English for speakers of other languages (ESOL)
Salford Museum and Art Gallery
Visits with your ESOL group
We welcome ESOL groups at all levels at Salford Museum and Art Gallery and are very keen for tutors and students to get involved and find out about life in Salford in the past.
As part of your visit we can arrange one or more of these museum-led sessions:
Lark Hill Place
Go back into the past in a typical street with shops and look at how people used to live. Dress up and find out about everyday life!
Victorian Gallery
Learn about the Victorian age in Salford and find out about four paintings in the gallery with the help of a guide. Practise your art and description skills and learn more about life in the past.
Together these sessions last two hours and are appropriate for learners at all levels.
You can download our ESOL Resource Pack below for more information about the museum and activities for the visit. You can also use this pack for vocabulary preparation, background information and project ideas for the classroom.
Booking a session
Please contact 0161 778 0821 to book a session. Our booking form and risk assessment are available to download below. Please return the booking form to us via email as soon as possible to confirm your booking.
Self-guided groups
We also welcome self-guided groups. Please let us know you are coming by telephoning 0161 778 0821. Please download the ESOL resource pack below for a self-guided visit.
Object handling boxes
We have a number of handling boxes you can use with your ESOL groups:Victorian daily life, Victorian children and Victorian toys and games.
These boxes contain reproduction objects and learning activities that you can book out to use during your visit. They make an interesting addition, particularly to a self-guided visit.
Preparation materials
We also have a range of preparation materials you may want to use with your learners before a visit: These are available to download at the bottom of the page.
- Where is Salford? - for Entry 1 and above
- Queen Victoria Quiz - for Entry 2 and above
- A Virtual visit to Salford Museum - for Entry 3 and above
ESOL at Ordsall Hall
This magnificent black and white half-timbered Tudor manor house is in the heart of Salford. We are developing our visits for ESOL groups at Ordsall Hall to give learners an insight into Tudor times and bring the past to life with activities such as dancing, music making, pomander making and brass rubbing. Please contact Bev Davies on 0161 778 0837 if you would like to help us with this project.
Downloadable documents
- ESOL resource pack (Adobe PDF format, 2.9mb)
- ESOL risk assessment (Microsoft Word format, 37kb)
- ESOL booking form (Microsoft Word format, 35kb)
- Where is Salford? (Entry 1 and above) (Microsoft Word format, 80kb)
- Queen Victoria quiz (Entry 2 and above) (Microsoft Word format, 397kb)
- A virtual visit to Salford Museum and Art Gallery (Entry 3 and above) (Microsoft Word format, 220kb)
If you are unable to view documents of these types, our downloads page provides links to viewing software.
This page was last updated on 15 October 2008
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