Souter Lighthouse
Address: Coast Road, Whitburn, Sunderland SR6 7NH
Tel: 0191 5293161
Souter Lighthouse was opened in 1871 and was the first lighthouse to successfully use electricity.
Key Stage 1 students are particularly welcome to tour the lighthouse. Our young visitors are able to take the opportunity to learn about the electricity powering the light and the sound a foghorn makes. There is a handling collection of Victorian objects that would have been found in a lighthouse like Souter and a climb to the top of the tower rewards our visitors with spectacular views of the coastline. As well as the lighthouse tour, Souter can cater for a variety of educational activities including orienteering, geography walks, rockpool rambles and the ever-popular lighthouse keeper's lunch.
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The Museum of Childhood, Sudbury Hall
Address: Sudbury Hall, Sudbury, Nr Ashbourne, Derbyshire DE6 5HT
Tel: 01283 585022
The Museum of Childhood is home to a large, nationally important collection of old toys and offers a unique opportunity for Key Stage 1 children to see toys from the past.
We have especially designed our toy history and science workshops, using a large handling collection of new, old and replica toys, to link into the national curriculum in a fun and exciting way.
We help children discover about childhood long ago by looking at how our toys are different from those in the past. Children are encouraged to use their imagination by thinking what toys they could make from rock, grass, clay and bits of old wood and the many ways in which we can tell if a toy is old.
We discuss the materials toys are made of and why those materials were used. We demonstrate how toys move using pushes, pulls, forces, wind, springs, clockwork and gravity. We help children discover why Jack jumps out of his box and what makes the toy windmill go round.
The museum has disabled access and all special needs children are always welcome.
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