Kirkleatham Museum partners with seven other local museums to develop educational opportunities for local schools. Recently, each partner was beginning to see a higher level of interest in EYFS workshops from schools, so collectively we focused on this age group.
Each partner worked with a ‘buddy’ teacher from a primary school or setting to help devise a specific EYFS offer. We used the Characteristics of Effective Learning as the basis of our ideas along with loose parts theory, the Reggio philosophy and ‘in the moment planning’. Working closely with our buddy teacher, we developed and piloted a Museum Takeover Workshop– a role-play-based visit to help children understand the jobs that make a museum work. The workshop allows children to develop Understanding the World, while we are encouraging children to be curious about, and confident in, cultural places, thereby building their cultural capital.
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