Teaching Sessions
Teaching Sessions are fully booked in the
spring term. There is plenty of availability
for free self-guided visits.
The Museum offers schools a wide variety of Teaching Sessions designed with the National Curriculum and QCA requirements in mind. Teaching Sessions take place at 10.15, 10.30, 11.30, 12.30 and 13.00 and are priced £60 for 60 minutes or £90 for 90 minutes. Each Teaching
Session allows for up to 30 pupils. Early booking is advised.
On arrival, school groups are met by one of our Activity Assistants, allocated storage, shown the Museum's facilities and given confirmation of a lunchtime slot (if requested). Teaching Sessions take place in the Clore Learning Centre (the Hickory and Mulberry Rooms) which are located alongside our lunchroom facilities in the Summerly Room.
New Teaching Session
EARLY YEARS
Designed for Early Years (Under 5s). Visit five Toy Stations to sort, match, build, arrange and play. Call 020 8983 5205 or email mocbookings@vam.ac.uk to book or for more information.
30 minutes (£40)
Making a booking
All Teaching Sessions must be booked in advance. To make a booking please download and complete the School Bookings Request Form ensuring you read the School Bookings Guidelines before submitting. To make a booking over the telephone, call 020 8983 5205.
Hospital Outreach
Hospital sessions involving Museum objects and handling toys are available to London Hospital Schools free of charge. Call Madeleine Hoare on 07810 813 766 or email m.hoare@vam.ac.uk.
Young Curators Teaching Session
The Curator has disappeared and we need you to help us! Introducing both familiar and more unusual objects from our collection, this delightful session gives younger pupils the chance to explore, interact and learn new things about our toys and the Museum.
Reception and Year 1 - 60 minutes
A Trip to the Seaside Teaching Session
A fun-filled and hands-on exploration of how a day trip to the seaside in Victorian times differs from that of today.
Year 1 and Year 2 (Year 3) - History - 60 minutes
Pop Ups and Puppets Teaching Session
A fun and colourful session exploring how puppets work, including an opportunity to make a puppet to take home.
Year 1 and Year 2 (Year 3) - Science, Art, Design & Technology - 60 minutes
Toys from the Past Teaching Session
Find out about toys from the past and how they are different to those of today.
Year 1 and Year 2 (Year 3) - History - 60 minutes
Toys on a Timeline Teaching Session
Find out how the toys the pupil's parents and grandparents played with are different to those of today.
Year 1 and Year 2 (Year 3) - History - 60 minutes
Moving Toys Teaching Session
Explore materials, forces, and mechanisms in a fun, hands-on session.
Year 1 and Year 2 (Year 3) - Science - 60 minutes
Clothes from the Past Teaching Session
The Museum has an amazing collection of children's clothes. Find out what materials clothes were made from and what children wore in the past with this informative hands-on session.
Year 2 and Year 3 - History - 60 minutes
Mechanical and Moving Toys Teaching Session
Explore materials, forces, and mechanisms and make your own colourful moving toy in a fun, hands-on session. Please note: The 90 minute session includes an additional 30 minute workshop
Years 3, 4, 5 and 6 - Design & Technology, Science - 60 minutes or 90 minutes
Children of the 1940s, Teaching Session
What was it really like for children living through World War II? War Children - The 1940s investigates five children who had very different experiences of the Second World War...
Years 4, 5 and 6 - History - 60 minutes
Investigating Victorian Children Teaching Session
A crime has been committed! Search for clues, using historical evidence and records, to put together character profiles of the suspect children, then decide who is guilty.
Years 6 and 7 - History - 60 minutes
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