Workshop at a glance
Level: Junior Infants - 2nd class
Group size: 20
Location: Irish Silver gallery
Duration: 1 hour
Available: Thursdays from 10am - 11am and 12pm - 1pm
Booking: Please contact bookings@museum.ie to book this session
In this sensory creative art & drama workshop students will be introduced to the Museum's Irish Silver collection and learn about mythical creatures of the past.
After some object handling and discovering all the different animals hidden in the gallery, students will be challenged to design and create their own imaginary animal.
My class really enjoyed creating their own mythical creature and bringing it to life!
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Curriculum links
Aistear: the Early Childhood Curriculum Framework
Exploring and thinking
Communication skills
SESE History
Working as a Historian
Time and chronology/ Using evidence/ Communication
Story
Stories from the lives of people in the past/ Myths and legends
Life, society, work and culture in the past
Language and culture in late 19th and early 20th century Ireland
Visual Arts Curriculum
Drawing, Construction
Drama Curriculum
Exploring and making drama
Co-operating and communicating in making drama
Learning outcomes
- To encourage students to explore the Silver Collection in an atmosphere of personal discovery, generated through the linkage of observation with imagination
- Allow students to explore the collection in a self-directed manner, while having a defined purpose
- To create an awareness of what a museum collects and displays, and why
- To learn about artistic methods used in silversmithing
- To develop creative and drama skills by using imagination and design in the creation of mythical beasts
Resources and suggestions
After your visit
- Draw, paint or colour your mythical creature
- Make the mythical creature in clay or make a mask of the mythical creature
- Design an animal shaped teapot; make the teapot two-dimensional out of card and tinfoil
- Write a story based on the adventures of the mythical creature