Primary Education students visit local museum to practise school visit planning

This March, our undergraduate students studying BA Primary Education (BAPE) with Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) visited the Museum of Lincolnshire Life, located less than one mile from our Lincoln campus.

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Our third year students, now approaching graduation and Qualified Teacher Status, attended the museum alongside BAPE Senior Lecturer Louise Connolly.

During the visit, our students planned a trip for Key Stage 1 or Key Stage 2 children and learned how to plan engaging activities to develop historical knowledge in primary school children.

Whilst also increasing their own subject knowledge about the history of Lincolnshire, our students considered how they could meet the needs of children with Special Educational Needs or English as an Additional Language during a trip.

Louise shared more about her group’s visit and the benefits for students: “During the visit our student teachers learned more about the importance of providing children with first hand experiences when teaching history.

“They were excited about the prospect of the activities they planned being used by schools in the future, and this gave them a key purpose to their visit.

“Visits like this provide our student teachers with real experiences that enable them to put the theory that they have explored during their time at university into practice. Such quality experiences prepare them for when they become qualified teachers.”

To find out more about studying BA Primary Education with QTS at BGU, please click here!

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