| Sarehole
Mill offers a range of FREE teaching
sessions to Birmingham schools, covering
areas across the curriculum. Supported
visits are delivered
by a member of the Learning Department.
Listed below are details of some
of the most popular teaching sessions
available throughout the academic
year or alternatively download the Teaching
Sessions flyer (PDF 984 KB). |
The
Wheels at the Mill…
This is a short introductory session
for Foundation stage. Learn about
the Mill with simple rhymes.
|
 |
Little Red Hen
This session supports Literacy Text
Level Work from YR – Y2.
Re-enact the tale around Sarehole
Mill with Little Red Hen and her
friends and then bake the bread.
This is a fabulous session for
KS1 pupils, a great way to inspire
literacy. Don’t forget your
camera; if time permits all your
pupils can dress up Victorian style.
|
 |
The
Miller’s
Apprentice
This session complements QCA History
Unit 11 ‘What was it like for
children living in Victorian Britain’.
This is an interactive session to
find out about Victorian childhood
for KS2. The children will all become
Miller’s apprentices. Find
out first hand about the dust, the
dirt, the dangers and the poor working
conditions. Learn about the superstitions
and tales surrounding Mills.
|
 |
Little
Red Hen – The
Sequel
This session complements QCA Citizenship
Unit 5 ‘Living in a diverse
world’. Using Little Red Hen
as a familiar starting point, children
will consider the ethical and moral
issues around growing wheat and making
flour and bread in Britain and Ethiopia.
This is a cross-curricular session
with links also to History, Literacy,
Drama and D&T. The children will
experience many activities and approaches
to learning. This is ideal for harvest
time and Black History Month. This
session is aimed at KS2 pupils.
|
 |
What on Earth?
You and your class can enjoy an exploration
of the great outdoors in the Shire
Country Park surrounding Sarehole
Mill, to coincide with the International
Year of Biodiversity 2010. This
is a cross-curricular approach
to learning with activities adapted
to the changing seasons. The session
will encourage enjoyment and appreciation
of the countryside, enable pupils
to explore their creativity and
develop their knowledge and skills
in the great outdoors.
|
 |
Water
Water Everywhere…
This session complements QCA Geography
Unit 11 Water and Unit 14 ‘Investigating
Rivers’. We can be very flexible
in our approach to these topics.
We can tailor this to your Geography
schemes of work investigating the
River Cole or alternatively we
can combine it with ‘What
on Earth?’ for a truly cross-curricular
session. |
 |
Materials / Can Buildings
Speak?
This session complements QCA Art
Unit 2C ‘Can Buildings Speak’ and
Science Unit 3C ‘Characteristics
of Materials’. Explore these
topics with lots of engaging activities
around the Mill and in the classroom.
Learn how materials such as clay,
wood, glass, metal and stone were
used at Sarehole Mill.
|
 |
Feel the Force
This session complements QCA Science
Unit 2E ‘Forces and Movement’,
Unit 4E ‘Friction’ and
Unit 6E ‘Forces in Action’.
This is an interactive session
looking at forces at work in the
Mill. Children will find out about
friction, gravity, gears and pulleys;
they will investigate what happens
and why.
|
 |
Our Daily Bread
This session complements QCA D&T
Unit 5B ‘Bread’. The
children will learn how the Mill
turned wheat into flour, have a go
themselves and then with the children’s
help we make bread for you to take
back to school.
|
 |
The Father Christmas
Letters
J.R.R.Tolkien spent many happy childhood
years exploring the surrounds of
Sarehole Mill and Moseley Bog. His
time spent there inspired many of
his writings. This special festive
visit will allow you to explore Tolkien’s
magical Christmas world. We will
use storytelling and drama techniques
to bring the stories to life supported
by arts and crafts to illustrate.
|
 |
