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©Press Eye Ltd Northern Ireland – 16th January 2014
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Tim Husbands CEO, Titanic Belfast with Ruairí Quinn T.D., Minister for Education & Skills (left) and Northern Irelandâs Education Minister John OâDowd MLA, (right) with Sorcha Bergin from St Brigid’s PS, Dublin and Colin Ogle from Victoria Park PS and Molly Gallagher from Our Lady’s Girls PS at Titanic Belfast. The centre has launched a new education workshop entitled âMy Grandaâs Piece Tinâ.

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ISSUED THURSDAY, 16TH JANUARY 2014

EDUCATION MINISTERS SAMPLE BELFAST SHIPYARD âPIECE TINâ
Dublin and Belfast Pupils Launch Titanic Belfast Education Workshop

Education Minister, John OâDowd MLA and his southern counterpart, Ruairí Quinn T.D., Minister for Education & Skills, have joined 60 primary school children from Dublin and Belfast to explore Titanic Belfastâs educational offering and launch a new workshop entitled âMy Grandaâs Piece Tinâ.
Named after the âpiecesâ or sandwiches which shipyard workers brought to work for their lunch, the workshop explores what life was like for the youngest workers in the Belfast shipyards, where Titanic was famously built.
Pupils from St Brigidâs National School, Dublin and Our Ladyâs Girls Primary School and Victoria Park Primary School in Belfast explored the lives of the young apprentices, some of whom were aged just 15 when they began their careers. The pupils also dressed in shipyard workersâ clothes typical of the period and enjoyed a tailored tour of the Titanic Belfast galleries as part of âMy Grandaâs Piece Tinâ workshop.
Minister OâDowd said:
âThe story of the Titanic has captured the public imagination for the past 100 years. Since it opened in 2012 Titanic Belfast has provided young people from across Ireland with a wonderful opportunity to learn about this important part of our history.
âThe educational workshops on offer are not only informative and enjoyable but importantly they are also relevant to a range of areas of learning within the revised curriculum.
âI am delighted to be here today with Minister Quinn to help launch the latest Education Workshop. It was clear that the pupils from Our Ladyâs, Victoria Park and St Brigidâs have thoroughly enjoyed their experience and I am sure that will be the case for all those who visit this fantastic resource.â

Minister Quinn added:
âSince opening Titanic Belfast has drawn over one million visitors and renewed international interest in other Irish connections to Titanic such as Cobh. Titanic Belfast is, however, also a major education resource and more than 30,000 pupils from across the island have already enjoyed its education workshops.
âThis is a wonderful experience for the children from St Brigidâs and for some this has been their first visit to Belfast. Like most children they are fascinated with Titanic and that makes it an excellent story to help bring various parts of the school curriculum to life.â
During the workshop the children were asked to compare the contents of their packed lunches with a typical shipyard âpiece tinâ and considered which options would be healthiest.
Tim Husbands, Titanic Belfastâs CEO, said:
âPart of the enduring appeal of Titanic is that there are so many levels to the story, from its construction to the tragedy of its maiden voyage, its eventual discovery and the personal stories of passengers, crew and the men â and children – who built her.
âFrom an educational perspective the opportunities are endless and weâve devised an education programme specifically to meet the needs of the curriculum on both sides of the border. Titanicâs popularity crosses all ages and is also truly international â so far weâve had school visits from 18 different countries including Australia, Canada and Ecuador.â
At present Titanic Belfast offers four education workshops and a full range of pre-visit and post-visit learning materials to support teachers and pupils. The workshops include âDit and Dahâ which explores communication methods at sea and âDipping Your Toeâ which utilises Titanic Belfastâs high-tech Ocean Exploration Centre to help pupils learn about how to safeguard the worldâs oceans.
To mark the Ministersâ visit, Titanic Belfast is also hosting a Titanic Thinkers exhibition displaying Titanic-themed art by local school children.
Since opening Titanic Belfast has welcomed more than 1.3 million visitors, including almost 350,000 from the Republic of Ireland. More than 42,000 pupils have experienced Titanic Belfastâs education programme, representing more than 900 schools.
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Notes to Editors
Titanic Belfast

Titanic Belfast is an iconic six-floor building featuring nine interpretive and interactive galleries that explore the sights, sounds, smells and stories of Titanic, as well as the City and people which made her. It is the Worldâs Largest Titanic exhibition.

The building houses temporary exhibits, a banqueting suite, education and community facilities, catering and retail space, and a basement car park. Visitors learn about the construction of RMS Titanic and the wide and rich story of Northern Irelandâs industrial and maritime heritage.

Supported by the Northern Ireland Executive, Titanic Belfast is a unique public/private partnership funded by the Northern Ireland Tourist Board, Belfast City Council, Belfast Harbour and Titanic Quarter Ltd. It is operated by Titanic Belfast Ltd and owned by the Titanic Foundation Ltd.

Education Programme
Titanic Belfast offers three workshops and a tailored programme to Education Groups.
My Grandaâs Piece Tin is a special programme for 6-to-8 year olds which looks at life for young apprentices at Harland and Wolff during the 1940 to 1970 era. The children take a one-hour workshop that looks at the lunch break in the yard; the contents of the menâs âpiece tinsâ and the games they played. The second half of the programme is a living history tour of some of the galleries where, dressed like an apprentice and guided by an apprenticesâ supervisor, they hear stories, sing and then cheer as Olympic is launched.
Dit and Dah is a workshop that looks at long range communication methods and is most appropriate for 8-to-12 year olds. There are three components to the workshop; an introductory, information based presentation, a practical activity based session where the pupils try three communication methods (Morse code, semaphore and signal flags) and then a plenary activity in the form of a strengths and weaknesses analysis of the methods they tried.
The Panel is aimed at secondary aged students and the delivery can be adjusted to suit 11-14 year olds right up to 18 year olds. Students are given access to primary source material in the form of excerpts from the Titanic inquiry testimonies. They must decipher the archaic and, at times, legalistic language and use active learning techniques to work out what the witnesses feel went wrong. They then role play as members of a board of inquiry advisory panel giving advice to the legislative bodies of 1912 who must write new laws to help prevent the tragedy ever happening again.
Dipping Your Toe is a workshop suitable for students aged 6-14 years old and is an introduction to Ocean Literacy that will encourage them to think proactively about the wider world around us. Participants will find out about the importance and operation of our oceans, how we negatively impact on them and what we can do as individuals to protect them for the future.
The Education page on www.titanicbelfast.com contains tailored information for teachers. We provide thorough logistical information about planning a visit and what happens while they are with us, and a risk assessment document that is suitable for education group leaders.
Also online, teachers will find gallery notes that are age and syllabus specific, allowing teachers to make connections between their curriculum targets and the themes and activities that can be found in our galleries. To support teachers bringing a group to Titanic Belfast, we also make suggestions for introductory and plenary activities in the classroom. This will help students maximise the curriculum value of their trip even if it is not part of a wider Titanic project.
Teachers can contact the group booking team via a dedicated education telephone line and a dedicated education email address. They are offered the opportunity to book a workshop as well as their gallery tour and are sent a detailed email giving them an over view of the booking process and our terms and conditions.
Education Groups are met upon arrival onsite by a group host who will give them a safety briefing and an introduction to getting the most out of the galleries. Where the group is too large to put into one entry slot (i.e. more than 30/32) they are split into two smaller groups. The first group goes into the on the hour slot and the second group is offered a free talk to keep them busy for 15-20 minutes until they can enter at the next slot.

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