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London Metropolitan Archives is committed to education for
everyone. We want to increase awareness of archives and their
potential for education, in an environment of collaboration,
learning and fun. LMA is quite simply ‘The Memory of London’ and
has relevance to every Londoner, and to anyone who is
interested in London.
We offer services for school groups, professional development
training for teachers, university students, young people, adult
learners and families.
New Family Learning Resource Pack
- Archive Adventures!
LMA in partnership with several other archives and institutions
have created a family learning resource pack called Archive
Adventures!
You can find out more and download the pack from our
Resource pack galleries. We hope you find it useful.
LMA Learning Zone
The LMA Learning Zone is an interactive website introducing
pupils to archives and the history of London. It is temporarily
offline while essential maintenance is carried out. Please check
back soon to visit the site.
For information on our range of education services, please read
the rest of this page.
Schools
We introduce students to archives and their role and relevance
in society. We believe that the immediacy of working with archives
offers a unique way of bringing the past to life – come along and
be convinced by our hands-on sessions! Literacy, numeracy, and
geography can all be enhanced by the resources of LMA.
Sessions for KS2 and KS3
The archives at LMA mesh perfectly with many parts of the KS2
and KS3 curricula, including: Local History in London, Victorian
Britain, The Second World War, and Britain since 1930. Take a look
at the
Resource pack galleries to see examples of the kind of striking
images we use in our education work with schools.
We understand the pressure on teachers and we want to make a
visit to LMA as useful as possible. We tailor our class sessions
based on discussion with teachers about
what you want, to assist your teaching in the
most effective way. Contact us at the address below for a friendly
chat. If there’s a topic you want us to look at, call and find out
if we can! Be warned: our sessions are popular and get booked
quickly!
Partner schools
We have established partnerships with a number of schools to
develop our education programmes. Being an LMA partner school means
that we will work with you to develop a bespoke session, often with
the benefit of take-away resources at preferential rates. We will
also turn to partner schools in the first instance when we secure
funding for added-value activities such as costumed interpretation.
In return we ask that the partner school engages in a dialogue
about what we are doing, and this helps us improve our services to
them and to other schools. If you are interested in becoming a
partner school, please let us know when you call to book a class
session.
Further and
Higher Education
Learning through archives can be just as rewarding for those in
higher education. We offer archive orientation sessions for Further
and Higher Education student groups, highlighting LMA’s strength as
a place for individual research.
LMA is regularly used as a case study for arts policy and
management students from City University. LMA is now used as a
venue for courses run by Birkbeck College, and we welcome PGCE
students to attend our INSET days. If you are a tutor and would
like to arrange a session for your group, please contact us.
Professional training opportunities for educators - INSET
LMA hosts a programme of thematic INSET days throughout the year.
The programme is aimed at teachers and educators in any field who
are interested in the possibilities of learning through archives
and the wider heritage sector. Expert speakers come from museums,
other archives, creative learning schemes and of course, from
LMA.
Check out
What’s On for forthcoming INSET days. Contact us for details of
each day’s programme and to book your place.
Learning for
everyone
Learning at LMA isn’t just about being at school or
college!
What’s On features events for learners of all ages, including
talks, workshops, book readings and more. We run family days and
summer schools for family historians and first-time archive users.
LMA is here for every part of London’s community to enjoy.
Keep up-to-date with education news from LMA
For the latest education events check out
What’s On. If you want a printed version of this information,
together with reminders and updates of extra events, please contact
us at the address below to get on our mailing list.
Contact the education and
interpretation team
To find out more or to be placed on our education mailing list,
please write, phone, fax or email. The more information you can
give us about you / your institution / your needs and interests,
the better we can help you.
Education and Interpretation
Team
LMA
40 Northampton Road
London EC1R 0HB
Tel 020 7332 3851
Fax 020 7833 9136
Email
ask.lma@cityoflondon.gov.uk