School age children

MLA encourages museums, libraries and archives to develop a broad range of learning experiences for school-aged children with national programmes, advocacy and by developing strategic partnerships to help deliver Every Child Matters.

The sector has a valuable contribution to make to school-aged children and offers a wide diversity of engagement through class visits, homework clubs, Schools Library Services, virtual learning environments, classroom loans collections, events and activities and professional development opportunities for teachers.

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Responsibilities transfer

From 1st October 2011, this site will not be updated, so please treat it as the static archive it is. This is because <a target="_Blank" href="http://www.artscouncil.org.uk/">Arts Council England</a> has now taken over museums and libraries responsibilities. <a target="_blank" href="http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/">The National Archives</a> has assumed responsibility for strategic leadership of the Archives sector. Arts Council responsibilities will also now include the Renaissance programme, Museum Accreditation, and Library Development, together with cultural property services such as Export Licensing and the Acceptance in Lieu scheme. The National Archives has assumed responsibility for providing strategic leadership to the archives sector and advising government on its development. The MLA is now winding down, with a skeleton staff remaining until May 2012 to complete the management of existing Renaissance contracts, complete outstanding financial and contractual arrangements and prepare for the appointment of a liquidator. This website will remain live until 31st March so that the public still has full access to the material on it – good practice case studies, toolkits, guidance and a range of other publications. Continue reading

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strategic commissioning
Strategic Commissioning is a project jointly funded by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) and the Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF).
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The Self Assessment Framework can help develop skills, knowledge and understanding, working with children and young people.
school participation database
MLA has developed a tool to assist you in planning strategically, particularly around your work with schools.
family learning
Museums, libraries and archives are uniquely placed to support families and early years children. Based in local communities they offer accessible learning opportunities that particularly support inter-generational learning.
learning
Learning is a process of active engagement with experience. It is what people do when they want to make sense of the world.

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