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Art, Design and Technology
This page outlines the topics we've covered, as well as the resources and external courses that we've used.
Trips & Workshops
Workshop at The National Videogame Museum
We took a trip to Sheffield for a home-ed workshop at the National Videogame Museum - creating sprites and playing all manner of games.
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Trips | Art, Design and Technology | Computing | UK Day trips - near Manchester
Tour of Energy House 2.0
Energy House 2.0 was opened in February 2022 and is the largest research facility of its type in the world.
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Art, Design and Technology | Environmental Management iGCSE | Physics | Science | Trips | UK Day trips - near Manchester
Yayoi Kusama: You, Me and the Balloons
We couldn't help but have an instant reaction to this immersive installation at Manchester's Aviva Studios, and very much enjoyed watching other people have a similar reaction to the works on display.
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Art, Design and Technology | Trips | UK Day trips - near Manchester
Home Ed Creativity Fair
Following last month’s really enjoyable Geography Fair, the girls jumped at the chance to have a display at this month’s Creativity Fair. These events are organised by a home ed Mum (Sarah from Let Them Be Small, @mssburns on Instagram) and give home ed children an opportunity to share their work with other families. Agatha chose to do her ... Read more
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Inventive Architecture course
Over the past few months I have been doing an Inventive Architecture course with Homemade Education. I have done a fashion history course with them before and that was really fun, so I wanted to do another topic. Over six one-hour sessions, I learned about architecture and the ways it can effect people and their ... Read more
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Manchester Architecture Tour
I found this free tour on Eventbrite and thought we’d give it a go. It was run by Ed Glinert of New Manchester Walks who led us on a walk, together with another 15 or so people, around the city centre looking at different styles of buildings from the Classical, Italianate, Gothic, Baroque and Modernist ... Read more
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Art, Design and Technology | History | Trips | UK Day trips - near Manchester
Italian Job
The girls had a fab day at Saddleworth Cookery School thanks to an offer to bring a friend for free. The theme was Italian food and so they made fresh pasta, risotto and bruschetta. Sadly, only the risotto made it home for us to try as the rest was eaten for lunch! The girls always ... Read more
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Fashion History course
For the past few months, I have been doing a Fashion History course from Homemade Education. My teacher was called Kate, and she was really nice. I have learnt loads from it and have had lots of fun. The course was spread across six weeks, with assignments being set for certain lessons. You can choose ... Read more
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Art, Design and Technology | External history courses | History
Making potions and retro t-shirts!
This was a super successful session on acids and alkali which created a lot of mess but which kept the girls engaged for a whole morning. We made some red cabbage indicator so we could see what liquids were acid or alkali according to what colour the indicator went. We guessed first and then found ... Read more
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Mughal painting
This free workshop formed part of the Sangam Festival in Huddersfield which I found out about on Facebook. We learned about the South Asian technique of Mughal painting and where it originated. This style of painting was used for miniatures either as book illustrations (the equivalent of our illuminated letters) or as single paintings to ... Read more
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