A Picture Paints a Thousand Words

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The following has been designed to give you information in advance of your visit to Manchester Art Gallery so that you can get the most out of your morning or afternoon activity session.

Aims:

Children taking part in a physical workshop in the gallery

  • To make the pupils visit to Manchester Art Gallery an enjoyable and memorable experience
  • To introduce and welcome young visitors to a variety of artworks, which provide connections to life experiences
  • To explore a series of paintings that allow pupils to expand their speaking, listening and writing skills
  • To interpret the artworks through, visual, auditory and kinaesthetic (VAK) learning styles
  • To expand pupils vocabulary for describing works of art whatever their previous experience and knowledge

What happens in a session:

  • The tour will be lead by a gallery educator who will stay with the group throughout
  • Pupils will learn how to use the gallery as a learning resource and will become familiar with a series of paintings
  • Pupils will explore and interpret the paintings and create stories through drama, sound and creative writing techniques
  • Pupils will gather information experientially that connect to their current life experiences and will impact future learning

Preparation:

  • Before you visit discuss the value of experiencing ‘real’ objects through a gallery visit, rather than reproductions
  • Bring a minimum of 1 adult 10 pupils, ensuring that adults are briefed to be aware of their supervisory role and responsibilities for engaging the children when they working together in groups
  • Explain why pupils are not allowed to touch, eat or drink at Manchester Art Gallery (i.e. for protection and conservation work)
  • Bring a camera and record the visit. The photographs can be used to inform work back at school

Follow up:

  • Use the writing created in the session to inform further development of poetry, prose and narrative story telling. Explore the collective written material using drama techniques.

For more information including booking, parking, facilities and a downloadable risk assessment, please go to plan your visit.