School Loan Boxes

Curriculum links: KS2 local history study; KS1 significant historical events, people and places in their own locality; KS1 events beyond living memory that are significant nationally or globally.

Inspired by wireless operator and local hero Jack Phillips, this box explores the stories of 4 people who travelled on the Titanic through memories, books and artefacts.

Curriculum links: KS2 local history study

Featuring Jack Phillips and other local people connected to the Titanic, this box uses primary and secondary sources to explore information about the disaster, as well as the debate over its cause .

Curriculum links: KS2 Local history study

This box uses the starting point of the book “Old West Surrey” by Gertrude Jekyll to explore everyday life before modern technology.

Curriculum links: KS2 Changes in Britain from Stone Age to Iron Age

Including original and reproduction tools and artefacts, this box uses object handling, books, and activities to tell the story of the local area from the Palaeolithic to the Iron Age.

Curriculum links: KS2 The Roman Empire and its impact on Britain

With a collection of original Roman artefacts - from pottery and jewellery to bones and oyster shells from a Roman kitchen – this box examines first hand evidence for how Romano-British inhabitants of the local area lived.

Curriculum links: KS2 The Roman Empire and its impact on Britain

Including detailed picture instructions and supportive original examples of Roman building materials, build your own Roman roof and heating system.

Curriculum links: KS2 The Roman Empire and its impact of Britain; KS1&2 Art and Design exploring different mediums

Using illustrations, notes, and examples of original mosaic pieces this box uses modern mosaic pieces for the students to explore their own designs.

Curriculum links: KS2 Britain’s settlement by Anglo Saxons and Scots

This box uses original and reproduction Saxon artefacts along with a variety of activities to explore and study the local area as it was when Saxons settled here.

Curriculum links: KS2 The achievements of the earliest civilisations

This loan box uses original artefacts and a selection of books to explore life in Ancient Egypt.

Curriculum links: KS1 Changes within living memory

Using toys as an easily accessible topic for young children, this box encourages them to think about what life was like in the past and about similarities and differences between ways of life in different periods.

Curriculum links: KS3 Development of Church, state, and society in Britain 1509-1745

Using original artefacts and documents, this box explores Tudor life and the societal changes brought about by the development of printing.

Curriculum links: KS3 Challenges for Britain, Europe and the wider world 1901 to the present day

Using original artefacts and recordings of personal memories, this box explores life during the war years through illustrations of local experience.