A visit to the National Portrait Gallery

The Royal Portrait Gallery — London's gallery of famous faces, with a school group

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1Look! What can you see?

Watch the whole video once, without sound if you like. Tick the things you can see.

2Welcome to the Gallery

3Your school visit

4Gallery rules: Do or Don't?

First, guess: can you do these things in the Gallery? Then watch and check.

    5Workshops and the Schools Hub

    6The children's favourite bits

    What did each person enjoy most? Watch part D and match.

      7Your turn: welcome to our gallery!

      Your class is opening its own portrait gallery (with your royal portraits!). Prepare a short welcome for the visitors.

      1. Say where the gallery is and what visitors can see.
      2. Give three rules: what visitors can do, and what they can't do.
      3. Say what your favourite portrait is, and why.
      4. Record your welcome (1 minute), or present it to another class.

      Useful sentences

      Welcome to our portrait gallery! It's in room 12, and it's free.

      You can see 25 royal portraits. Some of them look proud, others look funny!

      You can take photos, and you can spend as long as you like.

      Please don't touch the portraits, and please move quietly.

      My favourite bit is Léo's portrait, because his crown is enormous!

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