Home Education

The offer includes all-day public gallery entry so you can explore the Whispering Wood, our exciting new Mystery Academy: School for Young Detectives exhibition in the Treasure Chamber, Enchanted Library and our brand-new exhibition, The Story Arcade to your heart’s content (10:00 – 16:30). Our Small Worlds space (recommended for under 5s) will also be open for families to book onto the public sessions, via our website, if desired. The Story Museum café and shop will be open for all your snacking and shopping needs.

In the afternoon members of the Learning Team will run two exclusive workshops for Home Educator families only – the first one from 13:00-14:00 and the second from 14:15-15:15. These bespoke workshops are designed specifically to cater to the needs of mixed ages from 5 years old and families are welcome to join one or both. They include oral storytelling and a range of tailored activities designed for the children to provide their own individual creative responses including guided role play and crafts to encourage discussion. Creative writing responses to the stimulus are also available and these can be differentiated depending on the individuals who have booked. The Story Leaders are available throughout the sessions.

Our next Home Educator Day is Thursday 15 April:

Come and join the Learning team for stories galore on Thursday 15^th April from 10am – 4:30pm.
Enjoy all day access to the galleries. Explore the Portal, Whispering Wood, Treasure Chamber, Enchanted Library and the Story Arcade. Then in the afternoon, take part in two fun interactive workshops.

Tricks and Riddles – 1pm until 2pm

Springtime Stories – 2:15pm until 3:15pm

contact the Learning team to book on: [email protected]

Upcoming Home Educator Days: TBC

We can cater for groups with a minimum 6 children up to groups of 40 people (adults and children). Please email [email protected]

“He absolutely loved it, wants to read books, decided to write, listen to stories.”
-Parent after a Home Educators’ Visit

Choose from: Dragon Stories, Myths & Legends, Pirates & Explorers, or Mystery & Detectives, all of which can be differentiated from EYFS to Year 6:

• Dragon Stories:

  Listen to stories about kindly dragons and then design and make a shadow puppet to help with retellings or creating new stories. Turn yourself into a dragon or story character through dressing up and imaginative play or capture everyone’s attention by writing your very own dragon story.

• Myths & legends:

  Fill your heads with stories from Norse and Greek mythology of gods and monsters. Then create your own mythical creature either through modelling or dressing up or perhaps write your own story of the mischievous gods.

• Pirates & Explorers:

  Join in with stories about brave explorers and daring pirates before creating your own treasure den, making a fun spoon pirate character or even devising a treasure map full of obstacles and pitfalls to overcome.

• Mystery & Detectives:

  Listen to a puzzle story and see if you can work out the ending. Then try deciphering secret messages, creating your own detective signature look or writing a newspaper article to accompany one of the mysterious headings.