School Programs

Arts Discovery Days

Arts Discovery Days is a project of Confederation Centre of the Arts in partnership with the PEI Department of Education and Lifelong Learning. This full day programme allows 3 classes per day to visit the Confederation Centre of the Arts, where they will experience workshops in movement, drama, and visual arts, with an optional Chamber Replica visit.

These “hands-on” sessions will be tied into the grade 4 and grade 8 Social Studies and Arts Education curriculum, focusing on the concept of exploration (grade 4) and Canadian identity (grade 8). We are pleased to continue offering our grade 4 program to students following the French language curriculum, and extend our thanks to Canadian Parents for French for helping us to achieve this goal.

This year, we have three sessions: English Grade 8 (October), English Grade 4 (February), French Grade 4 (April).

FOR MORE INFORMATION AND TO BOOK YOUR CLASS FOR ARTS DISCOVERY DAYS, please contact Callista McIsaac at [email protected] or (902) 628.6134

Educational Tours

The Story of Confederation  | Confederation Chamber Replica Tours
$2 per student/Maximum students 25

This one-hour visit begins with “A Building of Destiny” (also available in French), an easy-to-understand 20-minute film introducing students to Province House and the 1864 Charlottetown Conference. Your guide will put Confederation in physical context by interpreting our Confederation Chamber replica, featuring original artifacts, as well as perfect reproductions of the grand table and twenty-six chairs from which the Fathers debated the beginnings of a nation. The visit will end with an age-appropriate class activity.

Tours available Monday through Saturday (Must be pre-booked)
Suitable for students in Grade 4 through to university. Curriculum targets Canadian identity, history, Confederation, political science, Canada 150, Charlottetown/Island history

For bookings, please contact [email protected]