London Galleries
An “introduce me” activity developed for
European CLIL teachers of Art. Instructions are
provided below. We often use this kind of activity
to form groups at the beginning of a session.
We would like to expand this activity to include
galleries all over Europe and beyond so please get
busy and send us your efforts!
Webaddress:www.collaborativelearning.org/londongalleries.pdf
Last updated: 11th April 2014
COLLABORATIVE LEARNING PROJECT
Project Director: Stuart Scott
We support a network of teaching professionals to develop and disseminate accessible talk-for-learning activities in all subject areas and for all ages.
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The project is a teacher network, and a non-profit making educational trust. Our main aim is to develop and disseminate classroom tested examples of effective group strategies that promote talk
across all phases and subjects. We hope they will inspire you to develop and use similar strategies in other topics and curriculum areas. We want to encourage you to change them and adapt them
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opportunities for assessment of spoken language.
*They provide scaffolding for differentiation by placing a high value on what children can offer to each other on a particular topic, and also give children the chance to respect each other’s views
and formulate shared opinions which they can disseminate to peers. By helping them to take ideas and abstract concepts, discuss, paraphrase and move them about physically, they help to develop
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Instructions:
You are going to receive a card.
Read it and memorise the main points. Rehearse them to yourself under your
breath without looking at your card.
Find ONE OTHER PERSON in the room with EXACTLY THE SAME COLOUR
CARD as you.
In turn introduce the topic on your card to the other person. Try to present your
main points without looking at your card. If you get stuck, you can glance at your
card to check but put it away before you talk again.
When you have both done this, go to find the other two people in the room with
EXACTLY THE SAME COLOUR CARDS as you.
Now pairs take turns to introduce EACH OTHER’S TOPIC to the other pair.
Now the four of you please sit down at a table. You will be working with each
other for the rest of the session.
www.collaborativelearning.org/londongalleries.pdf
The Tate The Royal Academy
I am in two parts in London : Tate Britain I was founded in in 1768 by king George
and Tate Modern. One part is in Millbank, III to promote art and artists. The
Pimlico and one part is on the Southbank. main reason I first existed was to train
Both galleries are by the River Thames. artists and I am still an Art School, with
I was first opened in Pimlico in 1897 as 60 students a year.
the National Gallery of British Art, on the I am in a beautiful building on Piccadilly.
site of a prison. I changed my name to the I have a large collection of drawings as
Tate, because I was given money by Tate well as many paintings, but I do not have
and Lyle, who sold sugar. In 2000 my new much space to show them off.
gallery opened in an old engine hall. Artists can become Academicians (if
The Millbank gallery contains British art they are good enough). Every Summer
from 1500 to the present day and the I have a big show, where all sorts of
Southbank gallery contains modern art. artists can send pictures. I choose the
I have some great paintings, including best ones to display. People come to buy
most of the Turner collection. I also have pictures at the Summer Show.
big exhibitions e.g. Paul Klee and Gaugin It is free to come and see my building
and people queue to see them. and some pictures, but you have to pay
It is free to come and see my permanent for any exhibitions.
collections, but you have to pay for my I get no money from the government or
special exhibitions. the queen. I make money from charging
I get money from the government. other places to borrow my artworks.
The Victoria and Albert Museum
The National Gallery
I am in South Kensington, on Exhibition
I was founded in 1824 when the
Road. I was founded in 1852 and I moved
government bought a collection of 38
into my very grand building in 1857. Sir
paintings for the people of Britain. I still
Henry Cole thought it would be good to
get money from the government. I am in a
show all the amazing things that people
big building overlooking Trafalgar square.
make. I was lit by the new invention of
Lots of extra rooms have been added over
gaslight which meant I could be open in
the years. I contain many famous paintings:
the evening when I first opened. At first
Van Gogh’s Sunflowers, Monet’s Waterlilies,
I was joined up with the Science Museum
and someTurners.
and we were called the South Kensington
We London galleries have tried to become
Museums but we separated in 1893 and I
clearer about our roles. I have art from
changed my name in 1899.
everywhere, but only up to 1900, the
I have the largest collection of decorative
new pictures are in the Tate. My oldest
arts in the world. I only have 145 galleries
pictures are from the 13th century.
so not everything can be shown at once.
In France and Russia and Germany, the
I have things from all over the world
big galleries were formed when the royal
as well as Britain. Some of my most
collections of paintings were put on show,
precious things are very old textiles and
but in Britain the queen still has all her
tapestries. One of my most popular things
pictures in her palaces.
is a mechanical tiger that eats a man,
My collection is brilliant because it has
it is called Tippo’s Tiger.
good examples of many art movements.
It is free to come and see the permanent
It is free to come and see the famous
collections, but you have to pay for the
paintings but you do have pay for some
special exhibitions.
special exhibitions.
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