Location – DERBY MUSEUM & ART GALLERY

Duration: 120 minutes

Booking and Prices: £6.50 + VAT per pupil. This session allows 25 pupils (minimum) to 35 pupils (maximum).  

Key Stage: Key Stage 1

TO BOOK: Fill Out Our Booking Form or email us at learn@derbymuseums.org.

Session Description: Learn about the life of Florence Nightingale, the pioneer of modern nursing. Watch as Florence (alongside our expert facilitators) shares the story of her life, from growing up in Derbyshire to the Crimean War and the hospital where she worked in Scutari. The children will enact scenes from the hospital dressed as nurses and soldiers, learn about hygiene, nutrition and medical practices with a range of handling objects. They’ll also learn about Mary Seacole and Florence’s legacy on some of today’s nurses. Within this session, students will make an ‘Athena the Owl’ that they can take home!

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National Curriculum Links Include:

• History – “Pupils should be taught about…the lives of significant individuals in the past who have contributed to national and international achievements, some should be used to compare aspects of life in different periods [for example…Mary Seacole and/or Florence Nightingale (and) significant historical events, people and places in their own locality].”