Find Your Talent
Dotty and Jesse on the rapids
An exciting new Key Stage 2 outreach programme starts on 2 November 2009 when National Museums Liverpool (NML) offers an Ancient Egyptian Adventure to 63 primary schools in Liverpool, Knowsley and St Helens.
The day of the visit begins with an assembly featuring 'ancient Egyptian' actors. Performances then follow in which intrepid explorers make some unusual discoveries in a pyramid...
Photographs from the set construction and rehearsals can be found on our Flickr page.
The project offers the children a fantastic experience and aims to inspire them, their parents, teachers and schools to visit World Museum Liverpool and explore its unique and wonderful collections with a sense of adventure, curiosity and enthusiasm!
The programme has an ancient Egyptian theme but uses a cross-curricula approach, which involves the following elements:
In addition there will be a Continuing Professional Development strand to support teachers using the programme, and the associated cross-curricula resources. These will be especially useful in the area of Literacy.
Model of the Egyptian temple set being created at World Museum Liverpool. By Lois Maskell - Theatre, Performance and Environmental Design
The project is funded by central government through the Find Your Talent programme, and is directed by a team from National Museums Liverpool, the targeted schools, and creative practitioners brought together by Hope Street Ltd. It runs until April 2010.
As a part of the Find Your Talent programme, the Ancient Egyptian Adventure is restricted to certain schools in Liverpool, Knowsley and St Helens. The project is being closely monitored and the experience will inform future work in World Museum Liverpool.
For further details please contact Jon Marrow, senior education officer for humanities, on 0151 478 4034 or send him an email.