Loans Boxes for 'Hands on Learning'

Loans Boxes for 'Hands on Learning' & Reminiscence

The 'Hands-on Learning' programme is run by Reading Museum
Service to provide real objects for learning within the classroom.

Schools Loan Boxes with teachers notes

Boxes of objects associated with Windsor and Maidenhead have been chosen from the Windsor & Royal Borough Museum for lending to schools across Berkshire and beyond.

They have been developed and packaged, together with teaching material, in partnership with Reading Museum Service.

Topics covered:

• H330 Nineteenth Century: Maidenhead's Victorian Industries
• H331 Twentieth Century: Second World War
• H332 Twentieth Century: Second World War
• H333 Nineteenth Century: Weights and Measures
• H334 Twentieth Century: 1950s Home Life
• H335 Windsor Great Park
• H336 Woodworking
• H337 Saxon Settlement
• H338 Windsor & The Railway
• H339 Windsor Castle

Sessions

Taught sessions in the galleries at the Museum of Reading, and in the classroom are also provided, led by trained museum staff.

Memory Box for Reminiscence

Reading Museum Services have also created Memory Boxes for older members of the community, packed with artefacts, documents and photographs. Reminiscence sessions can have very positive outcomes for patients with memory loss and dementia. Health and social services staff can arrange to borrow boxes from Reading.

Please contact Reading Mobile Library Services directly for further information on 0118 901 5118 or email mobile.library@reading.gov.uk

Enquiries

All enquiries for these services should be made to Reading Museum Service, not to Windsor & Royal Borough Museum office.

Details of the boxes, sessions and related charges can be found by visiting the Reading Museum Service website.

For further enquiries, or to make a booking, telephone 0118 937 3400.

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