Schools and groups
Home Education Visits
We are excited to launch our new Big Friendly Home Education Days
The Roald Dahl Museum is a space for all and we understand the importance of providing alternative ways to access the Museum and its content for our visitors. If you home educate we’d be delighted to welcome you on one of our days set up just for you.
Our next Home Ed Days take place on:
- Tuesday 16 December
What happens on a Home Ed Day?
On these days the museum is open 10am to 2.30pm exclusively for home educated families and is closed to the general public. Visitor capacity on the day will also be significantly lower than when we are open to the public to ensure that everyone visiting is able to take part in all activities on offer.
The programme offers visitors the choice of facilitated workshops, storytelling, talks, gallery challenges and self-led exploration. It is designed to be a more flexible alternative to the school programme. The day is ideal for families who would like to be able to take part in a mixture of facilitated sessions and self-led exploration to explore the Museum, Roald’s stories and his life. The activities will be aimed at age 6 and above.
During your visit you will be able to:
- Take part in an interactive Sensory Storytelling session
- Delve into Roald Dahl’s writing process and explore your imagination using tips and techniques Roald used in his own writing
- Learn more about Roald and his life during one of our Writing Hut talks
- Explore the galleries and take part in a self-led galleries-challenge
- Spend the whole day with us and explore the local area by going on our self-led village or countryside trail
- Bring a picnic and use one of our picnic areas or courtyard to enjoy lunch
Session overviews
Be part of the adventure as we bring Roald’s stories to life in our Sensory Storytelling sessions. Sessions are led by our wonderful Learning Session Leaders and use visual prompts, objects, sound, movement and smells. The Learning Session Leader will encourage your group to take part in the storytelling by using the sensory elements as the action unfolds.
30 minutes
Free with admission
Suitable for all ages, children must be accompanied by an adult
Find yourself wondering how to get started with writing? This workshop will use techniques from Roald Dahl’s own writing process to generate plenty of material to help you get going. Get hands-on with activities that make use of archive materials and gobblefunk around with words. You’ll finish feeling ready to beat the blank page.
The session is fast-paced and interactive, using a range of materials from playdough to cellotape. Please note that this is not a workshop where children will write a text.
1hour
£5 per child
Suitable for ages 6 to 13 years old, children must be accompanied by an adult. Workshop isn’t suitable for children under 5. Under 5’s can be in the room but the workshop will only be suitable for 6 and above.
Get comfortable in our replica Writing Hut and hear all about Roald Dahl’s life and his famous Writing Hut. The Learning Session Leader will let you into a few secrets about some of Roald’s most popular stories. It is also your opportunity to pick our brains.
20 minutes
Free with admission
Suitable for age 6+ but all welcome, children must be accompanied by an adult
Explore the Museum galleries which include Boy, Solo and the interactive Story Centre. Discover more about Dahl using our self-led galleries challenge. You will have access to the Crafty Kitchen where visitors can complete various activity sheets.
Free with admission
Suitable for all, children must be accompanied by an adult
How much does it cost?
Adult – £8
Child – £8
Child under 5 – free
Adult or child registered disabled – £6.50
Registered carers – free
Tickets are single day entry not an annual return
Included in the costs is
- admission to the Museum galleries
- Sensory Storytelling
- Writing Hut Talk
- all learning resources and materials needed throughout your visit
- a self-led Village Trail designed specifically for educational groups. You can lead this walk to discover inspiration for Roald Dahl’s stories in the local area
If you wish to take part in the workshop this is £5 extra and must be booked in advance.
Useful ticketing information
The maximum number of tickets that can be purchased is 6. For group bookings of more than 6 please email Learning@roalddahlmuseum.org.
Everyone visiting the museum on the day needs a ticket to the home education event. A child ticket cannot be purchased without an accompanying adult ticket. At least one adult ticket is needed for every 4 child or Under 5’s tickets purchased.
The day will be open for home educated groups only.
For the day to run we will need a minimum of 15 bookings. If we are unable to run the day we will let you know 24 hours before and a full refund will be issued.
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