The Pumphouse Educational Museum offers all Primary Schools and Colleges the following
THE ROTHERHITHE HERITAGE MUSEUM
Artefacts from the foreshore of the River Thames dating from the Roman times.
Foreshore walks, local history walks and talks available.
Peek Freans memorabilia
DISPLAYS
Artefacts from the Twentieth Century.
Britain in the 1950's.
The Blitz Room. NATIONAL CURRICULUM GUIDELINES
KEY STAGE 1 & 2 SCIENCE FROM THE NATIONAL CURRICULUM
Life Processes and living things.
Materials and their properties.
GEOGRAPHY FROM THE NATIONAL CURRICULUM
Rivers.
Settlements.
HISTORY FROM THE NATIONAL CURRICULUM
Romans Anglo-Saxons and Vikings.
Victorian Britain.
Britain since the 1930's.
Ancient Egypt / The Aztecs.
Learning from artefacts.
CLASSES AT KEY STAGE 1 & 2
Fully equipped classroom with a qualified primary teacher to teach for the duration of the session. Lunch area, educational surroundings, pre visit session plans, post visit suggestions and worksheets where appropriate. Children's reseach library, educational resources and large nature park and pond.
Please contact the Pumphouse for session fees.
INSET & ADVISORY SERVICE ON SITE
For qualified teachers, NQT's and students.
QCA LINKS
Science 1B Growing plants 1C Sorting and using materials 2B Plants and animals in the local environment 2C Variation 2D Grouping and changing materials 3D Rocks and soils 4B Habitats 5B Life cycles 6A Interdependence and adaptation
Geography 1 Around our school 6 Investigating your local area 9 Village settlers 11 Water 14 Investigating rivers 16 What's in the news
History 1 How our toys are different from those in the past 2 What were homes like a long time ago 6A A Roman case history 6B An Anglo-Saxon case study 6C A Viking case study 9 What was it like for children in the Second World War 10 What can we find out about Ancient Egypt from what has survived 11 What was it like for children living in Victorian Britain 12 How did life change in our locality in Victorian times 13 How has life in Britain changed since 1948 17 What are we remembering on Remembrance Day 18 What was it like to live here in the past 19 What can we learn about recent history from studying the life of a famous person
(The Pumphouse is set up to provide a day on Tommy Steele OBE)
Partnership in Education with Surrey Docks Farm. Visit the ECMCE (Environmental, Community, Multimedia, Cultural Education) web site at www.ecmce.com
