Our loans boxes include a selection of artefacts which have been designed to help your pupils to develop their key skills, as well as extending their knowledge and understanding of a wide variety of topics. Each loans box comes complete with a comprehensive set of teachers notes which include suggestions for activities and background information on each of the objects.
Choose from the boxes listed below.
1. Travellers Loans
In partnership with Gloucestershire County Council's Traveller Education Service, we have developed a range of resources for schools to borrow and which help you to teach Citizenship & Diversity.
Inventory of Traveller Resources (Microsoft Word Document, 326 Kb)
Resources include: Cooking implements, Romani recipes, washing & cleaning utensils, horse tack, decorative items (found in the home), model fairground vehicles and rides (Show People are Travellers too), photographs and images on CD.
Costs: Free to all schools with Traveller children on their rolls and to those within the Borough of Tewkesbury; others £10 per week. If objects are delivered or collected by us we make a small charge for mileage (40p per mile, applicable to all schools)
Also available:
Romani in Residence
In some instances it may be possible for us to arrange a visit to your school by an English Romani, to talk about his experiences as a Traveller
Life On The Verge
A touring exhibition on the various Traveller Communities that exist in parts of Gloucestershire; although aimed primarily at Secondary Schools and adults, the exhibition might be just the right kind of thing to have in your foyer for parents and visitors.
(contact us for further details on either of these options)
Traveller images courtesy of Barrie Law ARPS
www.romanygypsy.com/gypsy/home
2. The Tudors
This box contains a range of reproduction Tudor objects for use in the classroom. Objects are accompanied by comprehensive teacher notes and suggested cross curricular activities to support their use.
Inventory of tudor resources (Microsoft Word Document, 304 Kb).
Resources include: Tudor cookware, tableware, storage jars, coins & counting board (for doing calculations), spice scales, urinals, flagons, time pieces, games, caps and even a lady's dress.
Objects can be used alongside the Thomas Workman Inventory pack - a set of reproduced documents detailing the possessions of a Gloucestershire silk Merchant from 1587. (Produced as a resource for schools by the Gloucestershire Record Office.) The pack introduces children to inventory based work and provides a snapshot of the Tudor merchant class.
Cost: £30 for two weeks hire, including a FREE Thomas Workman pack & support sheets for you to keep. £5 discount if a visit to the Merchant's House is also booked.
3. Open If You Dare
Designed for after-school clubs, childcare settings and playgroups, these boxes are full of fun and colourful objects to inspire children to play creatively.
Inventory of Open if you Dare resources
With over 15 different games, books, crafts, hand puppets and resources you can enjoy teaching young children about the countryside and the animals that live in it.
Boxes come with a complete guide on how to use the resources.
Cost: £15 for 3 weeks
This project was funded by the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council.
Please see the Open If You Dare Play Loans Boxes document for more information about the other boxes available.