Welcome to the August Edition of Schools News from Eskbank House & Museum. We have some exciting activities coming up at the Museum and we hope that you will all be able to participate.
We will be sending out a regular newsletter which will assist you in planning school excursions to the Museum. The newsletter will provide details of annual events and exhibitions and upcoming activities as they are planned.
Sims Metal WASTE 2 ART & design competition 2007/08
 Entries close for the 2007/08 WASTE 2 ART & design local competition on Friday 5 October 2007. The competition is open to Primary Schools, Community Groups, and Commercial & Non-commercial artists. Works are exhibited at the Museum during November.
Be inspired to create!
Visit the WASTE 2 ART & design Travelling Photographic Exhibition from 29 Aug – 9 Sept. 120 images of the 2006/07 entries at the regional W2A exhibition will be on display along with 2D Artworks and Sculptural works by local and regional artists.
SPINNING YARNS
The Lithgow Tweed & Woollen Mills Story
Some of the items in the Lithgow Woollen Mills Collection.
Some of the items in the Lithgow Woollen Mills Collection
An exhibition of the Nationally Significant Lithgow Woollen Mills will be on display at the Lithgow Library from 18 Sept – 13 October. The Lithgow Woollen Mills operated for 150 years producing blanketing, clan tartans and military cloth for Australians at war during WWI, WWII and the Vietnam and Korea conflicts.
Visit this exciting exhibition before the end of term or encourage students to visit with their families during the holidays. This is a great pre-curser to PEEP AT SHEEP, An outreach program available from the Museum during term 4 from the Department of Primary Industries.
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PEEP AT SHEEP is a classroom exhibition box about sheep and wool for lower primary students. Brimming with hands-on-goodies and fun activities.
In the box you will find a fleece, sheep skull, wool product samples, posters for display around the classroom covering topics such as wool processing, sheep breeds, wool history and amazing facts about wool. There is a puppet show focusing on the cooling and warming properties of wool which students can present to the class and a lovely story book about Timothy and Wobbly the Woolly Sheep.
The materials and activities contained in Peep at Sheep best support the implementation of NSW Department of Education & Training’s Stage 1, Growing and Changing Connected Outcome Group (COG). The kit can also be used to support the Products and Services COG.
Teachers are encouraged to give students a full overview of the cycles involved in producing wool by:
- Visiting the SPINNING YARNS exhibition at the Library.
- Borrowing PEEP AT SHEEP from the Museum
- Visiting Megalong Valley Farm and Heritage Centre to explore changes in primary production from c1890 to present day.
On the Run
Daring Convict Escapes is a travelling exhibition from the State Library of NSW. The exhibition will be held at the end of term 4 and will feature convict irons and shackles from the Eskbank House & Museum collection along with a set of irons that were dug up at the Old Rydal Police Station. More information will be provided to teachers next term.
DISABLED ACCESS AT ESKBANK
Eskbank House & Museum has been progressively working towards making the Museum more accessible for people with disabilities. We have installed an access ramp into the house, disabled drop off point and combined staff/disabled Toilet with Baby Change Facilities.
For information on any of the items in this newsletter contact Deborah Mc Grath, Cultural Development Officer on 02 6354 9999.
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