Swansea Museum - Educational Context

Me and my friend Jodie visited Swansea Museum to see what it had to offer for the local primary schools. 

 

Swansea Museum is based in the city centre and offers a fantastic learning experience for all children offering fascinating facts about archaeology, the first and second World War, Egyptology, the animal world, Wales as a country and a culture and also Swansea’s very own history.

 

Primary Schools from all over Swansea are invited to attend day long visits at the museum, the day entails of a talk from the historian hosting the day, which consists of some background history of the museum and what the museum has to offer. The children also engage in a variety of different tasks. One for example is role plays where they get to dress up and put on a show for their fellow pupils.

During their visit’s, the children are given several tasks to complete. They are given the job to find certain artefacts on a map they are given, poster work either in groups or individually and written work.

Whilst walking through the galleries there were small tables and chairs present to allow children to express what they learnt through drawings, playing and other arts and crafts.

After reflecting on our visit at the museum, we came to the conclusion the museum is a  fantastic place to encourage learning outside the  traditional classroom.

Our reasons for our reflection are based apon;

The museum staff set incentives such as work being displayed on the walls with your photo.  As the majority of children want this opportunity, they ensure they learn the work they are trying to present in written form or posters. Children are able to interact with each gallery they enter as booklets (in English and Welsh) are available at the entrance to each gallery.The children are able to engage in a variety of tasks. They don’t spend the day being spoken to, they take an active roll in their learning by participating in role plays,  group work as well as individual work. By providing a variety of different learning techniques,  children who are kinaesthetic learners, visual, audio etc are all able to learn something from their visit.