Foundation and KS1

To book any of the sessions below, please contact the Box Office on +44 (0)20 7323 8181 or boxoffice@britishmuseum.org

Art in the early years
(Foundation, Y1 and Y2)

10.30 on the following dates:
12, 30 January 2009
9, 26 March 2009
23 April 2009
11 May 2009
4, 18 June 2009

Use the Museum’s collection to inspire art and design. Students spend time in the galleries and make and create art that they can take away at the end of the session.

Maximum group: 30
Duration: 90 minutes including lunch break
£10 per group
Curriculum links: Speaking & Listening, Art & Design, Diversity

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Clothes from around the world
(Nursery and Foundation Stage)

10.30 on the following dates:

8, 15 January 2009
2 February 2009
2, 23 March 2009
7, 14 May 2009
11 June 2009

This session introduces young children to the cultural diversity to be found at the British Museum and helps develop confidence in using ICT. First students explore some galleries talking about the different clothes they see and taking photographs using digital cameras.

After a break they try some art using the interactive whiteboard.

Maximum group: 15
Duration: 90 minutes including lunch break
£10 per group (includes CD of photographs and children’s work from the interactive whiteboard)
Curriculum links: Speaking & Listening, Art & Design, Diversity, ICT

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African Tales in the Paul Hamlyn Library
(Y1 and Y2)

10.30 on the following dates:
9, 16, 23, 30 January 2009
6, 13, 27 February 2009
6, 13, 20 March 2009
24 April 2009
1, 8, 15 May 2009
5, 12, 19, 26 June 2009
3 July 2009

This story and activity session takes place in the Paul Hamlyn Library. After sharing an African story students take part in hands-on work and discussion and find out more about the library itself. They then visit the Sainsbury African Galleries to look at beautiful objects from across the African continent.

Maximum group: 30
Duration: 60 minutes in Library, followed by lunch break and a self-guided visit to the African Galleries
£10 per group (including a free small copy of the book read during the session)
Curriculum links: Literacy, Numeracy, Diversity

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African maths
(Y1 and Y2)

10.30 and 12.00 on the following dates:
2, 6, 12 March 2009
30 April 2009
4, 22 June 2009

As they explore examples of African beadwork from the Museum’s handling collection, students explore shapes, patterns and counting in this lively interactive session.

Maximum group: 30
Duration: 60 minutes
£30 per group
Curriculum links: Maths, Cultural Diversity

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