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The JACKFIELD TILE Museum Key stage One Worksheet & Guide

How many peacocks can you find in the museum?

Name

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In this room people would have chosen their tiles to buy from the factory. Look around. Choose and draw your two favourite tiles.

FascinatingFact! Floor tiles are made to be walked on so they are normally smooth and often unglazed. As wall tiles do not have this restriction they can have Touch the tiles on the walls. raised patterns and be Can you tell if they are highly decorative. floor or wall tiles?

Copy an encaustic floor tile. An encaustic floor tile.

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Left at the top of the staircase

My Favourite Tile A tile with a flower on it

A tile with an animal on it A tile I didn’t like

Can you find this tile?

Who is the lady?

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What is she looking for?

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Craven Dunnill Jackfield Limited, Jackfield Tile Museum, Ironbridge Gorge, Shropshire TF8 7LJ telephone: 01952 884627 facsimile: 01952 884487 e-mail: [email protected] www.cravendunnill-jackfield.co.uk Tiles everywhere

Continue through the arched doors

What is the name of the Underground train station?

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How many pigs are there in the butchers shop?

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Which letters are in the middle of the church railings?

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How many different sheilds can you find on the fire place? Draw one of them.

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Can you find this tile mural? What do you think the children might be saying?

Craven Dunnill Jackfield Limited, Jackfield Tile Museum, Ironbridge Gorge, Shropshire TF8 7LJ telephone: 01952 884627 facsimile: 01952 884487 e-mail: [email protected] www.cravendunnill-jackfield.co.uk Long gallery

Keep walking around the corner and through the door

Can you find this tile mural? Can you finish the picture?

Craven Dunnill Jackfield Limited, Jackfield Tile Museum, Ironbridge Gorge, Shropshire TF8 7LJ telephone: 01952 884627 facsimile: 01952 884487 e-mail: [email protected] www.cravendunnill-jackfield.co.uk Five Factory Facts

Down the stairs and to the left

What are tiles made from? FascinatingFact! Did you know that the press pushes the tile ______with the weight of three elephants?

How many tiles can be made on the press each day?

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How much force does the press use to squeeze the clay into a tile shape?

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O What temperature are the LISTEN, tiles heated to in the kiln? What can you hear?

The factory has machines like giant o vacuum cleaners to keep the air ______C clean and healthy.

1874 2011 Fire Exit

Spot the

differences

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