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+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + GEM list: Contact the list owner for assistance at [log in to unmask] Anyone can join for free at any time by sending this message to [log in to unmask]: Join GEM Firstname Secondname Include only the text above, without email signature etc. The title of the email doesn’t matter. Send it to [log in to unmask] If you are going on holiday or have an out of office message for some other reason, you can send this message: Set GEM nomail When you get back: Set GEM mail You don’t 'miss' any messages by doing this as they are all available via main GEM list web page as above. Finally, if you need to change your email address, but stay subscribed to GEM, just send your new email address like this: CHANGE GEM [log in to unmask] + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +Sorry to take this slightly off on a tangent, but does anyone do teaching sessions with Lego?
We’re exploring ideas to use them in STEM lessons to teach about river engineering and I would welcome the chance to get advice of someone who uses them regualrly.
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From: List for discussion of issues in museum education in the UK. <[log in to unmask]> On Behalf Of Bev Oliver
Sent: 31 August 2018 16:20
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Subject: Re: Lego Wall - Safety!
Also speak to Yorkshire Waterways Museum in Goole. They run regular Lego building competitions. 2021 in Scunthorpe also do Lego building events which are drop ins. You could get advice from them. Finally have you spoke to LEGOLAND?
Kind regards
Bev Oliver
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From: Joanne McKenna <[log in to unmask]>
Date: 31/08/2018 13:51 (GMT+00:00)
Subject: Re: Lego Wall - Safety!
I would agree with the responses completely that as long as you have signage Lego is always a winner with children (and adults too!)
But just in case you need any examples where you may be able to speak to staff how it has worked for them. As a family we have played with the lego in the centre which is attached to The Kelpies in Falkirk, this was an unstaffed area with pre made lego models of landmarks around the world including the Kelpies then a big built in box with lego in for children to create their own models.
I’ve also recently visited the newly unveiled Birdoswald which is an English heritage site on Hadrians wall. It has a Lego area with pictures of elements of the wall for the children to build and recreate. The base plates are built into the exhibition. There were no staff dedicated specifically to the area.
Best wishes
Joanne
From: List for discussion of issues in museum education in the UK. [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Amanda Phillipson
Sent: 31 August 2018 13:01
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Subject: Re: Lego Wall - Safety!
This. This is the definitive response.
Also, we need to enable children to take risks safely otherwise how do they ever learn to function in the world. And we need to make adults who bring children to our museums be responsible for these children. We aren’t childcare settings.
Amanda Phillipson
Learning & Activities
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From: List for discussion of issues in museum education in the UK. [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Richard Ellam
Sent: 31 August 2018 12:55
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Subject: Re: Lego Wall - Safety!
Hi Lettie (and all)
I think you’re over-thinking this, because the problem of children choking on small parts is generally recognised to apply to the under-threes. By the time an average child has reached the age of 36 months they are generally assumed to have grown out of the habit of putting everything in sight into their mouths. This is why the choking hazard labels you see on toys say ‘unsuitable for children under 3 years of age’.
Lego is a very common plaything, and therefore the vast majority of your visitors will be familiar with it from a home setting. I don’t think you should be setting the wall at such a height that it excludes five-year olds - If you set it at a height to exclude say 95% of all five-year-olds you’ll exclude a large proportion of six-year-olds, too. The LEGO age guide-lines are pretty meaningless as lots of under sixes live in houses where there’s lots of LEGO because they have older siblings who play with it, and play with it unsupervised. I’m sure these tots get stuck in to the LEGO box, too even if their big sisters and brothers wish they didn’t! I think these guidelines may have more to do with the ability of children to manipulate small parts than with safety.
Choking on LEGO isn’t a major problem in society at large: if it were the ‘Sun' and similar ‘newspapers’ would be running noisy campaigns to ban the stuff.
You should, I think make sure that you provide a warning to parents that the lego wall is unsuitable for children under 3 because of the choking hazard presented by the small parts, and also suggest that children under seven should be supervised while playing with it.
It might also be worth making sure that your front-line staff (and their managers, too) know what to do with a choking child, even if they are not otherwise formally trained as first-aiders.
Hope this helps
Richard
Richard Ellam
L M Interactive
Science Shows and Hands-On Stuff
On 31 Aug 2018, at 12:20, Lettie McKie <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
Hi All
We are considering installing a Lego wall in our gallery for a new exhibition on Factory-Made Housing. The designers are keen to go with Lego rather than Duplo because its a more appropriate aesthetic choice but I want to make sure we have risk assessed this exhibit effectively and worried that Lego might present a choking hazard to our younger visitors. The safety measures I have suggested are:
- Wall is at head height of a 6 year old (Lego advised age limit) so that Under 5s cannot reach.
- Safety notice along the lines of ‘please carefully supervise your children whilst playing with this exhibit’.
Does anybody have experience of similar interactive walls with small parts and can advise?
Many thanks
Lettie
Lettie McKie
Head of Learning
New London Architecture - Bringing People Together to Shape a Better City
The Building Centre, 26 Store Street, London WC1E 7BT
020 7636 4044 | 07854 568 257
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