The Roald Dahl Museum

South East England
5-14
Communication Skills, Confidence Building, English,
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What will students see and do?

Bring the magic of the Roald Dahl Museum’s Sandford Award-winning schools programme to your class.

Whether you opt to visit the Museum in Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire or visit virtually from your classroom, your students will gain skills and confidence in literacy whilst learning about the creative processes of the world’s number one storyteller.

The Roald Dahl Museum is the home of Roald Dahl’s archive and the author’s Writing Hut – the place where he wrote all of his stories for children. The Museum is the perfect place to see the writing process in action by one of its masters.

Pick from a range of exciting sessions around themes such as crafting characters, editing/redrafting and unlocking ideas and inspiration.

The Museum offers two types of onsite session: galleries-based 90-minute sessions and archive-based 180-minute sessions, which include time exploring the Museum’s interactive galleries as well as small group activities working with materials from the Roald Dahl archive.

You can also opt to visit the Museum virtually and take part in a Livestream Creating Characters session, where you will connect directly with your session leader at the Museum.

Enjoy a mix of pre-recorded films in and around the galleries, live presentation and pre-delivered activities.

How does the trip link to the curriculum?

All of the Museum’s sessions are focused on Roald Dahl’s creative processes.

Your pupils will use Roald’s work as a model to develop understanding of different aspects of storymaking before they try out these processes for themselves. Sessions particularly target developing positive attitudes towards writing.

Some sessions focus on the editing process, and these help pupils to make simple changes, assess the effectiveness of choices, and suggest improvements as well as selecting grammar and vocabulary to achieve certain effects.

Other sessions focus on character development and ideas generation. These support your pupils to write fictional narratives as well as identifying themes and purpose of written texts.

Across all sessions, children will be drafting and evaluating text.

Sessions are organised with an emphasis on active and creative group work which supports links with other areas of the curriculum.

There is plenty of discussion, which allows children to use spoken language to explore their ideas as well as participating in collaborative conversations in order to learn. In creative sessions, pupils produce creative work by experimenting with different materials.

Subjects covered

Communication Skills

Confidence Building

English

Teaching resources provided

You will receive a Sparky Schools Information Pack to help you prepare for the day. All learning resources and materials needed throughout your visit will be supplied.

If you are taking part in a virtual Livestream session, you will receive all your learning materials in a downloadable resources pack. You’ll also receive a pre- and post-session downloadable activities pack and FAQ poster.

A 20-minute tech test on a day prior to your session is also included.

Minimum and maximum group size

All on-site sessions are suitable for up to 32 students, and the Museum offers one free adult place for every six children that you bring. You can book up to three sessions at a time, so you could bring a maximum of 96 students.

Virtual Livestream sessions are suitable for up to 35 students, and the Museum can run up to three Livestream sessions a day.

Details of risk assessment

The Museum provides detailed health and safety information, as well as Terrific Teacher Golden Tickets to gain free entry to the Museum to carry out your risk assessment in advance of your trip.

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Facilities on-site

You will have a dedicated lunch area for your school as well as an area to leave coats/bags during the day. You can pre-order goody bags from the Museum Shop.

Opening times

School sessions run throughout the academic year during Buckinghamshire term time only. Onsite sessions run Tuesdays to Thursdays.

Virtual Livestream sessions run on Mondays, Thursdays and Fridays.

Pricing

Onsite: £205 for a galleries-based 90-minute session for up to 32 students / £240 for an archive-based 180-minute session for up to 32 students.

Virtual Livestream: £100 for a 45-minute session for up to 35 students in Years 2 to 4 / £120 for a 60-minute session for up to 35 students in Years 5 to 8.

Travel arrangements

The coach drop-off point is about five minutes’ walk away from the Museum. The Museum is also five minutes’ walk away from Great Missenden station. The village is situated on the Chiltern Railways line that runs between London Marylebone and Aylesbury.

There is also a travel bursary available to help with transports costs. If you think you might benefit from this, please ask the Museum team about eligibility.