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Home Education
See below for details about visits tailored for Home Educating groups. If you are looking for another type of group visit, please check our School Visits page or contact us on [email protected]
Home Educator Visits
We regularly offer designated Home Educator Visit Days .
Come and enjoy The Story Museum for a special day visit for Home Educating families. Explore the galleries at your own pace and enjoy a range of storytelling and creative sessions.
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 10 September:
Come and join the Learning team for stories galore on Thursday 10th September 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.
Mystery And Detectives – 1pm until 2pm
Listen to a puzzle story and see if your 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.
Digging Underground – 2:15pm until 3:15pm
Begin by hearing about characters delving deep underground before retelling the story to a friend, creating your own underground lair or developing an intensifying view of underground layers.
contact the Learning team to book on: [email protected]
Upcoming Home Educator Days:
Thursday 15th April 2027
13.00 – 14.00 Tricks and riddles
14:15 – 15:15 Springtime Stories
Home Education Day prices
1st child: £20
Sibling: £18
Sibling age 1-4: £10
Sibling age 0-1: Free
1 adult accompanying child(ren): Free
Second adult accompanying child(ren): £10
Additional Small Worlds session (optional): £8.25
"It was a perfect mix with something for every age without being at all prescriptive and was a great jumping off point for further study later". A parent at a Home Educators Visits Day (2023)
Book your place by emailing our Learning Team here or call 01865 790050
Home Educator Groups
We can welcome groups of Home Educating families for a 2-hour bespoke visit during Oxfordshire School term-times.
Your visit will include a guided tour of the galleries, oral storytelling and a bespoke workshop. The workshops include more stories and a range of activities designed for the children to respond creatively in their own way. Recent themes have been Dragon Stories, Myths and Legends and Pirates & Explorers. You will be accompanied for the whole visit by one of our experienced Story Leaders.
We can cater for groups with a minimum 6 children up to groups of 40 people (adults and children). Please email [email protected] for a quote.
“He absolutely loved it, wants to read books, decided to write, listen to stories.” Parent after a Home Educators’ Day
Choose from: Dreamers, Healers, Tricksters and Shapeshifters, all of which can be differentiated from EYFS to Year 6:
- Dreamers: Stories for wellbeing, of wishes and dreams, including a turtle who wants to fly and a coyote who yearns to help a group of cold people.
- Healers: Stories for wellbeing, starring various Wise Ones who encourage hapless characters to see happiness and luck right in front of them.
- Tricksters: Stories for critical thinking. Devise puzzles, learn how to trick a dragon or bring light into the world.
- Shapeshifters: Stories for critical thinking. Meet some shape-shifting characters and find out how animals came to be or how to escape a witch.
Please email [email protected] for a quote.