EYFS and KS1

Sessions for EYFS

We offer sessions for nurseries and reception classes that encourage exploration through stories, song and sensory play to ignite young children's curiosity. 

Meet the museum teddy bears and investigate size, weight, capacity and time through comparing, sorting and role play activities in our Victorian kitchen 

Taking a well-loved story as the starting point, these workshops support language and communication through purposeful play and craft activities. You can choose from four options - The Three Little Pigs, Rapunzel, The Gruffalo or The Tiger Who Came to Tea. 

Sessions for Key Stage 1

Key Stage 1 sessions bring topics to life through hands on learning, group activities and role play.

Meet our 'new', 'old' and 'very old' teddies and get busy sorting a range of wooden, metal and plastic toys to discover how children's play has changed over time.

Curriculum links

History: awareness of the past; using common words and phrases relating to the passing of time; changes within living memory.

Science: identify and name a variety of everyday materials; compare and group together a variety of everyday materials

  • Add on a craft activity for £1 per pupil
     

Find out about the role of a monarch and explore a very famous queen by investigating objects and dressing up in costume. Please enquire for more details.

Curriculum links

Significant historical events, people and places in their own locality 
 

Discover the story of the Spider Weaver and learn the significance of Kente Cloth, a traditional Ghanaian textile. Pupils then work in small groups to explore designs before creating their own wax print.

Curriculum Links

Art and Design: use drawing to develop and share their ideas, experiences and imagination; to develop a wide range of art and design techniques using colour, pattern and texture, line and shape.
 

Journey back in time to discover how Bruce Castle was once a school. Taking part in role play, pupils dress up as Victorian school children and experience writing on slates to compare it to their own classroom.

Curriculum links

History: significant historical events, people and places in their own locality
 

Explore living things through the plants and animals in Bruce Castle Park. In this fully taught session, pupils will learn to identify deciduous and evergreen trees, discover micro-habitats, and record scientific findings. 

Curriculum links

Science: identify and name deciduous and evergreen trees; identify and describe basic structure of plants and trees; work scientifically by observing closely, drawing diagrams and keeping records; raise and answer questions about the local environment; work scientifically by recording findings and describing conditions. 
 

New session coming soon, please enquire for more details.

To request information or enquire about workshops, please email museum.services@haringey.gov.uk 

Please state the topic, year group, and number of classes that would like to visit, and our education team will contact you. 

The kids really enjoyed it, especially the role play