Location: MUSEUM OF MAKING 

Duration: 2 hours 

Key Stage: Key Stage 1 

Booking and Prices: £6.50 + VAT per pupil. This session allows 25 pupils (minimum) to 35 pupils (maximum)

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Session Description: It is 1851 at Derby’s Silk Mill. The Silk looms are noisily clattering and Eliza Bird,  a 10 year old Silk Winder, is tirelessly working. Bring your learners to an engaging and multi-sensory experience; exploring the museum, using census information, photos from the past and other sources to playfully discover what life was like for children employed at Derby Silk Mill over 150 years ago. Learners will take on the role of a silk winder and make some twisted ‘silk’ ropes of a variety of different colours, fashionable in Georgian and Victorian times.

Session Curricula:

• History (A local history study of the Silk Mill’s impact on the world; events beyond living memory that are significant globally; identify similarities and differences between ways of life; using stories and artefacts; significant historical events, people and places in the locality)
• Art and Design(develop techniques and use of materials with creativity, experimentation and an increasing awareness of art and design)
• STEAM

Skills and Knowledge: Collaborative working, communicating ideas, craft and making, creativity, critical thinking, curiosity, culture, Derby/Derbyshire heritage, discussion, evaluating, exploring ideas, experimenting, fine motor skills, key vocabulary, museum learning, observing museum collections, questioning, risk taking, speaking and listening, tracing aspects of national history in the locality

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