We were pleased to welcome Liz, from Leeds Museum Discovery Centre, to our second schools session today. She brought with her some of the amazing objects which we had seen when we visited the Discovery Centre a few weeks ago.
Some of the objects were passed around to get a closer look, including a boars tusk (not the Rothwell Boar though!)
And a selection of old glass slides showing scenes from mines and pit life in Leeds collieries.
The children got a chance to draw their favourite object close up and some of the adults joined in too.
One child commented “Your drawing is ace, Jean!”
‘Quick print’ is a technique that we had tried at one of our first sessions, so the adults were quite confident that they could assist the children in this activity.
Working from drawings the children had done at the first session, they created a simple motif to be printed onto fabric.
They will be used as a border for the childrens banner.
Everyone was asked to name some kind of Rothwell wildlife – we had spiders, bees, butterflies, worms, ants, dolphins, cats. owls. squirrels, cows, pigs and even hamsters suggested. Each of the children drew a simple outline shape to make a paper pattern from, which could then be cut from felt.
To round off the session the children shared highlights from their recent trip to the Beamish Museum. A lovely interaction between the group and the children as most of the group members had visited the Beamish Museum too – so everyone had chance to share their favourite bit.
Here are a few – the money tube, Victorian School room, coin clipping, the miners canary, the sweet shop and the tram.
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