Education Programs - Preschool, Kindergarten and Primary
Below is a list of the programs on offer for this age group. Please click on the links in the right hand column to download the booking sheet.
Preschool
Preschool, Kindergarten and Year 1 programs focus on learning through gallery adventures. Classes are a buzz of near-constant movement with drawing, story telling and discovering connections between artists, their subjects and students’ lives.
Beyond the pencil explores a variety of approaches to drawing through practical activities, games and students’ responses to portraits
Pictures tell stories of special people, special places and different times. Examine portraits and investigate selected stories and their meanings
I say, they say investigates the stories of subjects, and what one portrait might communicate to another. Create individual and group stories to share
Friendships and portraits considers the different communities and groups to which subjects belong. Investigate the relationships that are represented in and between portraits
Express yourself explores ways in which we discover and express our ideas, feelings, beliefs and values through art. People create art in many ways and for different purposes. Look at why artists create portraits and which tools and materials are used in their production
Kindergarten & Year 1
D is for drawing explores a variety of approaches to drawing through activity and responding to portraits
P is for portraits tells stories about a person or groups of people. Express opinions about the art work considering props, pose and style
E is for exhibition asks what a group of portraits tells us, why they are grouped together and what the artists’ ideas were. Which portraits would you select for an exhibition?
S is for self portrait explores why artists paint self portraits. Do artists like their self portraits? How do you see them? How would students portray themselves?
Pictures tell stories looks at families and their special places represented in portraits. What is similar and different to students’ families and where they’re from?
Look and listen explores the media used by artists in portraits. Students sort and list the materials and use some of them to make their own art
A number of portraits promotes students’ observational skills by counting some of the objects represented in the portraits
Responsible living investigates how individuals and groups have (or haven’t) taken care of the environment in the past and present.
Time and place compares the contributions of individuals represented in the portraits in different eras and places
Years 2 & 3
Programs for Years 2 & 3 are full of practical exercises and movement through the Gallery. Students identify with artists and their subjects and gain an understanding of history.
Beyond the pencil examines a variety of approaches to drawing through activities and responses to portraits
Self and others encourages students to study a range of portraits that reflect aspects of their own lives and make drawings in response to them
On show determines how the National Portrait Gallery creates an exhibition. Whose work is included in the Gallery? What language is used? Create an exhibition of students’ work with invitations, a catalogue, statements and wall text
Looking up examines leaders in your community, what do they do and how are they chosen? Choose your own leaders
Expressions responds to artists’ work from different eras and of varying styles. What appeals and what does not?
Years 4, 5 & 6
Students are encouraged to exercise judgement, critique works and voice opinions. Lively discussion ensues when the value of art and the contributions of subjects to Australian life are debated.
Beyond the pencil explores a variety of approaches to drawing through activities and responses to portraits.
The possibilities of portraiture investigates the range and forms of portraiture
Pictures tell stories explores diversity, people and place through observation and discussion.
Ordinary and extraordinary lives asks if there are any Australian heroes and what makes an Australian hero
The value of art questions how we value art. Can we place a monetary value on art and if so what is it worth?
A considered life ponders how artists, scientists, writers, sports people and politicians make contributions to our communities and culture
Connections in portraits investigates the relationships between subject and artist |
