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Schools education visits and resources

The museum offers schools sessions for children in Key Stage 1 and above that provide support for many programmes of study including: history, english, geography, drama and law. These sessions are designed to contribute to OFSTED's spiritual, moral, social and cultural requirements using archives, museum collections and stories from people beyond the castle walls.

Schools sessions are subject to availability throughout the week.

The museum also offers a series of talks, tours and outreach sessions for schools and groups, along with opportunities for self guided visits.

Please telephone the museum on 01628 685686 for more information or email museum@rbwm.gov.uk.

Free teaching resources :  Timelines and World War 1

Our WWI themed resources have a local focus and could support a class-based local history project.

School visits

School session : 'Court in the Act' - Key Stage 2

This two hour local history session will help students find out about the past in the Royal Borough through:

• Handling museum objects. 
• Using original court records for evidence.
• Developing literacy and persuasive language skills. 
• Re-enacting a real court case. 
• Working in small groups with allocated roles.

This session is held in Windsor Guildhall.
Two hours. Maximum 30-35 students per session.
Cost per session: £5 per student with a minimum spend of £175.

School session : 'Windsor Through Time'  - Key Stage 1 and up

This two hour object based session focuses on the history of the local area and some of the town's residents by:

• Handling museum objects.
• Developing literacy skills through group based discussion.  
• Using maps to build awareness of the local area.  
• Comparing and contrasting the past with the present.

This session is held in the Museum and Guildhall.
Two hours. Maximum 30 - 35 students per session.
Cost per session: £5 per student with a minimum spend of £175.

Resources - Loans boxes for hands on learning

We contribute to the Loan Box service from Reading Museums Service

• Boxes provide real objects for children to feel and examine.
• Chosen objects are packaged into over 1,500 loan boxes, together with teaching material.
• Visit their Loans Online site to browse or book loan boxes.
• Sessions are taught in the galleries at Reading Museum.
• Sessions can be taught in the classroom, led by trained museum staff.

Loan boxes containing objects from Windsor & Royal Borough Museum include:

• 19th Century; Maidenhead's Victorian Industries (H330), Weights and Measures (H333).
• 20th Century; World War II (H331 and H332) and 1950s Home Life (H334).
• Windsor Great Park (H335), Woodworking (H336), Saxon Settlement (H337).
• Windsor and the Railway (H338), Windsor Castle (H339).

For access to the Borough's Loan boxes please contact:

0118 937 3400
Website : Reading Museum