Events

Earlyarts Professional Development Day

for the Cheshire Hub area

run by Cheshire West and Chester Council

Thursday 6th January 2011

Grosvenor Museum , 27, Grosvenor Street, Chester CH1 2DD (Directions Here)

9.30 am – 3.30 pm (Coffee available from 9.00am, please bring your own lunch)

Theme: Puppetry and Music creative approaches to support children’s own stories and learning

For: Artists, early years practitioners, heads of centres, cultural managers, local authority advisors, early years professionals, arts or cultural organisations

9.00 Coffee/tea/refreshments in the Museum Classroom

9.30 Earlyarts Welcome… introduction to the day by Cate Madden, Music Advisor, Cheshire West and Chester plus Zoe Burkett from Museum Education on Using Puppets in the Museum giving access to children to explore objects/artworks on their own level

10.00 Earlyarts Networking King’s Arms Kitchen

10.30 Practical Workshop 1:

Creating Your Own World Through Puppetry: Imaginative play for young children is based on activities and objects that are already familiar to them. Toys, stories and miniature versions of everyday things allow children to create their own worlds. With Dynamic New Animation Imaginary Leaps in the Museum Classroom.

12.30 Lunch King’s Arms Kitchen

13.15 Practical Workshop 2:

Making Music in the Museum: Songs, rhymes, games designed to support and enhance language, communication and cooperation: music making to foster creative learning. With Cate Madden, Music Advisor, Cheshire West & Chester Council in the Stones Gallery

14.15 Refreshments King’s Arms Kitchen

14.30 Investigating the Museum Understanding how access to the Museum, discovering and exploring the objects and artefacts, can empower children to interpret their world The Museum has asked for constructive feedback on the Galleries’ suitability for Early Years

15.00 Sharing Experiences learning journeys and delivery plans, feedback and action planning plus the Dates of the next Professional Development Days.

15.30 Close

Places are free for Earlyarts members or £50 for non-members, refundable if you then go on to take out an Earlyarts small or large organisation subscription

Book your place online at www.earlyarts.co.uk