Home Education Groups
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Home Education Groups
Book a visit for your group to explore the galleries and collections at your own pace. Also choose from a range of art and history workshops and we will support you to create your own programme of learning that fits with the focus of your group. Please email thehiggins@bedford.gov.uk for more information.
We are also running three dedicated sessions exclusively for Home Education families:
14 April:
Toys of the Past 11.15am, (6–9 years) Book Online
Toy of the Past is popular amongst younger groups as it introduces the idea of the past to children through toys. They discover children haven't always had access to the toys they play with today. In small groups, they play with a range of toys and experience first-hand the kind of toys children (specifically Victorian Period) would have played with. They will be supported to identify similarities and differences between the toys they play with today and those played with then, paying particular attention to the materials the toys are made from.
19 May:
Archaeology Detectives Day, 11.15am,
As ‘Archaeology Detectives' children find out how we can learn about the past by what people have left behind. Some of this session will take place in our Collectors Gallery where they will look through trays of objects and start to try to identify what they might be, where they have come from and what it tells us. They also have a go at reconstructing items such as a small pot or tile (like a mini jigsaw of 4 or 5 parts) which is another way we can find out about the past. They also put found items in a chronological order using clues they know about the objects. KS2 children could also do this session with additional or alternative activities, involving experimental archaeology approaches, mapping a dig and sketching finds.
3 June: Geology, 2.30pm, (7+) Book Online
Join Bev Fowlston of the Bedfordshire Geology Group to discover more about rocks, minerals, fossils and crystals. Please bring in specimens that you would like identified.
Booking is essential for all sessions. All workshops last an hour. All children must be accompanied by an adult. Each child place costs £3.90; adults do not need to book.
To avoid paying a transaction fee, please use promotional code HIGGINS30. If a booked place is no longer required, please let us know so that it can be made available to another family, thank you!
To book a place for children call the Box Office on 01234 718044 (open Wednesday – Saturday 10am – 4pm) or Book Online.