Islington Museum Primary Schools Brochure 2016/17Enabling children to be creative and curious with Islington’s heritage!

Contents

About Islington Museum

Booking information

Archaeology

History

Geography and Citizenship

Science

Creatively inspired by local history

Temporary exhibitions and special workshops

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Front page image: Hugh Myddelton School, 1907

About Islington MuseumIslington has a long and fascinating history. It has been the home of monasteries and nobles, the heart of London’s livestock trade, an oasis of entertainment, a hotbed of radical politics and an innovator in healthcare.

At Islington Museum we explore this diverse history. We have a permanent gallery, split into nine social history themes: childhood, food and drink, fashion, leisure, healthcare, radicals, caring, home and wartime. Artefacts, costumes, archival material and videos allow pupils to get close to the past.

We encourage pupils to be curious, enabling them to actively explore artefacts. Within the museum there are boxes filled with traditional

toys and objects, a kitchen for role play, a puppet theatre, dressing up costumes and curiosity sheets to support pupils to creatively respond to the collection.

We also have a vibrant temporary exhibition programme looking at local themes, national anniversaries and community issues. Look out for specific school-friendly exhibitions!

Our learning programme offers cross-curricular workshops, using local history to explore diverse topics. Through active engagement with archival documents, artworks and artefacts, your pupils are able to creatively explore their heritage and connect to their local community.

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Where to find usIslington Museum is situated at 245 St John Street, London, EC1V 4NB, underneath Finsbury Library.

The 153 bus stop is just 5 minutes walk from the museum. Otherwise the museum is roughly a 15 minute walk from both Angel and Farringdon stations. You can catch a wide range of buses at Angel.

The museum is fully accessible, with a lift and accessible toilets. Museum staff are happy to help you plan your visit to ensure that it meets your group’s needs.

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Booking a workshopWorkshops can be booked via phone or email. An invoice, booking form and risk assessment will be provided at booking. Payment can be made by cheque or cash.

Please note workshops are generally available Monday, Tuesdays and Thursdays between 10am and 4pm.

For more information and to book please contact:

Rebecca Campbell-GayMuseum Education Officer(Part Time: Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays.)Telephone: 0207 527 2837Email: rebecca.campbell-gay@islington.gov.uk

Archaeology

Pupils will excavate a Roman site, organising and identifying the artefacts they find. Then, as a class, we will debate what these small fragments reveal to us about our Roman past. What could our site have been? What was our relationship with Londinium? And what is Highgate Pottery? Topics explored will include material culture, trade and family life.

Pupils will finish by creating their very own piece of Highgate Pottery to take home.

Curriculum links: local history, developing enquiry skills, using logical reasoning, data collection and presentation skills

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Discover what is hidden under your feet in our archaeology workshops!

Your pupils will become archaeologists, learning how to excavate our dig boxes and discovering original artefacts from Roman, Anglo-Saxon and Stuart London. They will develop historical enquiry skills, discovering how seemingly insignificant fragments of history can help us to create a picture of Islington’s past.

Roman Islington2 hours, KS2, £1 per child

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Pupils will excavate an Anglo-Saxon site, organising and identifying the artefacts they find. Then, as a class, we will debate what these small fragments reveal to us about our Anglo-Saxon past. What could our site have been? Who lived there? And how did they survive? We will also discuss the range of information we can gain from archaeological evidence and its limits. Topics explored will include material culture, trade, religion and family life.

Pupils will finish by designing and making an Anglo Saxon brooch to take home.

Curriculum links: local history, developing enquiry skills, using logical reasoning, data collection and presentation skills

Anglo-Saxon life2 hours, KS2, £1 per child

Pupils will excavate a site from 1666, discovering original and replica objects from the period. They will need to organise their finds and identify objects. Then, as a class, we will debate what these small fragments reveal to us about life in Islington in 1666. What could our site have been? Who lived there? And would they have been affected by the Great Fire?

Pupils will finish by creating their very own clay curiosity to take home.

Curriculum links: local history, developing enquiry skills, using logical reasoning, data collection and presentation skills

The Great Fire of London90 minutes, KS1, £1 per child

History

Pupils will have great fun exploring our toys and games handling collection. Pupils will investigate historic toys through play, exploring the different materials, how they work, how old they are and who might have played with them.

We’ll then find out about Islington’s most famous entertainer, Grimaldi, the first clown. Pupils will make their own Grimaldi puppet to take home.

Curriculum links: changes within living memory, exploring continuity and change, developing enquiry skills, materials, art and design

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Toys and games90 minutes, KS1, £1 per child

What did nurses wear in the past? What equipment did they use? Why is Islington important in the history of healthcare?

Pupils will explore costumes, artefacts and archival images to learn about important local nurses through history. They will discover Florence Nightingale and Edith Cavell’s connection to Islington, while also learning about local nursing pioneers, such as Florence Keen at Manor Gardens and the Windrush nurses who served at the Whittington Hospital.

Pupils will then either use our archival photos to create pop-up stories about these local heroines or get messy with sensory ‘blood art’.

Curriculum links: lives of significant individuals, changes within living memory, understanding historical concepts of continuity and change

Islington’s nurses2 hours, KS1, £1 per child

Joseph Grimaldi

Newly qualified nurses at St Mary’s, 1902

Royal Northern

Hospital, 1953

Hugh Myddelton

School May Day

Dancing c1900

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Pupils will take part in a chronological carousel, learning about monastic schools, Tudor charity schools, Victorian Ragged schools, the 1870 Education Act and schools during the Second World War. They will use artefacts, costumes, archival sources and oral histories to compare and contrast almost 500 years of education history.

Pupils will then use our archival photos to create pop-up stories about pupils in the past.

Curriculum links: changes within living memory and social history, local history, understanding historical concepts, developing enquiry skills

Changing schools90 minutes, KS1, £1 per child

What’s a museum? Come and find out. Pupils will play I Spy in our galleries with magnifying glasses to learn what a museum does, who works there, what collections we hold and how we keep them safe. They’ll then handle some of our favourite objects, before creating their own collaged object labels to take home.

Curriculum links: understanding historical concepts of continuity and change, local history, developing enquiry skills

What’s a museum? 60 minutes, KS1, £1 per child

Hugh Myddelton Lower School, c.1900

Angel, c1900

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Learn how to get information from a museum collection. Pupils will work in groups to investigate an important artefact from Islington’s history. They’ll use the museum, objects, maps and archival documents to research their artefact. Topics include entertainment, trade, healthcare, the New River and the Second World War.

Pupils will see how museum collections provide evidence to help us understand the past, and begin to examine how the past is both similar to and different from today.

Curriculum links: understanding historical concepts, developing enquiry skills

History detectives90 minutes, KS2, £1 per child

Islington has been home to countless inspiring women who have changed our lives, both locally and nationally. From education and citizenship, to healthcare and disability awareness, pupils will learn about five of these heroines: Dame Alice Owen, Florence Keen, Elfrida Rathbone, Edith Garrud and Mary Tealby. They will use artefacts, costumes, archival documents and images to explore the lives of these women, discovering how they changed Islington and touched the world.

Curriculum links: lives of significant individuals, developing enquiry skills, International Women’s Day, Disability Awareness Week

Islington’s heroines2 hours, KS2, £1 per child

Edith Garrud,1910

Angel, c1900

Fonteyn and Helpman in Hamlet, 1942

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What did Tudor Islington look like? Who lived there and what did they do? How did key events in the lives of the Tudors impact upon Islington? Pupils will investigate Tudor Islington through costumes, maps, artefacts and archival documents, drawing conclusions about who lived here, their occupations and their relationship with the court and London.

Pupils will then create their own pop art inspired Tudor portraits.

Curriculum links: local history, developing enquiry skills

The Tudors in Iseldone90 minutes, KS2, £1 per child

The Village of Iseldon, 1600

If you walked down Liverpool Road in the Victorian Age you’d find a workhouse, a renowned entertainment venue, a hospital, residential houses and local tradesmen. Pupils will explore maps, census records, workhouse records, health reports, entertainment posters, trade artefacts and more in a case study on the diversity of Victorian Islington. They’ll discover the importance of class in determining your life chances, learn about fatal diseases, see the impact of the railways and meet some unexpected local trades. You’ll never look at Liverpool Road in the same way again!

Curriculum links: significant events, local history, developing enquiry skills

Victorian life on Liverpool Road2 hours, KS2, £1 per child

Take your pupils outdoors on a walking tour of the fascinating sites near the museum. Spot architectural masterpieces, find the home of the world’s first clown, stand above a Second World War command shelter, walk in an infamous Victorian graveyard, see a former Victorian prison and follow in the footsteps of cattle drovers. Walks can last 30 minutes or an hour.

We’ll follow up with an object handling session at the museum exploring artefacts and archival documents

from the sites we’ve visited, investigating more about the people who lived and worked there.

Curriculum links: health and wellbeing, local history, developing enquiry skills

The history under our feet2 hours, KS2, £1 per child

Liverpool Road, 1900-20s

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For the centenary of the First World War, Islington Museum has been collecting the stories of the thousands of men and women from Islington who died in active service. Pupils will explore the wartime experiences of five individuals, travelling from hospital boats to the trenches, from Islington to the Somme and Gallipoli. They will examine artefacts, costumes and archival sources to learn about the lives of these men and women, before discussing their different experiences of war.

Curriculum links: significant events, local history, developing enquiry skills

In 1915 local regiments travelled to both the Western Front and Gallipoli. Pupils will look at archival documents from both fronts, investigating the experiences of the Finsbury Rifles in Gallipoli and Victor Hember at the Battle of the Somme. They’ll debate the similarities and differences between the fronts, developing an understanding of trench warfare and the First World War as a ‘world’ war whose impact is still being felt today.

Pupils will then create comparative artworks, reflecting the diversity and complexity of wartime experiences.

Curriculum links: significant events, local history, developing enquiry skills

Personal experiences: The First World War2 hours, KS1/ KS2, £1 per child

Comparing Fronts: The Somme and Gallipoli 2 hours, KS2, £1 per child

Victor Hember, Somme, 1916

Finsbury Rifles Officers, 1915

Finsbury Rifles Recruitment poster

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Come and discover what it would have been like to live in Finsbury or Islington during the Second World War. Where would you have gone during an air raid? Why did lots of local men and women become fire wardens? What was the job of the Air Raid Police? All these questions and more will be answered in this interactive session.

Pupils will use artefacts, maps, costumes and archival documents to explore the impact of the Second World War on men, women and children in Finsbury and Islington. They’ll then create comparative artworks, reflecting the diversity and complexity of wartime experiences.

Curriculum links: significant events, local history, developing enquiry skills

Exploring the Home Front2 hours, KS1/ KS2, £1 per child

Hugh Myddleton primary school, 1939

Pupils will work in small groups to investigate the bombing of Highbury Corner in June 1944. They’ll examine a range of primary sources, including images, maps, artefacts and oral histories, gathering evidence about this local event from different historical perspectives. All the information will be collected in a case book to take back to school.

Curriculum links: significant events, local history, methods of historical enquiry, historical problem solving and the use of logical reasoning

The bombing of Highbury Corner2 hours, KS2, £1 per child

Highbury Corner

Highbury Station, early 1900s

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Geography and Citizenship

When did Islington become part of London? What were the most important buildings? How did new transport networks change Islington? What can maps tell us about people’s lives in the past? All these questions and more will be answered as pupils explore a chronological carousel of historic maps. Pupils will then present their own conclusions about the development of Islington.

Pupils will then create ‘Skyline Crowns’ or map puzzle collages.

Curriculum links: human geography, geographical vocabulary, map reading skills, art and design

Map reading90 minutes, KS2, £1 per child

Have you ever wondered why Islington has so many adventure playgrounds? Pupils will work with archival sources to discover how local residents, including children, fought to create and maintain the adventure playgrounds we love today. Learning about campaigning in the past and present, pupils will debate why play is important to them and how they can similarly influence decisions made by governments, local authorities and communities in how we use the urban environment.

Pupils will then create their own campaign banners.

Curriculum links: English, local history, citizenship

It’s ours whatever they say!2 hours, KS2, £1 per child

Islington parish map, 1828

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Science

A cross-curricular opportunity to compare exotic and everyday objects from the past and present. Pupils will explore a range of objects from throughout Islington’s history, observing and identifying different materials and their properties. They will debate why certain materials were used in the design of objects and how our use of materials has changed through history.

Pupils will then get the chance to explore different states of matter as they make their very own Victorian solid perfume to take home.

Curriculum links: working scientifically, materials, changes of state, local history

Pupils will use our theatre handling collection to explore colour. Through messy play, we’ll explore primary and secondary colours, testing our predictions, while also creating art. Pupils will learn about how our eyes see colour, before debating how different colours make us feel. We’ll finish by becoming lighting engineers, mixing and adding colour washes to our theatre archive to change the mood of a scene.

Curriculum links: working scientifically, art and design, local history

Materials2 hours, KS1, £2 per child

Exploring colour2 hours, KS1, £1 per child

Montem School girl’s science class, 1906

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Pine Street, sun-ray treatment

Pupils will get a unique opportunity to see our Victorian pharmaceutical collection from the Depeare family pharmacy. They will view our mysterious medicine bottles and interpret their unusual designs. They will discuss the chemistry behind pill making, examine the strange and wonderful tools pharmacists used and investigate the properties of herbs in this hands-on, sensory workshop. Pupils will then follow a Victorian recipe to make solid perfume, exploring different states of matter. They will complete an experiment sheet about their observations.

Curriculum links: working scientifically, properties, changes of state, local history

Victorian medicine2 hours, KS2, £2 per child

What was UV sunlight treatment? Pupils will use objects and archival documents to find out the answer to the question, learning about Edwardian slums, rickets and UV light treatments. They’ll use the history of local healthcare to explore why we need vitamin D but also the dangers from too much UV radiation. We’ll then create our own sun prints or cyanotypes, exposing our artworks using sunlight in a chemical reaction.

Curriculum links: working scientifically, light, health and wellbeing, local history

Light and health2 hours, KS2, £2 per child

Montem physics lab, 1906

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Creatively inspired by local history

Pupils will use our viewfinders to explore the museum, sketching interesting designs, patterns and objects. They will then use these drawings as inspiration for their prints. We will explore a range of print styles including block printing, polytile printing and collographs, encouraging pupils to use different techniques to explore texture and creative expression.

Curriculum links: art and design, local history

Be inspired by Islington’s green spaces. Pupils will visit our local park to collect natural inspiration for their art piece, creating some land art as we collect.

Back in the museum, we’ll use our natural objects to experiment with mark making and printing, creating a beautiful collaborative banner to take back to school.

Curriculum links: art and design, local history, outdoor learning

Experimenting with printing2 hours, KS1, £1 per child

Art and nature10am to 2pm, KS1, £2 per child, Autumn and Spring Terms

Pupils will explore industry tools from Clerkenwell, learning about the craft and dressmaking industries of the past. They’ll then get inspiration from some of our weird and wonderful decorative objects, exploring pattern, shape, colour and texture. Pupils will use these to inspire designs for their own decorative scheme, which they’ll create by experimenting with fusible fabrics, felt, wool, ribbon and sequins.

Curriculum links: art and design, shape, developing enquiry skills, local history

Tactile patterns90 minutes, KS1/KS2, £2 per child

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Kenneth Halliwell was a local artist who independently, and with artist and playwright Joe Orton, produced intricate collages, using this artistic technique to explore very personal themes. The pair also infamously used collage to ‘re-imagine’ book covers from Islington’s libraries, exploring identity by subtly changing the meanings of the covers.

Pupils will explore select images of Orton and Halliwell’s work, discussing their use of collage to explore hidden themes and change meaning. Like Orton and Halliwell, they’ll then experiment with archival and contemporary images to reinterpret some of their own favourite book covers.

Curriculum links: art and design, local history

Local collage artists90 minutes, KS2, £1 per child

We recently conserved the famous Peter Yates mural, Day and Night Winged Bulls, at Bevin Court, a short walk from the museum.

Pupils will examine this local masterpiece, debating how Yates chose to represent the local area using symbols. Pupils will then design their own symbols for their local community, considering what’s important to them.

Pupils will turn their designs into lino printing blocks, creating their own printed masterpiece.

Curriculum links: art and design, local history, citizenship

Murals10am-2.30pm, KS2, £2 per child

Day and Night Winged Bulls, Peter Yates

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22 September - 26 November 2016.This year marks 150 years after the founding of the London Fire Brigade and 450 years since the Great Fire of London. The exhibition will explore the history of fighting fires in Islington, including political and scientific developments, through objects and historic photographs.

There will be special workshops accompanying this exhibition for EYFS and KS1. More information in October 2016.

8 December 2016 - 5 January 2017.Be inspired at an exhibition of artworks from our Adult Art Class.

9 January - 2 March 2017.An exhibition exploring some of Islington’s LGBT collections and inviting you to have your say on what we collect next! Come and see inspiring art work, quirky objects and hear surprising stories.

16 March - 22 April 2017.Let your pupils be inspired by their peers at our popular annual art exhibition. Come and see the work of young artists from our secondary schools and colleges.

This exhibition will be supported by creative workshops helping pupils to develop their appreciation of art and respond creatively to a chosen theme. More information in January 2017

Islington Burning

Adult Art Class

Islington’s Pride – Collecting for the Future

Art Now

Temporary exhibitions and special workshops

Clerkenwell Firemen, c.1900

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2 May - 8 July 2017.Eighty years since the Spanish Civil War, we are excited to showcase six unique and visually stunning campaign banners from the Marx Memorial Library collection and tell the story of the conflict.

This exhibition will be supported by creative printing workshops helping pupils to explore this history,

develop their understanding of protest art and gain printing skills. More information in Easter 2017.

We will be expanding our successful CPD evenings for local EYFS and primary teachers this year. These will support you to create innovative,

cross-curricular projects for the classroom using local history to inspire your pupils and build their creativity. Booking information to follow.

October 2016.Do you need to use local history in your topics? Come and explore our archive and find out how we can help you add local relevance and a range of primary sources to your topics. Explore our historic maps, photographs, Victorian workhouse records, theatre posters and much more. Great for teachers new to the area and for those exploring the local area in history, geography or art.

January 2017.Are you teaching pre-history, Romans, Anglo-Saxons or Vikings? This joint CPD with the Museum of London Archaeology will teach you how to bring archaeology into your classroom with lots of tips, creative ideas and information about working with material culture. Plus a unique opportunity to handle some beautiful objects!

Spanish Civil War

CPD

Using our Archive

Archaeology

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