Caphouse
Technology Gallery
See some of the tools of the trade and learn how they were used.
Understand how computers on the surface monitored everything going on underground.
Pupils can use this gallery to gain a better understanding of:
Key Stage One (KS1)
- English – spoken language
- History -local study
- Science – working scientifically
Key Stage Two (KS2)
- English – spoken language
- History -local study – Victorians
- Science – working scientifically, Rocks, Light
Key Stage Three (KS3)
- English – spoken language, vocabulary development
- History –Industrial Revolution
- Science – working scientifically
Victorian Gallery
Find out how the year 1842 changed the lives of women and children forever.
Schools will find this gallery useful for explaining:
Key Stage One (KS1)
- English – spoken language
- History -local study
Key Stage Two (KS2)
- English – spoken language
- History -local study – Victorians
Key Stage Three (KS3)
- English – spoken language, vocabulary development
- History – Industrial revolution, Local History
Pithead Baths
Experience the place where miners started and ended their working day.
This gallery will enhance students understanding of:
Key Stage One (KS1)
- English – spoken language
- History -local study
Key Stage Two (KS2)
- English – spoken language
- History -local study
Key Stage Three (KS3)
- English – spoken language, vocabulary development
- History – Local study
Weighbridge
See Alan having a working lunch and see how coal was transported after it had left the pit.
Steam Winding House
Visit our steam-winding engine which, for over 100 years, moved men and coal in and out of the pit.