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The musicians provide a comprehensive package of workshops for schools where the displays employ a cross-curricular approach and are of great relevance to the National Curriculum. The children are given the opportunity to dress in full period costume, listen to the music and debate important issues to enable a deeper understanding of a given period in history.
We have had 20 years experience in working with children, have qualified teacher status and police clearance.
Where all the children are to be costumed, we have a maximum of 20 girls and 20 boys’ outfits per presentation.
All performances are based on presentations lasting 2 hours but can be adapted to accommodate timetable requirements and hall usages for lunches
Key Stage 2
Key Stage 3
Prices - Availability - References
KEY STAGE 2
During a key stage 2 presentation the children will;
- experience a cross-curricular approach.
- handle reproduction and or period artefacts.
- be encouraged to feel empathy with the events and people of the given period of history.
- investigate various aspects of the social and political climates of the time.
The children will experience all or some of the following:
Tudors - Victorians - World War II
Tudors
Dress in full Tudor peasant costume – based on the Breughel paintings which the children will see as primary evidence.
Learn about Henry VIII and his six wives, his split with the Church of Rome, the dissolution of the monasteries and reformation of the Church. Science of sound based on seeing and hearing copies of the instruments played during Tudor times – hurdy-gurdy, bagpipes, harp, pipe and tabor, Sagbut, fiddle. Dance a bransle – a peasant dance from the 16th century. Learn about words and their origins.
- Links are made to many areas of the curriculum, particularly the following:
- Science QCA Unit 5F – changing sounds.
- History QCA Unit 7, 8 – Why did Henry marry six times: What were the differences between the lives of rich and poor people in Tudor times?
- Music QCA Unit 10, 18 - Exploring rhythmic pattern: Exploring
sound source.
- Literacy p.3 The National Literacy Strategy – Children should have
an interest in words and their meanings.
- Dance National Curriculum Handbook 6a - performance of dances
from different times.
- PSHE/Citizenship National Curriculum Handbook 2c – bullying.
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Dancing a Tudor Bransle |
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Victorians
Dress in full Victorian costume from different classes of society and soldiery of the Empire.
Look at some of the moral issues concerning Empire building and how the Victorians felt about it.
Discuss emancipation of women and life in the home.
Discuss moods evoked and social comment made by songs of the time.
- Links are made to many areas of the curriculum, particularly the following:
- History QCA Unit 11 – What was it like for children living in Victorian Britain?
- Music QCA Unit 19 - Cultural and social significance of lyrics and how mood is portrayed in the writing and performance of these.
- Literacy – National Literacy Strategy – Listening skills:
Use of lyrics as poetry.
- PSHE/Citizenship The National Curriculum Handbook –
Many issues are covered in this presentation –
2d, e, k, discussing rights and responsibilities,
cultural issues and media presentation of information.
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Learning about the role of women
in Victorian society
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World War II
Some of the children get chance to dress as various members of the allied and axis forces from the time of the Second World War.
Through music, costume, stories, dances and games of the time we look at various social and political aspects of the War-time period and try to capture the feelings of the people who lived in the first half of the 1940’s.
- Links are made to many areas of the curriculum, particularly the following:
- History QCA Unit 9 – What was it like for children in the Second World War?
- Music QCA Unit 19 – Cultural and social significance of lyrics and how mood is portrayed in the writing and performance of these.
- PE National Curriculum Handbook 6a - performance of dances from different times.
- Literacy – National Literacy Strategy – Listening skills: Use of lyrics as poetry.
- PSHE/Citizenship National Curriculum Handbook 2g – discussing democracy
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ARP wardens lend a helping
hand back home
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KEY STAGE 3
Presentations for children in key stage 3 are timed to last between fifty minutes and one hour. We can offer 5 of these in a day. These performances can be augmented or diminished to suit the timetable of the school.
Periods of history covered are:
Medieval Realms -
Tudors -
Stuarts -
Victorians -
Great War -
Second World War
All displays cover many different aspects of each period of history and use various combinations of music, discussion, costume and dance to illustrate the issues concerned
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Dancing a medieval farandole |
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Learning about the hurdy-gurdy and the pipe and tabor |
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The Great War |
Prices
Our basic fee for the day is £300 plus vat, which could be as little as £2.50 per child based on 3 workshops per day, 40 children per workshop plus expenses.
Availability
It is not usually a problem to accommodate any date for a school visit if we are given a choice of a few dates to consider.
Contact us on hautboisheritage@tiscali.co.uk for bookings and more details.
References
We have a comprehensive list of schools for both key stage 2 and key stage 3 who are prepared to act as referees should you need a reference. Please e-mail us at hautboisheritage@tiscali.co.uk for details.
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