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Toys Through Time

Key Stage 1 & 2

Portland Basin Museum

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What's Involved

Timings: 2 hour facilitated workshop (timings may be adjusted slightly eg. for full day bookings)
Venue: Portland Basin Museum
Costs: £111.50 for TMBC schools / £122 for non-TMBC schools

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Play with the past! Explore toys and games across the years on a quest with The Ministry of Time’s History Keeper. What diverse cultures, traditions and eras did different toys come from? What’s changed over time, what’s the same today and why? Find the familiar in games that have endured, and dare to discover toys lost to changing times.

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Take part in a treasure hunt around the museum, supported by a costumed facilitator in character. Your young History Seekers will work together to collect clues, solve problems, mull over materials and find facts to create a collaborative Toy Timeline.

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Your group will split and swap over to ensure a quality experience for everyone. Participants will also visit the Victorian schoolyard, where you will have time to enjoy playing individually with toys, and space to take part together in group games from the past. Which toy challenges can you complete? We provide everything your group will need to take part.

Learning Opportunities

  • Gain an understanding of how our local area(now known as Tameside) has changed through the course of history
  • Understand what a museum is and why it is important in learning about the past
  • Undertake research for a local history or thematic study

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Extend Your Experience

At the museum: you can book to combine with a second workshop for a facilitated full day experience.

In your school: before or after your visit, why not book to borrow a Museum in a Box?

In your school: we have created lots of resources around the topic of Toys, including a short film which is perfect to introduce the topic to your pupils - find out more here.

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Venue Information

This workshop is delivered at Portland Basin Museum:

  • There is free onsite parking for coaches –please note the car park has a cobbled surface.
  • Please let us know if you would like yourclass to eat lunch at the museum and we will provide you with a space.
  • There is a museum shop where your class iswelcome to make purchases under supervision or we can arrange goody bags inadvance.
  • A site risk assessment is available on request. 

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Council led events in Tameside will no longer go ahead during the 10 days of mourning as the world grieves the passing of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. For more information click here.