Part of Salford Community Leisure

About The Session

We are delighted to introduce our reimagined Key Stage 1  session  – Meet the Street: The Victorians of Lark Hill Place!  

We will bring the past to life for children and recreate the atmosphere of Victorian Salford.
Your Key Stage one class will enjoy a full hour of exclusive access to our beautifully recreated Victorian Street.
Pupils will meet Mrs Bracegirdle, one of the local residents, and help her with her chores, such as washing clothes and going shopping, while she shares stories about her neighbours and life in Lark Hill Place.
In the second hour, children will explore the Victorian Gallery, play with Victorian toys, and enjoy a story time session that brings the past to life.
This is a unique opportunity to experience history through storytelling, play, and interaction—perfectly tailored for young learners. Includes washday activity on the street and a visit to the corner shop.

 

Learning Objectives

By the end of the session learners will:

  • Have met and interacted with a character from Victorian times.
  • Be able to identify differences between ways of life at different times (ref. History NC KS1)
  • Be able to ask and answer questions about the past (ref. History NC KS1)

Location

This session is at Salford Museum and Art Gallery 

Numbers

We can accommodate a maximum of 30 pupils for this session.

Timings

Half Day Session

Half day sessions run 10-12, with the option to extend your visit by staying for lunch and booking one of our Key Stage 1 art sessions for the afternoon.

 

Plan Your Visit

Go to Plan Your Visit for information about prices, payment, parking and everything else you might need.

Make an Enquiry

Please submit your enquiry by emailing the Learning Team at LearningBookings@scll.co.uk

Please include as many details as possible, including:

  • School name and postcode
  • Contact number and email
  • Which session/Discovery Box you are enquiring about
  • Information about year group, number of pupils (max 30 per session), number of accompanying adults (we require a minimum of 3 per class)  and any other relevant information
  • When you would like to visit or book
  • Any other questions you may have

Once you have booked, we will send you a confirmation letter via email.

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Other Sessions for Key Stage One

As well as ‘The Victorians of Lark Hill Place’ we also offer two art sessions A Windy Day at the Seaside and Colourful Creatures and Funny Fables  plus if you want to visit Ordsall Hall there is
Ordsall Alive! for Key Stage One.

Other Victorian Resources and Sessions

As well as ‘Discovering the Victorians’ we also offer other sessions at Salford Museum and Art Gallery and Discovery Boxes with a Victorian theme.

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Suggested Activities for before and after your visit

Take a look at our suggestions for activities to prepare for, or follow up on, a session at Ordsall Hall or Salford Museum and Art Gallery

Other Sessions for Key Stage One

As well as Lark Hill Live! We also offer Ordsall Alive for Key Stage One.

Discovery Boxes

Discovery Boxes are exciting museum object-based learning resources for use in the classroom to enrich your curriculum-based teaching. Schools can book and borrow them from Salford Museum and Art Gallery, and they include museum objects, archival material, and a variety of activities for pupils to do as a class, in groups and as individuals as well as videos, photos and more! We’ve built key areas of the curriculum into these resources so that schools can introduce aspects of history, local history and art into their classroom with ease, and importantly, fun! Each Discovery Box covers a theme, and within it, a number of curriculum markers.