School Workshops
Hardheads Heritage offer a range of engaging workshops for schools, home-education groups and community organisations. Sessions usually last two hours, are delivered at your venue and can be tailored to suit the interests, ages and needs of your group. Scroll down to look at current topics.
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War and Peace in West Cumberland
KS2 Focus
Topics Covered: History, Design and Technology, Literacy
Guided by Mrs Brown of the Women’s Voluntary Service, pupils discover what life was like on the Home Front in West Cumberland during the Second World War. Beginning with the announcement of war, this hands-on session explores rationing, Make Do and Mend, reserved occupations and the work of the ARP, before concluding with a celebration of VE Day.
From Fibre to Fashion
KS2/3 Focus
Topics Covered: Design and Technology, History
Take your pupils on a hands-on journey from fibre to fashion. Beginning with raw fibre, pupils discover how it is spun into yarn and woven into cloth. They explore different fabrics, compare natural and man-made fibres, and investigate how textile production has changed through history. The session then follows the process of making clothes and considers how fashions and construction methods have evolved, before pupils pick up a needle and try a range of stitches for themselves.
Create Your Own Mini Museum
KS2/ KS3 Focus
Topics Covered: Literacy, PSHE, Design and Technlogy, History,
Work with our curator and handling collection to create your own Mini Museum. This hands-on workshop brings different periods of history into the classroom while introducing pupils to the world of work and the varied roles involved in running a museum.
Pupils explore the work involved in creating an exhibition, from safely handling objects and selecting key stories to writing clear interpretation panels. Working in groups, they use the collection to curate their own mini museum, consider how to promote it and finish by hosting a VIP preview for the other groups in the room.