School Loan Boxes

  • Curriculum links: KS2 local history study; KS1 significant historical events, people and places in their own locality; KS1 events beyond living memory that are significant nationally or globally.

    Inspired by wireless operator and local hero Jack Phillips, this box explores the stories of 4 people who travelled on the Titanic through memories, books and artefacts.

  • Curriculum links: KS2 local history study

    Featuring Jack Phillips and other local people connected to the Titanic, this box uses primary and secondary sources to explore information about the disaster, as well as the debate over its cause .

  • Curriculum links: KS2 Local history study

    This box uses the starting point of the book “Old West Surrey” by Gertrude Jekyll to explore everyday life before modern technology.

  • Curriculum links: KS2 Changes in Britain from Stone Age to Iron Age

    Including original and reproduction tools and artefacts, this box uses object handling, books, and activities to tell the story of the local area from the Palaeolithic to the Iron Age.

  • Curriculum links: KS2 The Roman Empire and its impact on Britain

    With a collection of original Roman artefacts - from pottery and jewellery to bones and oyster shells from a Roman kitchen – this box examines first hand evidence for how Romano-British inhabitants of the local area lived.

  • Curriculum links: KS2 The Roman Empire and its impact on Britain

    Including detailed picture instructions and supportive original examples of Roman building materials, build your own Roman roof and heating system.

  • Curriculum links: KS2 The Roman Empire and its impact of Britain; KS1&2 Art and Design exploring different mediums

    Using illustrations, notes, and examples of original mosaic pieces this box uses modern mosaic pieces for the students to explore their own designs.

  • Curriculum links: KS2 Britain’s settlement by Anglo Saxons and Scots

    This box uses original and reproduction Saxon artefacts along with a variety of activities to explore and study the local area as it was when Saxons settled here.

  • Curriculum links: KS2 The achievements of the earliest civilisations

    This loan box uses original artefacts and a selection of books to explore life in Ancient Egypt.

  • Curriculum links: KS1 Changes within living memory

    Using toys as an easily accessible topic for young children, this box encourages them to think about what life was like in the past and about similarities and differences between ways of life in different periods.

  • Curriculum links: KS3 Development of Church, state, and society in Britain 1509-1745

    Using original artefacts and documents, this box explores Tudor life and the societal changes brought about by the development of printing.

  • Curriculum links: KS3 Challenges for Britain, Europe and the wider world 1901 to the present day

    Using original artefacts and recordings of personal memories, this box explores life during the war years through illustrations of local experience.

Our school loan boxes are excellent resources for those schools and groups who are unable to visit the Museum. The themed boxes contact a mixture of original artefacts, activities, books, and include detailed Teacher’s notes. Click the arrows below for more information about each loan box. Loan boxes cost £10 for a two week loan and need to be collected from, and returned to, the museum. To book a loan box please email museum.curator@godalming-tc.gov.uk or phone 01483 426510.

Items from a loan box including a doll in Victorian clothing, a polar bear in a sailor suit, dressing up outfit, morse code machine, books, and a toy.

A selection of the items in the Jack Phillips & Titanic KS1 & KS2 box.

Items from a loan box including Saxon pottery, Nine Men's Morris board game, books, and coins.

A selection of the items in the Saxons box.