On Thursday 19th March, G31 will be on fieldwork for the day doing 2 activities linked to the Suffragette movement in Newcastle and Gateshead.
We will leave school at 9am to travel via metro to the Discovery Museum for a self guided tour and a workshop based around primary source material; our students will be working as historians to uncover evidence of the local suffrage movement and local Suffragettes they may have never heard of! Students will eat their packed lunches at the Discovery Museum.
We will then meet local guides, including Pat (who our students will be familiar with by that point, as she is coming in to deliver an expert session on 4th March), for a Deeds Not Words walk, exploring the important contribution made by local suffragettes to the national movement to gain women the right to vote. This walk will start at Haymarket metro and end at Central Station. The walking tour will be approximately 90minutes long and therefore end at around 2:45. We will then travel back to school via metro. This means we should be back at school by around 3:30. We will update the website if there are any delays.
Students will need to bring a packed lunch (for students who usually have free school meals, they will be able to order a packed lunch from school). Usual fieldwork kit is required for this visit, including full school stationery and iPad, as well as: A waterproof coat, sensible walking shoes (no crocs) ,and a filled water bottle.
Please contact your child’s crew leader in the first instance with any questions or queries.
