Title: Schools
Title: Curriculum Links

A school visit to one of our museums has excellent links to all areas of the National Curriculum. In order to help you target the visit to your individual teaching needs, a brief list has been created to outline links between our sites or resources and the curriculum - more specifically the QCA schemes of work which you are probably already familiar with.
Click a curriculum topic from the list below:

Art and design
Business Studies
Citizenship
Design and technology
English
Geography
History KS1 & 2
History KS3
Mathematics
Science
Art and design
Unit 1A. Self-portrait Portraits in the Art Gallery
Portraits at Aston Hall
Unit 1B. Investigating materials
Material Matters at Aston Hall
What is Aston Hall built from?

Sculptures in the Art Gallery
Museum of the Jewellery Quarter
Unit 1C. What is sculpture? Sculptures in the Art Gallery
Unit 2A. Picture this! Art Gallery Teaching sessions
Digital Art in the Gallery
Borrow Prints From the Museum
Unit 2B. Mother Nature designer Colours at Woodgate Valley
Leaf shapes at Woodgate Valley
Unit 2C. Can buildings speak? Blakesley Hall Reconstruction
Aston Hall
Unit 3A. Portraying relationships Pre-Raphaelites in the Art Gallery
Soho House - Pretty as a Picture
Unit 3B. Investigating pattern Patterns in the Art Gallery
Soho House - Perfect Patterns
Unit 3C. Can we change places? Sculptures in the Art Gallery
Unit 4B. Take a seat Take a Seat at Aston Hall
Soho House -Take a Seat
Unit 4C. Journeys Pre-Raphaelites in the Art Gallery
Unit 5B. Containers Greek Pottery at the Museum
Soho House - Let's go Potty
Unit 5C. Talking textiles Patterns in the Art Gallery
Borrow a Costume From the Museum
Unit 6A. People in action Pre-Raphaelites in the Art Gallery (Work)
Unit 6B. What a performance Tudor Times at Blakesley Hall
Unit 6C. A sense of place Landscapes in the Art Gallery
Childrens Activity - Landscapes in the Art Gallery
Borrow Prints and Postcards From the Museum
Unit 7A. Self-image Portraits in the Art Gallery
Portraits at Aston Hall
Unit 7B. What's in a building? Birmingham Muesuem and Art Gallery
Blakesley Hall
Aston Hall
Soho House
Sarehole Mill
Unit 7C. Recreating landscapes Landscapes in the Art Gallery
Unit 9A. Life events Birmingham Art Gallery
Business Studies
What we actually do? Museums as businesses at Soho House
Citizenship
Unit 3. Animals and us The Nature Centre
Habitats at Woodgate Valley
Borrow a Natural History Objects
Unit 5 - Living in a diverse world Soho House - Mary Seacole / Olaudah Equiano
Unit 9. Respect for property Blakesley Hall
Aston Hall
Soho House
Sarehole Mill
Unit 9: The significance of the media in society Riotous Times at Soho House
Design and technology
Unit 2C. Winding up Sarehole Mill
Unit 4E. Lighting it up Sources of Light at Aston Hall
English.
Creative Writing The Tolkien Connection
Poetry at the Nature Centre
Poetry at the Woodgate Valley

Literacy Lives: Creative Writing
Childrens Activity - Second World War Discovery
Story Telling The Little Red Hen
The significance of the media in society Riotous Times at Soho House
Geography
Unit 1: Making Connections Soho Scenes
Unit 6. Investigating our local area The Nature Centre
Habitats at Woodgate Valley
Unit 8. Improving the environment The Nature Centre
Woodgate Valley
Unit 9. Village settlers Ancient Rome at the Museum
Childrens Activity - Ancient Rome
Borrow Roman Handling Objects
Unit 11. Water Sarehole Mill
Streams at Woodgate Valley
Unit 14. Investigating rivers Woodgate Valley
History at key stages 1 and 2
Unit 1. How are our toys different from those in the past? Borrow Victorian Toys
History Teaching sessions
Soho House - House From the Past
Unit 2. What were homes like a long time ago? Borrow a 'Home Life Loan'
Blakesley Hall
Aston Hall
Soho House
Unit 4 - Why do we remember? Soho House -Mary Seacole / Olaudah Equiano
Unit 6A. Why have people invaded and settled in Britain in the past? A Roman case study Ancient Rome at the Museum
Childrens Activity - Dress the Roman Soldier
Borrow a Roman Loan
Unit 6B. Why have people invaded and settled in Britain in the past? An Anglo-Saxon case study Borrow an Anglo-Saxon Loan
Unit 6C. Why have people invaded and settled in Britain in the past? A Viking case study Borrow a Viking Loan
Unit 8. What were the differences between the lives of rich and poor people in Tudor times? Life at Blakesley Hall in Tudor Times
Pears, Pippins and Pies at Blakesley Hall
A Tudor Feast at Aston Hall
Borrow a Tudor Loan
Unit 9. What was it like for children in the Second World War? Childrens Activity - Second World War
Borrow a Second World War Loan
Unit 10. What can we find out about ancient Egypt from what has survived? Ancient Egypt at the Museum
Childrens Activity - Ancient Egypt
Borrow an Egyptian Loan
Unit 11. What was it like for children living in Victorian Britain? Childrens Activity - Victorians
Borrow a Victorian Loan
Unit 14. Who were the ancient Greeks?
Unit 15. How do we use ancient Greek ideas today?
Ancient Greece at the Museum
Childrens Activity - Design Greek Pot
Unit 18 - What was it like to live here in the past? Soho House - House From the Past
History at key stage 3
Unit 2. How did medieval monarchs keep control? Tudor Kings and Queens at Aston Hall
The Wars of the Roses at Aston Hall
Unit 7. Images of an age what can we learn from portraits 1500-1750? Portraits in the Art Gallery
Portraits at Aston Hall
Unit 11: Industrial changes, action & reaction Boulton's Birmingham at Soho House
Soho Scenes
Mathematics
Measure shape & space Mathematical Moments
Map Co-ordinates
Science
Unit 1A. Ourselves Art Gallery Teaching sessions
Unit 1B. Growing plants Aston Park in wintertime
Plants at the Nature Centre
Unit 1C. Sorting and using materials Material Matters at Aston Hall
What is Aston Hall built from?

Sculptures in the Art Gallery
Museum of the Jewellery Quarter
Unit 1D. Light and dark Sources of Light at Aston Hall
Unit 1E. Pushes and pulls Sarehole Mill - How it Works
Candles and Spits at Aston Hall
Unit 2B. Plants and animals in the local environment The Nature Centre
Habitats at Woodgate Valley
Unit 2E. Forces and movement Sarehole Mill - How it Works
Candles and Spits at Aston Hall
Unit 3B - helping plants grow Soho House - Flower Power
Unit 3C. Characteristics of materials Material Matters at Aston Hall
What is Aston Hall built from?

Sculptures in the Art Gallery
Museum of the Jewellery Quarter
Soho House - Material World
Unit 3D - Rocks and Soils Soho House - Material World
Unit 3F. Light and shadows Sources of Light at Aston Hall
Soho House - Light and Shadows
Unit 4B. Habitats The Nature Centre
Stream Habitats at Woodgate Valley
Woodland Habitats at Woodgate Valley
Meadow Habitats at Woodgate Valley
Unit 4E. Friction Sarehole Mill - How it Works
Soho House - Fantastic Forces
Unit 5B. Life cycles The Nature Centre
Woodgate Valley
Soho House - Flower Power
Unit 5C - Gases Soho House - Whizz, Pop, Bang
Unit 6A. Interdependence and adaptation Ground Invertebrates at Woodgate Valley
Steam Animals at Woodgate Valley
Unit 6E. Forces in action Sarehole Mill - How it Works
Soho House - Fantastic Forces / Dramatic Static
Unit 6F - How we see things Soho House