Behind the scenes at Gloucestershire Archives
It is possible that you have joined us in viewing some of our monthly online events. These include – Secrets Revealed, leisurely lunchtime learning sessions for adults and Passport to the Past, an after-school club for children aged 6 -13 years.
Passport to the Past is a live session filmed from the Frith Room at the Heritage Hub. We thought you might be interested to see what happens behind the scenes to prepare for these live monthly children’s events
Jemma Fowkes and Kate O’Keefe are the faces that the young people usually see on their screen but Jemma and Kate also have lots of help from other staff members in particular Jenny Rutland who provides technical support.
Jemma, Kate and Jenny ready for action.
Other staff members get involved too when extra specialist help is needed
John Putley and Ally McConnell lend a hand during the ‘Bugs, Bees and Books’ session talking about being bee keepers. Ally is suitable dressed in her bee keeper’s outfit.
Rhianna Watson is getting ready to make the origami toy for ‘The Best Toy in the World?’ session. Jenny is making sure the tech works.
The image on the screen is of Rhianna’s hands and is what viewers see.
Dolls, teddy’s and games belonging to one of our lovely volunteers brought in for the team to use during the same session.
Other organisations also provide support. The hare used for the drawing task in ‘The Worst Journey in the World’ session was kindly lent to the team by The Wilson Museum and Art Gallery.
These photos represent what happens on the day of filming but of course before the day Kate and Jemma will have done lots of research, had meetings together, picked the brains of volunteers and staff for their knowledge and written their script. The marketing team will have advertised the events, on social media, through the Heritage Hub website and the e-newsletter. And then there is managing all of the bookings, sending out zoom links and making sure customers know what to expect. Finally, we try to evaluate the sessions so that we can develop and improve what we are doing. All in all, I think you will agree lots goes on behind the scenes to make what are hopefully enjoyable, informative and fun sessions for the young people who take part.
For information about events that are coming up visit Gloucestershire Archives