Title: Schools
printable documents

The extensive list below provides links to printable pre-visit and post visit worksheets and teachers' notes. All the files are in Adobe PDF format and open in a new window. There are new worksheets and teachers' notes added regulary.
The list is organised into the following categories (click a category to jump straight to that section):

Birmingham Art Gallery top
Black People in British Art (Teachers' notes, 513 KB)
Containers From Around The World (386 KB)
Gallery 33: A Meeting Ground of Cultures
Gallery 33 (Teachers' notes, 90 KB)
Gallery 33 (76 KB)
How Art is Made
How Art is Made (Teachers' notes 57KB)
Impressionism
Impressionism (Teachers' notes 38.9 KB)
Landscapes
Colour with Vlaminck (56 KB)
Landscapes (Teachers' notes 34 KB)
Landscapes (95 KB)
Masks
Masks (Teachers' notes 268 KB)
Pattern
Greek Pattern and Pottery (25 KB)
Pattern (73 KB)
Portraits
Portraits (Teachers' notes 44 KB)
Portraits (73 KB)
Pre-Raphaelite/Victorians
Black Victorians (1.15 MB)
Ford Madox Brown (149 KB)
Birmingham Museum top
Human History: The Wonderwall (89 KB)
Toys - Acrobat (1.49 MB) format *New
Egyptians
Discovering Ancient Egypt Gallery 34 (256 KB)
Egyptian Timeline (104 KB)
Egypt Trail (11.5 MB) *New
Egypt Trail (Teachers' notes 2.55 KB) *New
Handling Objects (Teachers' notes 88.2 KB)
Mehen Game (517 KB)
Pre-Visit Activities for an Handling Session (67 KB)
Seega Game (411 KB)
Greeks
Greek Patterns and Pottery (25 KB)
Greek Timeline (127 KB)
Handling Objects(Teachers' notes 88.2 KB)
Romans
Dress the Roman Soldier (101 KB)
Handling Objects (Teachers' notes 217 KB)
Roman Timeline (111 KB)
Victorians
Victorian Terrace (54 KB)
Victorian Timeline (170 KB)
World War II
WW2 Timeline (73 KB)
Aston Hall top
Sir Thomas Holte's Portrait - KS1/2 (16 KB)
What do you think the Tudors..? - KS2 (28 KB)
Rooms in Aston Hall - KS1 (38 KB)
Stocking the Shop -KS1/2/3 (9 KB)
Things I value in Aston Hall - KS2/3 (23 KB)
Looking after Aston Hall - KS2/3 (44 KB)
A Jacobean House - KS2/3 (68 KB)
This is the answer - KS2/3 (46 KB)
Ready, Steady, Cook! (1) - KS2 (9 KB)
Ready, Steady, Cook! (2) - KS2 (10 KB)
History - KS2 (37 KB)
Materials Sheet (inside) - KS1/2 (44 KB)
Building Materials (outside) - KS1 (785 KB)
Building Materials (outside) - KS2 (68 KB)
Labelling the Outside - KS3 (285 KB)
Looking for Evidence: Level 1 - KS3 (49 KB)
Take a Seat - KS2 (35 KB)
Foundation Years Cinderella (39 KB)
Candle Sheet - KS2 (32 KB)
Spit Sheet - KS2 (30 KB)
Symmetry - KS2 (41 KB)
Furniture Sheet - KS1/2/3 (8 KB)
The Victorians - KS2/3 (58 KB)
Sarehole Mill top

Annotate River section (20 KB) *New
Birmingham rivers (44KB)

Cross-section 1 (224 KB) *New
Cross-section 2 (186 KB) *New
Cut away of Sarehole Mill (73KB)
Gears and Pulleys (2.82 MB) *New
Geology of the river basin (220KB)

Horse and cart (86KB)
I spy (287KB)
KS1 Little Red Hen Book (1.40 MB) *New
Line drawing of waterwheel (25 KB) *New
Maths (381KB)
Medieval Sarehole (184KB)
Midland Rivers (17 KB) *New
Mill Gears (50 KB) *New
Mill Stone Cutaway (7 KB) *New
Plan of stone floor (77KB)
Pupils Guide (528 KB) *New
Rivers booklet (1.09MB)
Roof Beam Quiz (17 KB) *New
Roof Beam Answers (17 KB) *New
Sluice Gate (12 KB) *New
Spinning Wheel (227 KB) *New
The Water Cycle (18KB) *New
Tick Chart of Materials (33 KB) *New
UK Rivers (175 KB) *New
UK Rivers (outline) (102 KB) *New
Waterwheel (76KB)
Wheat to flour (613KB)
World Rivers Quiz (251 KB) *New

Blakesley Hall top
An Introduction to Blakesley Hall (124 KB)
Artefact Activity (105 KB) *New
Blakesley Building (152 KB)
Blakesley Hall and Inventories (133 KB)
Blakesley Hall and The National Curriculum (119 KB)
Brass Rubbing Information (531 KB) *New
Brass Rubbing Activity (111 KB) *New
Herb Garden Booklet (34 KB) *New
Herb Garden Activity (97 KB) *New
Herb Cures (131 KB) *New
Key Stage 2 - Planning a Full Day at Blakesley Hall (46 KB) *New
Maths Activity (123 KB) *New
Outside worksheet (92 KB)
Rainbow (1.60 MB) *New
Still Room (821 KB) *New
The Family (222 KB)
The Furniture (255 KB)
Quill Activity (32 KB) *New
Soho House top
Activity book for KS 1 (2.20 MB)
Balloon Rocket Activity (62 KB)
Mary Seacole Story (472 KB) *New
Mary Seacole Background Info (Teachers' notes 78 KB) *New
Making New Connections (250 KB) *New
Jumping Teddy Activity (246 KB)
Pattern Trail (171 KB)
Perfect Patterns (621 KB) *New
Soho House - A Short History (163 KB) *New
Soho House Tour (67 KB) *New
Soho House Trail (981 KB) *New
Visitor Centre Trail (586 KB) *New
Weoley Castle top
How does the caslte look today? (626 KB)
Evaluating the reconstruction picture of Weoley Castle (17 KB)
Analysing Weoley Castle's domestic features (7KB)
Analysing Weoley Castle's defenses (9KB)
A description of Weoley Castle from 1424 with glossary (14 KB)
Label a drawing of Weoley Castle (325 KB)
Weoley Castle for Kids - Label Weoley Castle (811KB) *New
Museum Collections Centre top
Wheels pupil worksheet (100KB) *New
Wheels answer sheet (100KB) *New
School Loans Service top
General Historical Loans
Egyptian Funerary Artefacts (Teachers' notes, 6.97 MB) *New
Egyptian Everyday Life Artefacts (Teachers' notes, 6.33MB) *New
Hedgehog (Teachers' notes, 127 KB) *New
Barn Owl (Teachers' notes, 64 KB) *New
Crow Skeleton (Teachers' notes, 68 KB) *New
Duck Skull (Teachers' notes, 61 KB) *New