School Bookings 2011

Washday Children on Car Firewarden

Things to do
The World of James Herriot offers teachers the opportunity to teach their pupils and students outside the classroom. Our interactive and hands-on workshops are designed to meet the National Curriculum and cover the subjects History, Literacy, Art, and Citizenship.

We offer one hour facilitated sessions which can be combined with your visit to the museum. Almost all sessions can be delivered as outreach sessions in your classroom as well.

The workshop programmes can be downloaded from the links below. If you want to view the programme online please scroll down to the end of this page.

Primary School Programme 2010/2011 Opens in a new window

This is a booklet created by one of our students on placement.

Secondary School Programme 2010/2011 Opens in a new window

Groups
The workshops are suitable for Primary and Secondary Schools. However, we are able to tailor the workshops according to your needs and expectations.
We can accommodate groups of approximately 35 pupils per session. Groups of more than 20 pupils should be split into two groups. We kindly ask teachers to organise this before arriving at the museum.

How to book
In order to help us providing the best visit experience for everyone we kindly ask all groups to book their visit. When booking, please indicate the workshop(s) you want to book or if you are visiting for a self-guided tour. You can book over the phone, by email and letter or by fax. Please use the booking form below.

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After booking your visit you will receive a confirmation letter and supporting information for planning your trip. You are entitled to free familiarisation visits to undertake your own risk assessments. Please book an appointment in advance. A Hazard Sheet can be downloaded here Opens in a new window.

On the day
The meeting point is the museum shop. If you have booked a workshop for your group you will be welcomed by the Audience Development Officer. We can also arrange a lunch space and a shop visit for your group.

Prices

Admission (per pupil) £3.25

Workshop (per pupil) £1

Outreach Session (minimum of 20 pupils) £3

Teachers and accompanying adults are free of charge. Please note that numbers of adults which are not necessary to conform to the governments supervision ratios may be charged at the group adult rate of £5.45. For outreach sessions adults are free of charge.

Contact details
We are more than happy to discuss any questions you may have. For more information please contact:

Elisabeth Salmen, Audience Development Officer

elisabeth.salmen@hambleton.gov.uk
The World of James Herriot
23 Kirkgate
Thirsk
YO7 1PL
Tel: 01845 524234
Fax: 01845 525333

Here are some impressions from pupils and students after visiting the museum

Primary School pupils
"I really enjoyed looking at instruments that James Herriot would have used. The pill injecting was my favourite because I thought it was fascinating"

"Thank you for inviting us to your museum. We had a wonderful time, I particularly liked visiting the air raid cellar because I got to have an experience of being in World War 2, it was terrifying but also gave me a shiver of excitement."

"The best thing I learned was that they did not have a fridge."

"My favourite part was the studio. It was awesome pretending to shoot film."

Secondary School students
"The visit opened my eyes up to reality; the trip to the James Herriot Centre was very informative and was very applicable to business studies. I think that applying our business knowledge to a real life situation made to us and makes to future students the trip a success".

"I enjoyed the visit to the James Herriot Museum and I thought I learned a lot from the day. It helped develop my team work abilities and also helped me understand the business side of the museum more. I think the day helped with my marketing work for my A Level business class and it resulted in my having useful information to use in lessons and exams."

School Workshops 2010/2011 - online view

Primary Schools Programme

Early Years Foundation Stage
Animal Antics
This interactive session full of stories, songs and rhymes explores animals and introduces children to the people who care for them. Children will craft an animal mask to take home.

Key Stage 1

Home sweet Home
Visit the 1940s Skeldale House and travel back in time. Pupils can handle toys from the past and see how children's home life has changed. Afterwards, they will craft a toy from past times to take home.
►Curriculum Links: History

Animals and us
Focusing on pets and their care, the group will explore the responsibility that we as humans have in ensuring the well-being of animals and the role that vets and animal welfare organisations play in their care. This is a hands-on workshop with the chance to explore items from our veterinary science collection.
►Curriculum Links: Citizenship

Key Stage 2

Wartime Britain
Explore our replica air-raid shelter and experience what life was like for children growing up in World War II. This interactive workshop allows you to listen to sounds and handle artefacts from this period of time.
►Curriculum Links: History

Home sweet Home
Visit the 1940s Skeldale House and travel back in time. Experience living in another time period and discover the differences and similarities to our home life today. Explore the centre and take part in an object handling session. Pupils will craft a 1940s doll peg to take home.
►Curriculum Links: History

Being James Herriot
This creative writing workshop will reveal the techniques of story writing Pupils search the museum for facts on James Herriot and how he turned his experiences into fiction. They try to become a story writer and turn their own experiences into a thrilling story.
►Curriculum Links: English

Telling Stories through Objects
Every object has a story to tell, as pupils soon discover. Pupils are given the opportunity to explore artefacts from the collection as they work imaginatively to unearth the stories waiting to be told.
►Curriculum Links: English

Secondary Schools Programme and Post 16

Key Stage 3 and 4

Being James Herriot
This creative writing workshop will reveal the techniques of story writing. Pupils search the museum for facts on James Herriot and how he turned his experiences into fiction. They try to become a story writer and turn their own experiences into a thrilling story.
►Curriculum Links: English

Leisure and Tourism at World of James Herriot
This interactive session uses common marketing tools in order to identify the museum's marketing strategy. Pre- and post visit packs complete this hands-on session. Students design a brochure and a poster and give a short presentation at the end. The workshop runs for 2.5 hours and functions as a case study. Maximum of 25 students per session.

► Curriculum Links: GCSE Leisure & Tourism/ Business Studies, ICT, Tourist Attraction

Curators Wanted!
This object based workshop introduces the students to communication and interpretation in the museum. Students receive a short introduction to the work of curators. Afterwards, they work in small groups and curate their own exhibition, using items from our collection. In the end, they will present their work to the class. The workshop runs for 2.5 hours. Maximum of 25 students per session.
► Curriculum Links: History, English, Art & Design