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Deep Blue Sea Sounds

Explore the objects in our fishing collection and then recreate the sounds of the sea through rhythm and percussion instruments with Whistle Blast Quartet member Mary Curran.

Activity at a Glance
 
Level:  Junior and Senior Infants, 1st to 3rd Class 
Also suitable for children with special needs
Group Size: 20
Location: Onsite session: Courtyard Education Room
Duration: 60 minutes
10 min: Introduction to Fishing section 
50 min: Music Workshop 

Availability:

  • Thursday 2nd and Friday 3rd October 2025 

Times: 10am - 11.00am or 11.30am - 12.30pm

Booking: Booking required

Please complete an online enquiry form and we will be in touch soon.

Alternatively, you can email the Bookings Office at BookingsCountryLife@museum.ie or telephone
(094) 90 31751

Curriculum Links
SESE History
Infants:  Using Evidence, Time & Chronology, Communication
First to Sixth class: Using Evidence, Time & Chronology, Communication & Empathy
Arts Education: Music
All classes: Musical concepts: A sense of pulse /duration /tempo/pitch/ dynamics/ structure/ texture & style.
 
SESE History
Infants: Story: Stories
First to Sixth class: Continuity & change over time: Food, Story: Stories
Arts Education: Music
All classes: Listening and responding, Performing and Composing.
 
SESE Geography
All classes: Questioning & Observing
Strands and Units:
All classes: Natural environments


Learning Outcomes: 

  • To educate in a fun, creative way – including History, Geography & Music.

  • To introduce Rhythm

  • To introduce the playing of brass instruments

  • To encourage and nurture the imaginative importance of Music.

  • Children develop understanding of and interest in music and its relationship with everyday life through its intertwining with History and Geography via the Museum exhibits and artefacts.

  • Interactive communication games – coordination

  • Listening & Responding (rhythm & voice)

  • Physical Participation – Symphony of Percussion


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