Title: Schools
Teaching Sessions

Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery offer a large range of teaching sessions, all of which can be tailored to suit the needs of the class. To book a teaching session please use the Book a Visit form. The table below lists the available sessions at all museum sites. Click on a Key Stage to jump to that section:

For more information about the teaching sessions that are available for both Birmingham and non-Birmingham schools please download the following leaflets (Adobe PDF format).

Sessions include the new 'Bright Sparks' session at Soho House sponsored by the Royal Society.

The following additional services are available for Birminghanm LEA- Schools only - click here to download the booking forms.

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Key Stage Subject Museum Site
^ top Foundation and Key Stage 1
Shapes and Symmetry History / Numeracy Aston Hall
The Great Fire of London History / Literacy
Homes Long Ago History / Literacy
Where Cinderella went to the ball
History / Literacy
Times Before Electricity History / Science / Literacy
What is Aston Hall made from? Science / Literacy / History
Kitchens and Food
Healthy Eating / Literacy / History
Where Sleeping Beauty pricked her finger History / Literacy / PSHE
Animals in Art Art Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery
Pattern and Colour Art
Stories in Art
Art
Portraits Art
Homes Long Ago History Blakesley Hall
A Day in the Life of Blakesley Hall History
Traditional Toys History
Night Night, Sleep Tight: bedtimes past
History / Literacy
A Rhyme Through Time
History / Literacy
Boys and Girls Come Out to Play
History / Toys / Dance
A Rhyme through Time
History / English
Guy Fawkes
Drama / History / Art
Pots and Pans – Kitchens and Food in the Past Science/ Technology / History

Buildings and Materials

Science / History
The Wheels at the Mill History Sarehole Mill
The Little Red Hen Goes to Sarehole Mill Literacy
^ top Key Stage 1 and 2
Landscapes
Art Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery
Pattern in the Industrial Gallery Art
Portraits Art
Myths and Mask-making Art
Sculpture Art
Textiles Art
The Pre-Raphaelites Art
Colour and Impressionism Art
Containers Art
Stories in Art Art
Ancient Egypt Discovery Day History
Ancient Greece Discovery Day History
Roman Remains History
The Glory That Was Greece History
Ancient Egypt History
Glittering Gold: Exploring Saxon Treasure History
Ancient Egypt handling artefacts session
History
Ancient Rome handling artefacts session History
Ancient Greece handling artefacts session
History
World War 2: life in Birmingham 1939 –1945
History
Crime Scene Investigation: Blakesley Science / Citizenship Blakesley Hall
Pattern in a Tudor House History / Art
Building Detectives History
Rich and Poor in Tudor Times
History
Lotions and Potions History
A Tudor School Day History
Guided Tour of Smith & Pepper’s Factory History / Science / D&T Museum of the Jewellery Quarter
Victorian Factory Life History / Science / D&T
Mapping the Quarter History / Geography
Making Links with the Past History / Art and Design / Science
Metal Matters History / Art and Design / D&T / Science
Nature’s Jewels Art and Design / Science
Earth’s Riches Art and Design / Geography / Science
Buildings of the Jewellery Quarter History / Geography / Art and Design
Matthew Boulton History Soho House
Mary Seacole History / Citizenship
^ top Key Stage 2
Sir Francis Drake at the Court of Queen Elizabeth History / Literacy / Geography Aston Hall
Sir Walter Raleigh and Diversity
History / Cultural Diversity / Geography / Literacy
A Masque of the Elements
History / Performing Arts / Literacy
Ghostly Revels
Literacy – Newspaper Reports / Thinking Skills
Symmetry and Design Art / Maths / History
Victorian Art & Costume
Art Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery
Non-Western Art Art
Hat-making Art
Weather (abstract/figurative)
Art
Exploring Portraits
Art
Exploring Picture Frames
Art
Investigating Sculpture
Art
Gods and Deities
Art
The Pre-Raphaelites
Art
Life in Tudor Times
Art
Asian Dowry Textiles
Art
Costume 1800 – 1970
Art
Printmaking Art
Looking at Landscapes
Art
Watercolour Workshops
Art
Symbolism in Art
Art
Impressionism Art
Stories in Art
Art
Drawing Workshops
Art
Mask-making
Art
Movement in Art
Art
Elements of Art: colour, pattern, line, tone, movement
Art
Modern and Contemporary Art
Art
Abstract Art – make your own!
Art
Myths and Legends Art
General Guided Tour Cross Curricular Collections Centre
Little Red Hen – The Sequel Citizenship Sarehole Mill
The Miller’s Apprentice
History
Water Water Everywhere
Geography
What on Earth?
Cross Curricular
Our Daily Bread
D&T
Feel the Force
Science
Materials / Can Buildings Speak?
Science / Art
The Father Christmas Letters
Literacy
Equiano History / Citizenship Soho House
^ top Key Stage 3

Shakespeare and Art

Art / English / Drama Blakesley Hall
Devise! Direct! Act in a Historical Drama! Art / English / Drama

Inventory Detectives

History
Women and the Home in the 17th Century History
Connecting Identities Art / Citizenship / D&T / Geography Museum of the Jewellery Quarter
^ top Key Stage 3 and 4

‘For the Royalist Cause’

History Aston Hall

Literacy at the Hall

Literacy
Inspiration for Art Art
Non-Western Art Art Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery
Exploring Portraits
Art
Symbolism in Art
Art
Myths and Legends
Art
Impressionism
Art
Investigating Modern and Contemporary Art
Art
Ceramic Painting
Art
18th Century Art and Society
Art
Hat-making constructing in 3D Art
Surrealism Art
History of Art from 15th – 21st Century Art
Asian Dowry Textiles
Art
Looking at Landscapes
Art
Religious Art
Art
Gods and Deities
Art
The Pre-Raphaelites
Art
Abstract Art – make your own!
Art
Sculpture: styles, materials and methods
Art
Costume 1800 - 1970
Art
Printmaking Art
General Guided Tour Cross Curricular Collections Centre
Diversity History Blakesley Hall
^ top Key Stage 4

Enterprise opportunities / Leisure and Tourism

Leisure and Tourism Blakesley Hall
The Timber Framed Building in History History
Medicine through Time History
GCSE coursework History
^ top Key Stage 5
Customer Service Leisure and Tourism Blakesley Hall
Business Leisure and Tourism