Amazing Artefacts - Home Educators Monthly Sessions

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Welcome to the Winter Season of Amazing Artefacts - Home Educators Monthly Sessions!
Each month, we will take part in a variety of different hands on activities inspired by an item from the collections. Each season, we will explore a new theme, which for the Winter Season will be 'Transport'.

Winter season dates and times are as follows:
Wednesday 13th Dec (10:30-11:30 Juniors, 12-1 Seniors)
Wednesday 10th Jan (10:30-11:30 Juniors, 12-1 Seniors)
Wednesday 7th Feb (10:30-11:30 Juniors, 12-1 Seniors) (please note that February's date is a slight change from the usual 2nd Wednesday and will be on the 1st Wednesday of the month instead)

Sessions are designed to be active and accessible for a mix of ages and abilities with two separate sessions for younger or older children. The morning session will be aimed at children aged approximately 5-8, nicknamed our Juniors, and the afternoon session will be aimed at the slightly older children aged approximately 9+, nicknamed our Seniors. If you would like to attend as a family group with mixed ages, then just pick whichever session you feel would be most suitable for the group as a whole.

Tickets need to be purchased for each child attending, but grown ups do not need to purchase a separate ticket. It usually works best for the younger or less confident children if grown ups stay and join in with activities. Whereas for older or more confident children it is usually fine for grown ups to not stay in the session, although they will need to stay within the museum building whilst the session is taking place. Tickets cost £17.50 per child for the 3 month seasonal block and can be booked via Ticketsource or by popping into or phoning the museum directly.

Attendees will be encouraged to continue their learning at home between sessions and the year will finish with a display of the children's work from all of the sessions within the museum.

Rusty Club (YAC) Membership - Please note that we occasionally do the same crafts or activities in Rusty Club sessions as we do in Home Educator sessions, so if you decide to join in with both programmes there may be some sessions with duplicated topics.