Toys (KS1)

Your pupils will be able to participate in fun learning experiences, which will allow them to investigate the Bolton Museum’s fascinating collection of toys from the past.

Venue:

• Bolton Museum

Note: All sessions at the Museum are free to schools within the Bolton Local Authority

Aims:

• To provide pupils with a greater understanding of toys from the past through a range of enjoyable, exciting and inspirational activities.
• To identify similarities and differences between old toys and new toys.

Objectives & Activities:

• Encounter fascinating toys from the past and compare them with modern toys.
• See how fascinating mechanical clockwork toys move.
• Investigate materials, which traditional and modern toys are made from.
• Explore, handle and play with a wide range of historic toys.

National Curriculum links:

This interactive workshop links to the Key Stage 1 Scheme of Work for:

• History Unit 1: How are our toys different from those in the past?
  

• N.C. History programmes of study:
• 1: Chronological understanding.
• 2: Knowledge and understanding of events, people and changes in the past: To identify differences between ways of life at different times.
• 4: Historical enquiry: To find out about the past from a range of sources  including visits to museums.