Workshop: Cynefin | Museum Wales

Museum Workshop

Cynefin: explore through art

🔍 Discover and Explore

What does Wales mean to you? How does our environment and communities shape who we are?

In this inspiring workshop, learners will explore the Welsh idea of cynefin through the art galleries at National Museum Cardiff. By exploring the artworks and engaging in creative activities, pupils will explore their own personal cynefin, Welsh identity and what it means to be a global citizen of the world.

✏️ Take Part

Learners will take part in at least two creative activities which will encourage them to explore their own personal cynefin, reflect on how our natural environment contributes to our sense of identity and consider their role as citizens of Wales and the world.

ℹ️ About This Session

In this workshop we will be exploring themes of belonging and the climate emergency. Please let us know when you are booking if you have any pupils that would be sensitive to these experiences, and we will do our best to make everyone feel comfortable!

Duration: 1 hour

Cost: Led by Museum staff - £40 for up to 15 pupils, £60 for up to 35. Free for some schools (see booking information).

Curriculum

Expressive Arts

Exploring the expressive arts is essential to developing artistic skills and knowledge and it enables learners to become curious and creative individuals.
Responding and reflecting, both as artist and audience, is a fundamental part of learning in the expressive arts.
Creating combines skills and knowledge, drawing on the senses, inspiration and imagination.

Health and Wellbeing

How we process and respond to our experiences affects our mental health and emotional well-being.
How we engage with social influences shapes who we are and affects our health and well-being.

Language, Literacy and Communication

Languages connect us.
Understanding languages is key to understanding the world around us. 
Expressing ourselves through languages is key to communication.

Humanities

Enquiry, exploration and investigation inspire curiosity about the world, its past, present and future.
Events and human experiences are complex, and are perceived, interpreted and represented in different ways.
Our natural world is diverse and dynamic, influenced by processes and human actions.
Human societies are complex and diverse, and shaped by human actions and beliefs.
Informed, self-aware citizens engage with the challenges and opportunities that face humanity, and are able to take considered and ethical action.