Home Education
Supporting Home Education
We recognise that learning takes many forms, and we are delighted to welcome home educators to our Museum. If you’d like to organise workshops or activities as a group of home educators, then please contact us using the form at the bottom on the page
Home educating families are welcome to visit at any time, and we have a range of activity sheets available for you to use as you explore the museum. Some of these are available above to download at home before your visit from our Resources page.
You can find out more about the themes and curriculum topics we offer in the museum here
Heritage Creatives
Home Education sessions for ages 12+
Explore the museum and be inspired by its collections to create art, learn about history and about being a Curator.
Next Session:
Monday 28th October – 10:30am-12:30pm
Topic: Design your own Museum Store!
Inspired by our ‘What’s in Store?’ project, focusing on the development of a new museum store and community space, you will have the chance to design your own store and behind the scenes space.
Your first design can be your dream space, but your second design will have to take into account a budget and the need to balance the storage of 17,000 objects along with space for activities and exhibitions to take place. What a challenge!
Book your FREE place here
Upcoming Sessions:
Monday 25th November – 10:30am-12:30pm
Topic: Christmas Crackers!
Learn about the history of the Christmas Cracker and then make your own bespoke cracker with environmentally friendly contents – your favourite joke, a hand-made present and a hat.
Keep up to date with our upcoming sessions by following our ‘collection’ on Eventbrite here
Home Ed Art Club at the Museum
Autumn Term dates to be confirmed
These sessions are open to any age but mainly it’s 5-11 year olds.
For more information about these sessions and to book a place please email: [email protected]
You can follow the group through their Facebook page
Brick Ideas – workshops using Lego
We also collaborate with Brick Ideas to run workshops specifically for home educators.
Taking inspiration from the museum collection you will have the opportunity to create wonderful contraptions from Lego.
Brick Ideas can help home schools groups by providing design and technology workshop which can link to any topic.
Please note that the children will be working in group of 2-3 during these workshops.
Next workshop:
Thursday 24th October, 9:30am-12:00noon
Taking inspiration from Henry Beare and Sons.
Henry Beare and Sons were manufactures agricultural equipment.
We will be making tractors with working machinery attached.
1878 Devon County Show – Among our local manufacturers very few throw more enthusiasm into their work than does the head of the firm of Henry Beare and Sons, of Newton Abbot, and any production of theirs is sure to deserve attention both for its ingenuity and the good workmanship put into the implement. The Eclipse haymaker is a machine that Messrs. Beare have been gradually improving, and its simplicity, light draught, and freedom from clogging, makes it a valuable addition to the great amount harvesting machinery now offered to the public. At the same stand there are a large number of implements of use in all branches of agriculture.
This session is suitable for ages 6+ and children must be accompanied by an adult.
Tickets are £7.50 per child (Non refundable)
To Book: https://brickideas.sumupstore.com/products
Location of workshops: St Leonard’s Room, community space in Newton’s Place – first floor (‘level 1’ in the lift)
You can find out more about Brick Ideas’ fantastic work, and see examples of past workshops given to schools at the museum here