Families
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Families learning together can happen any time, and anywhere (just browsing round this website can teach you things you didn't know before).
The BPMA is doing more for families, and we will keep adding to the activity sheets in this section. Take a look at the Kids section for more fun and games.
2008 Date | Family / Kids event | Time |
Sat 29 March | Family Event: Night Mail Poetry Workshop | 1.30pm - 4.30pm |
Sat 10 May | Family Event: Philatelic Fun | 11.00am - 4.00pm |
Sat 14 June | Family Event: Family Learning in the Archive | 11.00am - 4.00pm |
Thu 14 Aug | Family Event: Letterboxes in Miniature | 1.30pm - 4.30 pm |
Tue 28 Oct |
| 1.30pm - 4.30pm |
Activity sheets
Moving the Mail - Victorian transport activity sheet
Moving
the Mail is a BPMA exhibition about postal road transport. It was first
on show at Coventry Transport Museum in summer 2006, and is now on tour.
Moving the Mail activity sheet (PDF, 330KB)
This
simple information and activity sheet is about Victorian transport, and
supports the Key Stage 2 History curriculum. You can find similar
materials in our Penny Black resource pack.
Brunel Speeding the Mail - activity sheet
Brunel Speeding the Mail was our 2006 exhibition celebrating
200 years since the birth of the great Victorian engineer, Isambard
Kingdom Brunel.
You can download and print these fun Brunel puzzles and activities. There are word searches, quizzes, and pictures to colour in.
There is also information for parents with National Curriculum links... and the answers!
Brunel Puzzles (PDF, 767KB)
Brunel Puzzles - information for parents (PDF, 172KB)