Suitable for Key Stage 2 and older Key Stage 1 pupils.

Timing: 1 hour 30 minutes maximum

Staff - pupil ratio: The Sculpture Trail has been designed for teachers/adults to lead small groups of pupils around the trail using our explorer backpacks. There are 8 backpacks to be shared out between the school group and we recommend one adult to every group with a backpack.

Sculpture Trail: Discover the sculptures around The Herbert through this independent, interpretive and investigative trail. Using our explorer backpacks and teacher guides, pupils will have the opportunity to study the sculptures in and around The Herbert. The backpacks contain trail maps, magnifying glasses, mirrors, spot-the-detail cards, method-making cards and the teacher guides. The Teacher guides are filled with suggested questions and topics to encourage group discussion, questioning and understanding of the sculptures that your pupils will discover. Using the maps, the sculpture trail will lead you around The Herbert's Sculpture Gallery, around the outside of the museum and over to the Old Cathedral ruins.

Learning Outcomes:
Through attending this session your children will build on the following skills:

• Improved speaking and listening, through group discussion and interaction.
• Further consideration and evaluation of evidence.
• Increased investigative skills of visual and tactile qualities of different materials.
• Increased knowledge about shape, pattern, texture, line, tone, form and space and how these elements can be combined for different purposes.
• A higher awareness of the visual and spatial elements that surround us indoors and outdoors.

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