School News and Updates

Keep up to date with all the latest updates and case studies for schools provided by our Learning Officers from our Tees Valley Museums partners.

06 February 2023

Two amazing school exhibitions

A Stockton and a Middlesbrough primary school have been the first schools to ever choose and host an object from the British Museum.

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10 November 2022

FREE CPD for teachers

We are running two online twilight CPD sessions for Key Stage 1 and 2 teachers in January 2023. Join us for exciting ideas on how to explore the history on your school’s doorstep or come and get your creative writing juices flowing with Middlesbrough-based children’s author Gabrielle Kent. Or maybe do both – it’s FREE!

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11 October 2022

Newport Primary students get creative

Last term, Year 5 students from Newport Primary took part in an exciting arts project. Inspired by the immersive Bottled Ocean installation at the Captain Cook Birthplace Museum, students worked with locally based artists to achieve their Arts Award.

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15 September 2022

Students from Priory Woods show their creativiTEA!

Last term, students from Priory Woods School and Arts College in Middlesbrough really went to town in their creative writing project. They were inspired by a Teabrick from Middlesbrough Museums collections and worked with a Middlesbrough based children’s author to hone their creative wiring skills. How local is that??!

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08 June 2022

Tees Valley teachers in exciting project with the British Museum

Three primary teachers from the Tees Valley recently spent a day of their Easter holidays in London meeting curators at the British Museum where they were given an ‘access all areas’ tour of the amazing Ancient Egyptians collection. The visit was part of a fantastic project that St Joseph’s RC Primary and Billingham South Primary are working on with the Dorman Museum in Middlesbrough.

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07 April 2022

CreativiTEA

Whilst you might not be in school on National Tea Day (21 April), you can still get creative on the topic of tea in the Summer Term.

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