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Hands-on learning for schools offers sessions based around our unique collections and a choice of over 1500 loan boxes for use in the classroom.

Handling objects is a key element in our sessions. Our flexible programme allows you to choose loan boxes, sessions, or a mixture according to your needs.

Visit our Loans Online site to browse or book loan boxes. If you haven't used the site before there are guidance notes to help you. Please scroll down to the end of the page to view them.

Click 'more' to see all the content in each category. Look at our Collections pages for more background material.

You can find out more about hands-on learning for schools by watching a short film. Please follow the youtube link at the end of this page.

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Sessions

Victorian Beach
This session has been designed to support the study of Seaside Holidays in the past

Date published: 28 Feb 2012

A Victorian Schoolroom Session
This session has been designed to support the study of Victorian education.

Date published: 28 Feb 2012

Pond dipping in the school pond
Bug club has been specially designed for schools as part of their extended schools provision.

Date published: 16 Jan 2012

Teachers' Resources

Year 6 Class Tapestry
We run after school training sessions three times a year on different themes. We take inspiration from the museum's fantastic c...

Date published: 16 Jan 2012

Object Handling
Access to real museum objects is an integral part of Reading Museum’s ethos. We firmly believe in the power of objects to inspi...

Date published: 16 Nov 2011

Magic Mask
If you are already using the IPC or thinking about it, you may want to consider our loan boxes to support your teaching and lea...

Date published: 16 Nov 2011

Projects

Memory box in the Art Gallery
A four-year project to improve 1,500 loan boxes

Date published: 15 Oct 2010

Tiger skull
‘Inside Voices’ was a project with a group at the Young Offenders Institute in Reading. The project provided access and learnin...

Date published: 15 Oct 2010

Learning and Loans

Ancient Greek lekythos
"Does it matter? Real vs Replica Objects as Loans" GEM News: No 82: Summer 2001: p9 by Joy McAlpine: Project Manager

Date published: 15 Oct 2010

pupils looking at WW2 display
"Learning from Loans" Museum Practice: Issue 18: November 2001: pp57-59 by Joy McAlpine: Project Manager

Date published: 15 Oct 2010

Childs' shoe
Student Interviews: Questions 61 - 79

Date published: 15 Oct 2010


Downloads:
File format File title Summary File size
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How to search for boxes - non members

643KB

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How to book boxes online - members

1020KB

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Related Websites:

Hands-on Learning film

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b...

A short history of Reading on Reading Borough Council's website

http://www.reading.gov.uk/leisur...


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