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Hi Joanne,

A couple of suggestions that might help. One is to plan and advertise further ahead than you would for Primary. I’ve known Secondary Schools with a cap on how many school visits they allow – get in early, and teachers have to negotiate with heads/ other teachers, so often need a longer run in. Can your museum manage a whole year group/ whole GCSE cohort at once, because taking all of them rather than just one class is also a big bonus. If not could you take all of them during the course of the day? One coach, one day off timetable = more appealing.

Then I would say make it curriculum linked and hit the right teachers. With WW1 you have strong KS3/4 History links. I would also contact English teachers as they do a lot of WW1 poetry, and may well find some context for that really useful.

Hope that is some help, getting Secondary groups is hard!

Kate

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From: List for discussion of issues in museum education in the UK. [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Lucy-Ann Pickering
Sent: 14 August 2015 11:25
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Subject: Re: Encouraging secondary schools to visit museums

Hi Joanne,

My advice would be to contact directly the head of history at every school in your catchment area. If you can, go and meet them in person so they know who you are when you call.

If you don’t have time to meet them all like that I suggest arranging an INSET evening for them – invite them to the museum, provide biscuits (and preferably wine) and talk about your session – even do it with them if you can.

Secondary schools have problems particularly at KS3/4 with teacher cover – many schools won’t pay the supply cover for the history teacher to take a single class out for a day and they don’t like taking the kids off timetable either, but I’m sure you are already well aware of the problems.

As always, promote the reasons why they should come to you not you go to them.

Hope that’s a little helpful.

Very best

Lucy-Ann

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From: List for discussion of issues in museum education in the UK. [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Joanne Marychurch
Sent: 14 August 2015 11:08
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Subject: Encouraging secondary schools to visit museums

Dear all,

A bit of a tricky question for a Friday I’m afraid!

As part of our First World War exhibition (which opens in September); I have devised a session on the First World War that will be delivered at the museum, aimed at KS3/4 students. I was wondering, aside from creating a newsletter to market this, if anyone had any good tips/best practice or experience they were willing to share as to how to get secondary schools to visit their museum?

I will collate responses, so do let me know if you are interested too!

All the best,

Joanne Marychurch

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