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Thursday teacher WORKSHOP Series 2012

Green baby (c) John Cox's Creature Workshops
(c) John Cox's Creature Workshop

All workshops will be held after school on a Thursday, 3.45-5.45pm. LIMITED NUMBERS apply to all workshops.

PLEASE NOTE: This workshop series was initially advertised for Tuesdays but circumstances have required a change to THURSDAY.

Workshop price

  • $20 per participant per workshop for 1, 2 or 3 workshops
  • $60 for 4 workshops
  • $70 for 5 workshops

Payment is requested at time of booking. To make a booking please call us on 07-838-6606.

How to self-lead monster story writing in the museum
8 mARCH

For teachers who want to self lead their classes through the ‘How to Make a Monster’ exhibition from an English or Arts angle, or if you would like to get a glimpse of the How to Make a Monster Story Programme we recommend you take part in our Self- led monster story writing workshop that will equip you with not only tools for your visit, but also pre-visit and post-visit ideas and activities.

Live action film-making
15 mARCH

The advent of digital technology has revolutionized filmmaking and, in turn, film education. Learn how to use filmmaking in your classroom as part of your students learning journey. Especially looking at documentary genre and non-narrative genre, which can be used in most learning areas.

Stop motion monsters: For teachers
22 mARCH

Learn how easy stop animation really is.
If you would like to incorporate stop animation into your lesson plans, and or use our Monsters exhibition for stimuli then this class may be for you. You will go through an easy step by step process on how to get your students to make a stop motion animation film using plasticine.

Teach art like you work in a Museum
29 mARCH

Stuck for art ideas? Using the ‘How to Make a Monster’ exhibition as a starting point, this workshop will take you through practical exercises with a variety of materials and tools to help you teach your students to investigate and develop visual ideas in response to a variety of motivations, observation, and imagination.

Practical motion toy/model-making
26 aPRIL 

This is a practical session that will look at preparing several motion toys that are, in effect, simple examples of animatronic creatures in action. Such creations are simply puppets that perform their actions on cue and therefore give the impression that they have a life of their own. While animatronic creatures that appear on film and TV are usually far too complex for children to reproduce, these simple versions are still possible.
We will prepare one that goes up (a climbing creature), one that goes down (a tumbling creature) and one that curls around (a creature’s finger, which can then be replicated and attached to a palm to create a fully functioning creature’s hand).