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What’s our style?
Posted by: Cat on: September 13, 2010
So you may have noticed that we have changed our look…Depending on how long you have been following the blog, you may realise that we have reverted to the previous style originally adopted for the page. We got some feedback suggesting that this older format was easier to navigate and read, and so we’ve returned [...]
Primary Outreach 2009-10
Posted by: vicky07 on: August 20, 2010
One of the most popular outreach sessions we deliver is ancient Egypt and in the past academic year we have delivered over 20 sessions in schools across Greater Manchester and had the pleasure of working with some very insightful and imaginative children. Thanks to all those schools which have sent us pupils’ feedback and comments! We [...]
A little ray of sunshine
Posted by: Pete Brown on: August 5, 2010
However much you love your work, there are times when you need a boost and I received one last week from one of our younger visitors. It made my day so I decided to share it with you. Dear Manchester Museum, I am 9 years old. I have visited the museum many times and I have found [...]
Blog posts from visiting schools
Posted by: Louise on: June 16, 2010
Its always great when you get a good feedback form from a teacher, you know that the pupils enjoyed themselves and that you have in some way contributed towards their learning. Its even nicer when you come across websites or blogs where people write about their visits. Below are a few I’ve stumbled upon the [...]
A lovely surprise (and thank you!)
Posted by: Hannah on: June 9, 2010
I rarely receive any post at work, so last week, when I arrived to find a big brown envelope in my pigeonhole, I was slightly concerned. No need! …Inside the envelope was a big pile of lovely hand-written letters from some of the year four pupils from Sharrow School who had travelled all the way [...]
Superhero Skeletons – Primary Science and AGMS Student Seminar
Posted by: Hannah on: May 19, 2010
On 11th May, I ran a seminar for masters students on the ‘Art Galleries and Museum Studies’ course at the University of Manchester’s Centre for Museology. The seminar was part of the ‘Science, Nature, Museums’ course ran by Dr Sam Alberti, and focused on ‘Museums and Formal Science Learning’. In order to give the students [...]
A Student View of workshops in The Manchester Museum
Posted by: Cat on: May 10, 2010
As you may remember from earlier posts, we have been working with Tameside College on a series of Travel and Tourism Workshops. One of the students was kind enough to write this post for our blog. If you are interested in having these workshops for your groups, please either comment below or contact us. It [...]
Inspirational!
Posted by: Neil Dymond-Green on: March 17, 2010
I’ve been working with Medlock Primary School’s Year 2 classes recently, mainly in the Animals and Birds galleries to help us create a new story based on the well-known children’s book The Gruffalo. It was a lot of fun (I’m hoping we’ll be able to share some of the children’s stories later) and made all [...]
Darwin’s Impact
Posted by: Cat on: March 8, 2010
As part of our Darwin programming we have been doing some evaluative work tracking the impact of the activities we offer in Secondary and Post-16. From our current data we are pleased to announce that we have engaged over 1,400 students in our Clippy Island activity with over 60% from Outreach activities, and approximately 250 students [...]
Darwin’s Beagle Voyage – Pupil’s Pictures & Comments
Posted by: vicky07 on: January 25, 2010
Hello All and Happy New Year! In November and December 09, the outreach team delivered 10 interactive Darwin outreach sessions to 272 Key Stage 2 pupils at 7 schools. Thanks to all those we visited, for asking such interesting questions! And for sharing your follow up work with us. Here are some of your pictures [...]
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