With my teacher's hat on I would like to add that most Primary teachers find
these topics very difficult to work through. They either use KS3 resources
(honestly!) and baffle the kids or rush through the topics and baffle the
kids. I've just been sent on an INSET day where a very enthusiastic
consultant suggested tying in Florence Nightingale with modern experiences
of hospital visits and nurses, that way the kids can see that things were
different in the past and start to work out why they changed. For the Great
Fire the link would obviously be to modern fire services as well as the
science aspect of which types of materials are the most flammable.
Hope this inspires you all to find the links in your collections.
Julie
www.artefacts.uk.com
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Subject: Florence Nightingale and Great Fire of London
Hello all
I wonder if anyone can help...
I have had a lot of requests lately from Year 2 teachers enquring whether
we can assist in the delivery of Florence Nightingale and The Great Fire of
London (I assume to support these two QCA units).
It is not something we have done before, merely as we did not think our
collections could support these topic areas! And the fact we may end up
spreading ourselves too thinly may be detrimental rather than
constructive...
Anyway, I was just wondering if anyone offers any sessions, loans boxes or
teachers packs that they have developed independently of your collections
to support these topics?
I realise there are specialist museums that provide these, and it would be
great to have some feedback from those places...however hearing from places
that may have experienced the same problem as me would be interesting and
most grateful, at least to be able to point enquiries in the right
direction!
Many thanks in advance...
Eleanor Payne
Learning Officer
Luton Museums Service
Wardown Park Museum, Old Bedford Road, Luton, LU2 7HA
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01582 546752
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