Victorian Cycles
KS1 & 2
75-minute facilitated session
Cost: £130 per class (up to 32 pupils)
Our Victorian Cycles workshop explores real cycles, by combining History with STEM subjects. Students will learn how cycles came to be made in Coventry, and then find out how they changed into cycles that we would recognise today. Through a carousel of 4 practical activities, supported by school and museum staff, students will investigate materials, create cycle frame models, and examine cycles up close. Students will then use their newly found understanding to explain why cycles changed in appearance so quickly in the Victorian Era.
Teacher notes:
- Enhance your pupils’ opportunities and bolt-on the virtual Victorian Cycles workshop to support pre and post visit learning.
- The session uses scooters, please let us know in advance if you have any students who may not be physically able to use them, as we would like to discuss how we might be able to accommodate the pupils’ needs.
| Curriculum Links |
Learning Outcomes |
| History |
- Understand how our knowledge of the past is constructed from a range of sources
- Know where the people and events they study fit within a chronological framework and identify similarities and differences between ways of life in various periods
- Know about significant historical events, people and places in their own locality
- Learn about the lives of significant individuals in the past who have contributed to national and international achievements
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| Maths |
- Choose and use appropriate standard units to estimate and measure length/height in any direction
- Identify and describe the properties of 2-D shapes
- Use mathematical vocabulary to describe position, direction and movement
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| Design and Technology |
- design purposeful, functional, appealing products for themselves and other users based on design criteria
- explore and evaluate a range of existing products
- explore and use mechanisms
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| Science |
- distinguish between an object and the material from which it is made
- describe the simple physical properties of a variety of everyday materials
- setting up simple practical enquiries, comparative and fair tests
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To book, please complete an
Enquiry Form
that will be processed by our team. For enquiries, please email ctm.info@cvlife.co.uk or call 02476237521.
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Travel Bursary Scheme
Does your school have more than 20% pupil premium children? Make learning outside of the classroom more accessible with our travel bursary scheme, funded through Arts Council England and the Department of Education.
If so, you could qualify for a travel bursary of up to £250 per visit*, to support the costs of transport when visiting the Herbert Art Gallery & Museum and Coventry Transport Museum with your pupils.
How to qualify:
- The travel bursary only applies to schools who book two learning sessions with us for the same group of pupils.
- This could include booking two sessions to take part at either the Herbert Art Gallery & Museum or Coventry Transport Museum, or combined across the two museums.
- Your school must have more than 20% of your children qualifying for pupil premium.
- Our school bookings team can advise you on how to do a two-session visit across our museums and what options you have. Contact them directly: ctm.info@cvlife.co.uk or call: 02476237521