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SEND Explore Your Way Relaxed Days

Monday 4 August and Monday 18 August

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Explore your way on our special relaxed days for visitors with SEND. Join in with junk modelling or clay workshops and guided walks too.

Explore your way on our special relaxed day! Great for visitors with SEND and their friends and families. Museum sounds will still be turned on but turned down and visitor numbers on this day will be reduced to help everyone experience the Museum in a more relaxed environment.

Enjoy sensory storytelling where Roald Dahl stories will be brought to life with visual prompts, objects, sound, movement and smells. On the 18 August, we’ll also be running special BSL signed storytelling sessions at 2pm and 3.30pm.

SEND resources including Explorer Kits and Quiet Space Kits will be available to borrow for free.

For all ages
Standard Museum entry applies

Additional workshops and activities

At 10.30am, 12pm, 1.30pm, and 3pm
Enjoy a relaxed, reduced capacity workshop and make your own car. Everyone gets a set of wheels and axles as a base and then you can build with recycled materials from there.
£5 per participant

at 10.30am, 12pm, 1.30pm, and 3pm
Enjoy a relaxed, reduced capacity workshop and make and sculpt a couple of characters out of clay, one big baddie and one small hero! Just like Miss Trunchbull and Matilda. Take time to play with the clay, then mould and shape it into your figures.
£5 per participant

Sensory Summer Saunter at 11.30am.

Join us on a fun guided walk into the fields and woods! You’ll explore the scenery with your senses and discover some of the places that inspired the stories. This laid-back walk will help you get a big dose of outdoor fun. You’ll be led by your guide, Michael, and a member of the Museum’s Learning team.

This walk will take place on narrow pavements, tarmac road, uneven footpath surfaces, through fields and woodland. Please wear suitable walking shoes (no flipflops) There could be mud. The paths are not heavily overgrown but there might be nettles and brambles to avoid. The walking on this trail is fairly flat but there is a hill – to get a great view – and then a downhill bit. There is no seating on this walk but we take our time and stop for breathers on the way.

Access: The walk takes participants out into the countryside around GM and is not wheelchair accessible and is unsuitable for buggies.
£5 per participant (carers free), approx. 45 minutes to an hour.

If you would like more information about the route please email learning@roalddahlmuseum.org

Marvellous Missenden Village Walk at 2pm.

Join us on a sensory guided walk around the village of Great Missenden. You’ll explore with your senses and discover some of the places that inspired the stories, such as Matilda’s library. This laid-back walk will led by your guide, Michael, and a member of the Museum’s Learning team.

This walk will take place on narrow pavements, uneven footpath surfaces and through the Buryfields playground. Please wear suitable walking shoes (no flipflops). The walking on this trail is fairly flat. There is the option of seating at three of the stops on this walk (near the library and in the Buryfields ground). We will take our time and stop for breathers on the way.

Access: The walk takes participants around the village of GM and is wheelchair accessible and suitable for buggies 
£5 per participant (carers free), approx. 45 minutes.

If you would like more information about the route please email learning@roalddahlmuseum.org

Enjoy sensory storytelling where Roald Dahl stories will be brought to life with visual prompts, objects, sound, movement and smells.

On the 18 August, we’ll also be running special BSL signed storytelling sessions at 2pm and 3.30pm.

Sessions take place throughout the day and are included with admission – no need to book.

Monday 18 August Exclusive: Signed BSL Storytelling

We’re excited to be able to offer signed BSL storytelling on Monday 18 August. Please see the video below for more details.

SEND Guided Countryside Trail

We’re excited to be able to offer a Sensory Summer Saunter at 11.30am. The walk will be led by Michael, who will take you out into the countryside around Great Missenden.


SEND Kits & Bags

We have a number of sensory backpack and explorer kits available for you to borrow. Please watch the video below for more details.

 

Please note under 18s must have an adult with them at all time, including on walks and in the workshops.

Any questions?

If you have any questions about the day get in touch with us at hello@roalddahlmuseum.org. Our phone number is 01494 892192. If you would like to call us using the Next Generation Text Service (NGT) service please call 18001 01494 892192.