Learning Zone
You always learn something new at the Cotswold Motoring Museum! Offering an exciting range of award winning educational programmes targeting every kind of group, including pre-school, those with special educational needs, students and adult groups, subjects covered include history, motoring and science and design.
The Museum has a substantial school programme offering workshops & experience boxes.
Early Years
- Changes – past and present
- Sounds and safety
Key Stage One
- Sea-side holidays
- How have toys changed?
- Transport
- General transport history and timeline focus
- Motoring history – Early Garages DVD and meet the real 'Jack Lake'
Key Stage Two
- Britain since the 1930s
- Journeys – using signs and symbols
- Transport
- General transport history and timeline focus
- Motoring history – Early Garages DVD and meet the real 'Jack Lake'
- New Workshop for Keystage Two! – Exploring a locality (Bourton-on-the-Water) using maps, photographs and GPS systems
Accompanying adults are free!
All the key stage topics can be run by Museum staff in your school.
Cotswold Motoring Museum runs workshops in schools throughout Gloucestershire. We can sometimes travel further afield – please call or email for further information.
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Cotswold Motor Museum has boxes of objects for you to take away and explore in the classroom.
The boxes available are:
- World War Two
- Sensory stories based on journeys for the very young or special needs
- Toys
The rental cost is £30 per half term.
If you would like to discuss your group's particular needs, please contact Nicola at enquiries@cotswoldmotormuseum.co.uk
Cotswold Motoring Museum workshops are a great introduction to a subject or for delving further into History or Geography topics. The workshops get children involved in a subject using objects. They may be noisy but really help children to learn in a fun environment!
Activities may include the following:
- Object handling and labelling
- Timeline work
- Brass rubbing
- Question and answer time
- Role play
- Sound making
- Meeting 'Jack Lake'
- Dressing up
All our workshops can be adapted for various groups with special education needs. The workshops are designed to be very flexible and we can focus on any area you are studying in school.










