School Programmes

The Museum offers a wide range of learning experiences for children of all ages. Our skilled and experienced education team work with you, either at the museum or in the classroom, to bring your museum experience to life.

Curriculum based experiences
Skilled and experienced educators
Affordable, exciting programmes
'Mobile Museum' outreach programme
Changing exhibitions
Hands-on activities
Worksheets and classroom resources
Self-directed learning
Resource kits on a range of topics
Fun art activities
Assistance with unit planning

Bring your class or school to visit Petone Settlers Museum. You'll receive pre-visit information, suggestions for post-visit activities and our completed risk assessment form.

For bookings and more information:

School Programmes Manager, Andy Glanville
ph. 04 560 1481, fax 04 569 5877
Email andy.glanville @huttcity.govt.nz

School Programmes Assistant, Jen Boland
ph. 04 560 1260, fax 04 569 5877
email jen.boland@huttcity.govt.nz

Ship and Chips Trip

Especially for schools, during November, December and March the Petone Settlers Museum & Museum of Wellington City & Sea present 'Term 4 Solutions': SHIP & CHIPS TRIP. A whole-day excursion: 9am to 2.45pm

The trip includes exploration of Petone and Wellington harbour, ships and history as well as Somes (Matiu) Island. Traveling by East By West Ferries with a fish & chip lunch on Petone beach from John's Fish Market

All-in-one bookings with ONE PHONE CALL Petone Settlers Museum AND Matiu Somes Island AND Museum of Wellington City & Sea PLUS Fish & chip lunch $20 per child. Payment required on the day. Number limits apply.

For BOOKING REQUESTS contact:
shelley.seay@wmt.org.nz
or phone (04) 496 1943

The Petone Settlers Museum is pleased to welcome your students as part of the Ship & Chips excursion! We have developed programmes around the early settlers' arrival to Petone Beach in the 1840s and the significance of the Museum site, adding to the broader themes of the excursion.

Having arrived by boat themselves, junior students can simulate and learn about settlers' journeys and arrival in New Zealand through a life-size board game! Students will also interpret our wall murals representing the 1840s till today on the interior of the Memorial Hall - a popular and engaging activity for all age groups.

Petone Beach and the Museum building are steeped in history and symbolism. Older students will explore the history and significance of the Museum building in Petone and settler history, as well as interpreting the pictorial history represented in the Memorial Hall.

We can provide tasksheets and activities to use in the classroom following the visit if required, as well as tailoring the activities for specific groups and curriculum areas as requested.

Social Studies Strands incorporated in the programme include: Culture and Heritage L1-5; Place and Environment L1-5; Time, Continuity & Change, L1-5.

We look forward to hosting your groups as part of Ship & Chips!

Learning Programmes for 2009

We've doubled up!

TheNewDowse (TND) and Petone Settlers Museum (PSM) are teaming up to bring you school programmes at each museum, and some programmes which involve visits to both museums for a truly cross-curricular experience. These are our new 'Double-Up Programmes', combining exhibition exploration, workshops and industry visits at both the PSM and TND in the one programme, with one booking. Booking will be a breeze - you can call either museum and speak to Andy or Jen for bookings and information.

Programmes are FREE, with optional workshops and special programmes at a small charge per person.

A vote of confidence!

The Ministry of Education through the Learning Experiences Outside The Classroom Project (LEOTC) have made our school programme possible. Since 1994 the Dowse school programme has been supported by this worthy initiative and now PSM has also received the same support. We can ensure quality, curriculum linked, memorable visits.

RUNNING ALL YEAR:

A New Land

A school favourite, this exhibition focuses on early Maori history and European migration and settlement. The historically significant museum site and exhibition includes models, hands-on artefacts and our popular audio-visual presentation, 'A New Land, A New Hope, A New People' for older students, offering insight into this important period of history.

Suitable for all ages, with a focus on social studies and history
Optional workshops
Venue: PSM
This can be a *double-up programme* with Nuku Tewhatewha below where students can visit both museums on the same day.

Nuku Tewhatewha

Based around the historically significant pataka at TheNewDowse, called Nuku
Tewhatewha, this programme welcomes students into an important time in history and shows why it still matters today. The programme introduces personalities from the early Hutt, the Kingitanga (Māori King Movement) and controversy around the initial settlement of the area.

Suitable for Y5 up, with a focus on social studies and history
Venue: The New Dowse
This can be a *double-up programme* with 'A New Land' above where students can visit both museums on the same day.

Please note the exhibition and learning programme is subject to change.

RESOURCE KITS

We offer a range of quality education resource kits, which can be loaned to schools. Charge $50 per month hire.
Current resource kits include:

The Udy Family - one family's story of migration to early New Zealand
Aspects of European Settlement 1840-70
The Stories of Two Migrant Women of the 1970s
Italian Migration and Settlement
Post WWII British Migration and Settlement

Opening Hours

Public:
12.00 noon - 4.00pm Tuesday to Friday
1.00pm - 5.00pm Saturday, Sunday and Public Holidays
Closed Mondays and Christmas Day

Schools & Community Groups:
The Museum is opened to school and community group visits by arrangement from Monday to Friday 9 am - 5 pm