Education

Plan Your Visit

Early Years

Primary KS1

Primary KS2

Workshops

Journaling Nature

Discovering Sculpture

Urban Prints

Portraits

Greek Art & Architecture

Greek Myths & Morals

Tudors

Moving to Victorian Manchester

Incredible Characters, Inventive Endings

Iron Man

Artists in Schools

Self Guided Resources

Secondary

Post 16 & HE/FE

Teachers Events

Thinking Teachers - Professional Development

Pre-Raphaelite Experiment

Available throughout the year

Choose from a range of activity workshops, all of which:

• Last 1 hour 45 minutes.
• Include practical activities led by artists/educators.
• Are cross-curricular in approach and wherever possible, cross-cultural.
• Are based on the permanent collections and often current special exhibitions.

Art, craft and design

Journaling Nature

Let us take you on a sensory journey through the seasons. We’ll collect natural elements and use them to explore colour, shape, pattern and texture. Pupils will document their discoveries in nature journals.

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Portraits

Pupils observe and investigate the relationships between people and the objects depicted with them in their portraits. Then they create their own portraits using two and three-dimensional techniques. 

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Discovering Sculpture

During this introduction to sculpture, pupils use two and three-dimensional drawing techniques to create a sculptural artwork with wire, willow and wool.

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Urban Prints

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History

Greek Art and Architecture

Pupils explore Ancient Greek society by examining myths, stories and rituals represented in paintings, pottery, friezes and relief sculptures.  

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Greek Myths and Morals

Pupils debate timeless moral dilemmas as they explore how religion and belief in the gods influenced the everyday life of Athenian citizens.

Find out more about Greek Myths and Morals.

Moving to Victorian Manchester

Pupils meet a 19^th Century rural family who are leaving the country to embark on a new life in Manchester. Find out how they fare in this rapidly changing city and understand how different sections of society interacted and built the foundations of the Manchester we know today.

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Tudors

The year is 1485 and the Tudor dynasty is just beginning….
Pupils are invited to step back in time and take part in a variety of activities, including drama and role play, as we explore the structure of Tudor society and the events surrounding the English Reformation.

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Literacy

Incredible Characters, Inventive Endings

Inspired by a range of curious objects, paintings and sculptures, pupils create characters, develop plots and propose resolutions for a fantastical story. They use drama and role play to develop their ideas and we capture their performances onto DVD for you to extend your visit back at school.

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Iron Man

Using artworks, dramatic readings, role play and music, pupils explore this classic children’s sci-fi fairytale. We examine Ted Hughes’ narrative style and techniques to extend pupils writing and help them develop as critical readers.  

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To make a booking or for further information please contact us.

Tel: 0161 235 8842

Fax: 0161 235 8899