Take One aims and principles
Take One applies the model of the National Gallery Take One Picture programme within a local context.
Aims
The programme aims to:
- Promote the use of historic collections within education
- Enable pupils to make meaningful connections and to inspire a lifelong love of learning
- Act as a vehicle to raise pupils' standards and self-esteem
- Involve teachers in high-quality training underpinned by research-based pedagogy
- Demonstrate and share the possibilities of enhancing children’s learning by engaging with collections
- Raise the profile of learning outside the classroom as a means of enhancing learning in the classroom, and facilitate a seamless transition between the two
- Encourage the involvement of the wider school community to build relationships and strengthen identities
- Provide a platform to celebrate children’s work
Principles
We believe:
- Cultural learning is enriching and can play a transformational role in the lives of young people
- Experiencing original art and historic collections is an entitlement
- As a visual stimulus to learning, art should be accessible to everyone
- Working with paintings, objects, archival documents and historic sites enables meaningful connections to be made
- Engaging and responding to collections stimulates enquiry, as well as critical and creative thinking
- High-quality questions facilitate high-quality responses
- Exploring a rich context provides a platform for a creative, cross-curricular approach to learning
- High-quality active learning experiences are inspiring and motivating
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