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The South East Hub Learning Teams have been working on programmes and activities with a range of audiences.

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Chatham Historic Dockyard Trust

Our Heritage - Poster Campaign (Word DOC, 54Kb) is a series of small projects developed by the  Historic Dockyard, with the aim of involving Fairbridge clients in local history through a variety of innovative projects that meet their  specific needs and learning styles. The Fairbridge Trust offers young people: a combination of long-term personal support and challenging activities in 15 of the most disadvantaged areas across the UK. Their goal is to give young people the motivation, confidence and skills they need to change their own lives. Posted December 2006.

Youth and Inclusion Volunteer Co-ordinator (Word DOC, 83.5 Kb)The YIVC post has a remit to involve young people, including those from hard tor each groups. Posted March 2009.

Developing Service for Secondary Schools (Word DOC, 56.5Kb) The Secondary Schools Education Officer post has aimed to develop and expand the offer to Secondary School students. Posted March 2009.

Hampshire County Museums and Archives Service

Roman Rubbish (Word DOC, 82.5Kb). A student on an MA Museums and Galleries work placement from the University of Southampton acted as Project Leader, with the support of SEARCH staff, to further develop provision for adults with learning disabilities, in consultation with local providers. Posted May 2007.

Community Tree (Word DOC, 69Kb). A project linking Hampshire County Council Museums and Archives service with the Ethnic Minority Learning Disability Project. April 2006 - November 2006.

Casual Interpreter Demonstrators (Word DOC, 45.5Kb). How Hampshire County Museums Service increased their capacity to deliver sessions for schools by creating a team of trained casual staff who can work with schools at their local museums. Posted August 2007.

Making Links with ITT providers (Word DOC, 56KB). How Milestones Museum forged a link between museums and initial teacher training by providing museum based placements for teacher training students. Posted August 2007.

Early Years (SEARCH) (Word DOC, 107Kb). How SEARCH developed sessions and resources for pre-school children at SEARCH and in the local community - at Nursery schools, Gosport Discovery Centre and Gosport Gallery, and encouraged local pre-school providers to use SEARCH and to realise that museums generally welcome this age group and can be accessible to them. Posted December 2007.

DREAMS (Project and Exhibition) (Word DOC, 139Kb).  Dreams was an arts project for people with learning disabilities from Andover and the surrounding area. The project culminated in an exhibition of art at Andover Museum from 27 th July to 25 th August 2007. (This case study contains detail re summative evaluation of the project carried out in 2008). Posted March 2009.

SEARCH by Torchlight (Word DOC, 3.19MB) A drop-in event for families, November 2008 developed and organised in partnership between the museum and a local youth group the EDGE project. Posted March 2009.

Oxford University Museums

In a Different Light (Word DOC, 52 Kb) tells the story of how the Pitt Rivers Museum and the Oxford University Museum of Natural History opened for one evening in May 2005 and 2006. This enabled them to target an adult audience who might not otherwise visit and literally to show off the museum "in a different light". This event was part of Museum and Galleries Month and the European initiative La Nuit des Musees. Posted December 2006.

Wow! How? (Word DOC, 55.5 Kb) was a one-day drop-in science fair aimed at enthusing young people and their families about science. Twenty experiment stations, manned by student and staff volunteers, gave children and their parents a hands-on experience of some of the most wierd and wonderful aspects of science. Posted December 2006.

Community Education Officer (Word DOC, 63.5 Kb).  A Renaissance funded post which aims to bring in new audiences from the local community for the four Oxford University Museums. Posted March 2009.

PGCE Community Weeks (Word DOC, 47Kb). A week of activity designed to offer student teachers at Oxford Brookes University the opportunity to visit the Oxford University Museums and to increase their awareness of the potential of museums to support teachers in their work. Posted August 2007.

Greeks on Tour (Word DOC, 61Kb). A creative project to take real Ancient Greek artefacts from the Ashmolean to the classroom. Children take part in a series of hands – on activities investigating the lives of the Ancient Greeks. Posted August 2007.

Family Friendly Fun (Word DOC, 69Kb). How Oxford University Museums (Pitt Rivers Museum and Oxford University Museum of Natural History) have worked in partnership to develop and deliver a range of collections based activities and events for families at the University Museums and at venues across the Oxford region for existing and new family audiences. Posted December 2007.

Royal Pavilion, Libraries and Museums, Brighton and Hove

Resources for Independent Visits by Schools (Word DOC, 51Kb). Resources for Independent Visits by Schools is an ongoing project to provide support for schools wishing to use the museums and galleries, via online resources such as worksheets, online information files and a publication. Posted May 2007.

Continuing Professional Development for Teachers (Word DOC, 51Kb).  To provide CPD opportunities for teachers which will raise awareness of the Royal Pavilion, Brighton and Hove Museums and what they can offer to schools. Posted August 2007.

Chinese New Year (Word DOC, 56Kb). To work on a collaborative project with the Chinese Educational Development Project to provide an experience to enable visitors to the Museum to learn about Chinese culture and to celebrate Chinese New Year. Posted August 2007.

Early Years Education Officer (Word DOC, 94Kb). The development of provision for the under fives by Brighton and Hove Museums . Posted March 2009.





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