Museum of London programme

The Museum of London’s Supplementary Schools Programme has got off to a roaring start. Shortly after hosting the London Quality Framework Awards the museum held a special summer fun day for supplementary schools.

‘Really it was a lovely day’ Azza Supplementary School

‘It was a fab day with excellent company!’ EPCA, Supplementary School, Kensington & Chelsea

Updates from first few weeks of the programme:

• 15 teachers from a variety of local boroughs have volunteered to meet throughout the year to support the museum to develop the supplementary schools programme.
• 221 supplementary school students, teachers and family members visited the museum between July-August during summer activity events.
• The ‘Introduction to the Museum of London’ teacher and volunteer training session is now fully booked, which will take place on the 19^th

Upcoming offers:

Book now to attend a free teacher and volunteer training day on Sunday 11^th October 2015.

Aims of the training:

• Introduce supplementary school teachers and volunteers to the collections at the Museum of London; inspired by the theme of the upcoming Activity Weekend event ‘Sounds of the City’.
• Take part in a range of object handling activities and interactive gallery learning techniques to understand how the museum’s collections can be used with your students
• Gain a practical understanding of the layout of the museum to make the most of future visits
• Learn more about existing schools resources that can be adapted and used to support your curriculum

This training day will be particularly useful for teachers looking to plan their visit to the museum for the Supplementary Schools and Families Activity Weekend event in November.

If you would like to book a place onto this training day please contact etaylor@museumoflondon.org.uk by Monday 14^th September and I will be able to send through more information.

Places will be allocated on a first come first served basis. A maximum of 2 places will be allocated per school.

Reminders:

The first Supplementary Schools and Families Weekend, Sounds of the City,  will take place on Saturday 21^st and Sunday 22^nd November 2015. Save the dates! Invitations for this event will be sent out during the first week of September.

As part of this event, I will be working with a group of supplementary school students (aged between 11-19) to create a performance/activity to be showcased during the event. There has been lots of interest but there are still some places available, so if you think your students would like to be involved please email etaylor@museumoflondon.org.uk for more information.