Schools
The Yorkshire Waterways Museum encourages visits from schools and promotes widening participation from non typical visitors. School visits will encourage children to make repeat family visits and facilitate family learning and an understanding of the culture and heritage of their ancestors.
We are in partnership with Hull Museum Service, Harrogate Museum Service and The North York Moors Railways delivery a project called Renaissance Partnership Initiative. The has facilitated the development of new resources and workshops for schools including a working model of a lock and has also marketed the educational offer to a large number of schools. It promotes school visits and outreach work and continues next year.
Also visit the My Learning website which includes resources and information for schools and adult learners. This site is informative and includes learning journies, interactives and a subject index.
Click here to visit mylearning
200 pages of exciting school resources have been added to this website to enhance educational enjoyment of the collection in the classroom or to support a school visit and are available on the resources page.
Key Stage One Resource pack can now be downloaded for use in schools or for visits from our resources page.
Outreach services are available and resources include Victorian style bargee dressing up costumes and a modular boat hoist demonstrating hydraulic power. Please ask if you would like these for use in school or as an activity on your visit.Please visit download page for school risk assessment and telephone for appointment to pre visit to discuss exact requirements.
Other visit activities could include:
Roses and Castles traditional art workshops
Boat Building workshops
Collection identification and observational drawing workshops
Tow-path nature trail walks
Goole Docks History Boat Tours
Renaissance Partnership Inititiative
The Yorkshire Waterways Museum has formed a partnership with the Hull Museum hub in partnership with the North Yorkshire Moors Railways and Harrogate Museums Services. The partnership aims to promote the use of museums to schools and socio-economic groups unlikely to make museum visits through development and sharing of resources, a cohesive use of information and marketing stratagies and a partnership micro business plan. The My Learning website will enable schools and learning groups to understand and access all resources available in the partnership and encourage inclusive participation.
School Visits Logistics
Large parties are split into smaller groups, with not more than 12 in each group. These groups rotate through a detailed programme of activities. A timetable is provided after consultation that meets the outcomes and needs of individual learning groups. Pre visits are encouraged to maximise opportunities on the day and provide follow up classroom work relevant to topics for the term.
The Museum works with Primary Schools on a teacher placement schemes funded by MLA Yorkshire. The aim is to increase school participation through outreach work and visits. York St John University also places under graduates on placements (SOTS) to understand the value of visiting settings other than schools and encouarage adventurous learning opportunities with an increased understanding of minimising risks.
The Museum also offers work experience placements, an alternative learning package and work based learning opportunities for pupils struggling in mainstraem school or who need a setting in which to learn new skills, communicate effectively or gain confidence.
Another scheme funded by Creative Minds 2006 aimed to engage another local Primary School in learning about Bridge Engineering based on the Creative Minds STEM subjects and Inspiring Learning For All.
School visits could include:
Goole Docks History Boat Tour with commentary (a chance to explore a working dock and experience the import and export trade)
An interactive Museum Tour with Educational Resources
