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Victorian peer project at the Pier
Year 8 Hawkley Hall High School pupils are
stepping back in time to discover Wigan’s Victorian past.
Over the next two weeks, the pupils will explore the exhibits in The Way
We Were Museum at Wigan Pier to learn more about Victorian life in
Wigan.
In small groups they will focus on different areas of the exhibition,
using what they learn to create activity booklets for primary school
children visiting Wigan Pier.
This project has been made possible thanks to ‘Learning Links’, a scheme
funded by the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council aimed at
developing partnerships between museums and local schools.
Carl Parker, History Teacher at Hawkley Hall High School, and Kirsty
Hall, Wigan Pier Learning Officer, have spent time experiencing each
other’s workplaces and developing a series of lessons for the Year 8
class.
Kirsty said: “The Hawkley Hall pupils are really enthusiastic and it is
great that they are creating something educational for younger children
while they are learning themselves. This project is improving and
expanding Wigan Pier’s learning service. Carl, my colleague Sue Maiden
and myself have produced a scheme of work, which can hopefully be taken
forward and used with future classes.”
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Notes to Editors
• For further information please contact Kennedy Stewart, Young People’s
Press Officer at Wigan Leisure and Culture Trust, on (01942) 486927.
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