groups studying the Tudor period. Groups can take part in up to three different activities (as outlined below) depending on timing and the numbers in your group. Choose yourself or let us put a package together for you.
Activity 1 - Crofter’s Cottage Spend time exploring a Tudor Cottage to discover what life was really like for an ordinary Tudor family.
Activity 2 – Cruck Frame Building Build and raise your own cruck frame building with this fun team pursuit (suitable for Year 2 only)
Activity 3 – Merrills (self-led) Get in a game of Merrills, a popular Tudor game. Learn the rules and hold your own mini-tournament.
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Activity 4 - Handwriting Using feather quills and homemade ink, learn about the art of Tudor handwriting.
Activity 5 – Plague Potion Help grind and mix a natural cure used by the Tudors to fight the most feared disease of the times.
Activity 6 – Tudor things at a touch (self-led) Get hands-on and explore real and replica Tudor objects by making use of the museum’s handling box onsite and included in the activity day cost.
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Cost: £6.50 per child (inc VAT)
Thank you so much again for a wonderful day. The children were full of it when they came back. Parent helpers were really impressed too and were saying they were going to come back with their own family in the Easter holidays. KS1 Teacher, March 2016
Key Stage 1 – Victorian Countryside Life This activity day will help your group understand the Victorian’s domestic life, from their school days to household chores. Choose up to three of the activities listed below. Activity 1 – Household Chores Explore our Victorian period White Cottage and experience everyday domestic duties of the Victorians. Let your group get hands-on with making the bed, beating the rugs, scrubbing steps and making toast.
Activity 2 – Wash Day Spend time working in the wash-house using the different laundry equipment used by the Victorians.
Activity 3 – School Room Let your group impress the teacher with their handwriting using slate boards and ink pens in our Victorian classroom.
Activity 4 – Rag Rugs Learn how to rag rug and make a small piece to take away.
Activity 5 – Toys (self-led) Play with traditional Victorian toys including hoops, skipping ropes, spinning tops, flick books, whip and tops, cup and balls and marbles.
Is Queen Victoria your significant individual? Our activities can enrich your learning by providing a fascinating insight into life during the Victorian period.
Activity 6 – Handling box (self-led) Get hands-on and explore real and replica Victorian objects by making use of the museum’s handling box onsite and included in the activity day cost.
Cost: £6.50 per child (inc VAT)
My favourite was washing the clothes because I washed granny’s bloomers! Year 2 Child, June 2016
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Key Stage 1 – WWII – The Countryside At War Choose from up to three of the activities below, to support your group’s learning about the second world war. Learn about the effect the decisions made by Neville Chamberlain, Winston Churchill and the wartime government had across the country and Britain’s rural areas.
Activity 1 – Village Store Your group will learn all about rationing during the war in the characterful village shop within the museum. Each child will receive a ration book and their sweet ration for the day.
Activity 2 – Cooking Make fruity potato cakes in the White Cottage kitchen whilst finding our more about rationing and how it affected day to day life in the 1940’s home.
Activity 3 – Make Do & Mend Groups will find out about how people during wartime made the best of what they had and tried to keep themselves, their home and their clothes looking good through repairing and recycling.
Activity 4 - Reminiscence A wonderful opportunity for your group to meet people who lived during the war. Hear their first-hand stories and experiences. Please note that this activity is dependent on volunteer availability.
Cost: £6.50 per child (inc VAT)
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I enjoyed it so much I would love to go again. Year 2 Child, June 2016
Key Stage 2 – Iron Age Activity Day There is no better place to learn what life was like in Iron Age Britain than in a roundhouse. So, visit us with your group and experience a taste of life in the Iron Age making full use of the museum’s reconstructed roundhouse. We are also able to incorporate information about the Stone Age, comparing and contrasting lives in these two pre-historic periods. Roundhouse Based on the remains of a roundhouse discovered and excavated locally, the roundhouse will provide an atmospheric and memorable experience for your group. Pupils will discover what life was like for ordinary people in the Iron Age – how they lived, how buildings were constructed, what they ate and how they cooked food.
Weaving for wearing Investigate Iron Age clothing and discover the tools and techniques needed to turn sheep fleece into wool for weaving.
Pottery Groups will make and decorate a clay pot to take away whilst learning about the different methods to make pots, and how an Iron Age potter would decorate them.
Cost: £6.50 per child (inc VAT)
The Roundhouse was impressive. I liked feeling the animal skins and sitting by the fire. Year 4 Child, March 2016
Pre and post visit activities We have a number of pre and post visit materials for groups to enhance our Iron Age activity day. Please ask for details of what is currently available when you book.
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Key Stage 2 – Viking Activity Day Find out all about Viking settlements and home life by spending time in one of our period buildings. Your group will be given a chance to get hands-on with some Viking crafts. Includes Viking home life, weaving and pottery activities. Viking Home Life
Weaving
Pottery
Based in a cottage similar to a long house this activity allows groups to soak up the atmosphere while discovering what life would have been like in a Viking home.
During this activity groups will investigate Viking weaving and discover the different tools and processes needed.
Groups will find out about different Viking crafts before becoming Viking potters and making their own decorated pots out of air dry clay to take away as a souvenir.
Cost: £6.50 per child (inc VAT)
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Thank you for a wonderful time at Ryedale Folk Museum. I really enjoyed getting a chance to weave on the loom as it was fun. Year 3 Child, November 2015
Key Stage 2 – WWII – Evacuee Activity Day The second world war was a pivotal moment in history for Britain and the world. Visit the museum with your group and immerse them in a day where they will be an evacuee. Billeted with local people on their arrival, pupils will help with different tasks to find out what life was like for a wartime evacuee. Village store Helping in the museum’s village store, groups will learn about rationing and receive their daily sweet ration.
Cooking Groups will help prepare and bake fruity potato cakes , finding out more about rationing and how it affected home life.
Make do & Mend Keeping your home and self looking good didn’t stop during the war! Groups will find out how people did just that even when clothes were rationed.
Reminiscence Pupils will be able to meet and talk to people who grew-up and lived during the war through their firsthand stories (please note that this activity is dependent on volunteer availability).
In advance of the visit you will receive a gas mask template (to make a gas mask beforehand) and an identity card for each child to complete.
Cost: £6.50 per child (inc VAT)
We’ve already taken a vote and decided that this is our favourite trip this year. Year 3 Teacher, June 2016
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Key Stage 2 – Tudor Court Leet Activity Day Your group can learn about this historic system of landlord rule (and how it still applies in the village of Hutton-le-Hole) by attending a make-shift court. Designed to allow the local lord to rule over his tenants and serfs, the Court Leet enabled him to make and enforce many local ‘laws’. There would be fines and taxes to pay as well as the opportunity to resolve any ongoing disputes. Hutton-le-Hole fell under the rule of Spaunton Court Leet and still does today! Morning session In the morning, pupils will be divided into ‘family groups’ and given jobs common to Tudor life. Undertaking some relevant tasks within the museum’s grounds this might include building cruck frames, grinding corn or making reed candles.
Afternoon session During the afternoon, your whole group will gather together in the Manor House for the Court Leet. Each ‘family’ will be paid for their labour before paying back their tithes and rent – and possibly facing any necessary punishments for breaking the law! Teaching staff are not exempt from fines either…
Cost: £6.50 per child (inc VAT) Can I just say thank you for giving us a super day yesterday and a very valuable learning experience. I thought the activities were very well presented and the children all thoroughly enjoyed their day. KS2 Teacher, November 2015
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Key Stage 2 – Victorian Hiring Fair Activity Day Come along to one of our Victorian Hiring Fairs to learn about countryside employment and then enjoy the fun of the fair itself. Groups will be introduced to various countryside jobs before having to prepare themselves for hiring. Once everybody has secured their following year’s employment and signed their contracts the fair will begin. There’s lots of traditional games to enjoy including ‘bat the rat’ and a coconut shy. In the morning, the group will be given a general introduction to the concept of a hiring fair. Boys and girls will be split into different groups for their designated Victorian activities. After lunch, the whole group will line up, be picked for jobs and sign their contracts! After that it’s all about the fun of the fair and enjoying the fair games!
Cost: £6.50 per child (inc VAT)
The dolly was my favourite in the wash house. I remember that you only washed on a Monday. Year 3 Child, June 2016
Thank you so much for organising our trip to Ryedale Folk Museum. The children thoroughly enjoyed themselves, as did the adults. They learned so much more from the trip than I could ever have taught them. Year 3 Teacher, May 2016
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Handling boxes for hire The museum has several handling boxes available for hire allowing your students to explore the past by investigating their contents. In each box there are a range of collection items (which can be freely handled) and replica items, to match the theme. Most boxes come with a guide and can either be used independently or after an introductory session by a museum staff member.
Boxes are available for the following themes: Iron Age Discovery Basket – Tudor Countryside Life – Toys from the Past – Victorian Role Play – Victorian Countryside Life – World War One Resource – World War Two Suitcases and Code Kits More information on the contents of all handling boxes is available on request and we can tailor any box to suit your specific needs. All handling boxes will need to be collected from (unless having an introductory session from a member of staff) and returned to Ryedale Folk Museum. They can not be posted or delivered.
Cost: £10 per week or £30 for 4 weeks (additional cost for introductory sessions applicable)
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Gift Shop & Goody Bags Gift Shop
Our shop is open 10am to 5pm and we welcome education groups to come and browse. Our shop isn't very large, so it's best to visit the shop in small groups. We sell a range of gift items, stationery, confectionery, toys and games. Please let us know if you would like to visit the gift shop when making your booking as we can advise on suitable times to do so. Ryedale Folk Museum Goody Bags If you would like your group to have souvenirs of their visit our goody bags offer the perfect solution! Goody bags will be made up with items of mixed colours and are subject to stock availability. Please reserve your goody bags in advance to avoid disappointment. £2.00 Goody Bag Pencil Eraser Ballpoint Pen
£3.00 Goody Bag Pencil Eraser Notebook
£5.00 Goody Bag Pencil Eraser Notebook Ball Colouring Pencils included FREE!
Create Your Own! Pencil 50p Eraser 50p Ballpoint Pen £1.00 Notebook £2.00 Ball £2.00
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A Victorian Christmas Wednesday 16th – Wednesday 30th November 2016 (available each week day) Join us for a Victorian Christmas party in our traditionally decorated atmospheric buildings and discover where many of our Christmas traditions come from. Groups will be able to take part in various festive activities and enjoy their own packed lunch party food. Victorian party games will finish the celebrations! Approximate timetable: 10:15 Arrive 10:30 Welcome & Introduction 10:40 Activity Session 1 11:20 Activity Session 2 12:00 Lunch 12:40 Activity Session 3 13:20 Games 14:00 Depart
Why not dress up and bring a Victorian inspired packed lunch to add to the experience!
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Groups will: • Learn about the history of Christmas Cards before designing and writing their own to send. • Find out about the creation of Christmas Crackers and make their own to take home. • Discuss how Victorian families decorated their homes for the festive season and then create some of their own decorations to take away!
Cost: £6.50 per child (inc VAT)
