We offer a range of bespoke learning experiences for all year groups. You may like to engage with a specific exhibition, or you may prefer something which compliments your class’s curriculum, or a combination of different things.
Past bespoke school visits have covered the following areas:
• architecture
• paper-making
• print-making
• watercolour techniques (inspired by Laura Ford’s Reveal and Conceal)
• phytograms and cyanotypes (natural photography methods)
• Somerset Day
• poetry
• performance
A gallery tour and workshop will take approximately 2 hours, so why not make the most of your visit to Watchet by choosing an additional experience for your school trip from the opportunities below.
For enquiries please email learning@eastquaywatchet.co.uk
Artist-led session ‘What Is Art Anyway?’ is an exploration of art in all its forms with East Quay-based artist, Zoe Snape. Working with three-dimensional objects and with reference to a diverse range of artists, this workshop aims to improve team-working skills, introduces art vocabulary, and builds confidence in talking about less conventional art, while gently challenging any pre-conceived ideas of what art can be. This workshop can be adapted to suit any age group. Charges apply.
Watchet Boat Museum is a treasure-trove of artefacts and paraphernalia related to the local mud-traversing fishing boat, the Flatner, and Watchet’s maritime history. Interactive exhibits will be sure to delight including a flatner play boat, ship's wheel and navigation, pulleys and weights, and children’s trails and activity sheets. Invite Chris along and he’ll teach you how to make a piece of rope – and he’ll even let you take some back to school as a souvenir.
Watchet Visitor Centre is a great place to start if you are keen to learn about Watchet’s history, heritage, folklore and/or geography. There’s not much that Visitor Centre manager Fiona doesn’t know about our seaside hometown, AND she’s always happy to share her stories and knowledge! Suitable for all age groups and tailorable to your school’s curriculum needs.
East Quay, Watchet Visitor Centre and Watchet Boat Museum are appreciative of donations from our local schools; a fee structure applies to schools from further afield and the private sector.
