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Arts Week
| For the few years we have held an arts week
in June. It is based on the Take One
Picture project run by the National Gallery in London, where the whole
curriculum is based on a chosen painting. In June 2004 the Gallery selected "Beach Scene"
by Degas.
The teachers used this for stimuli in Art,
where the Year 2 children drew pictures with pastels and chalks. In Year 1, each
class made a section of the painting and then assembled it to create a triptych.
In English the children wrote poems about the seaside and in Maths counting
shells and boats were the main focus in the Foundation Stage.
Year 1
triptych
A Year 2 chalk and pastel picture
Click on the above pictures to see them in
full scale.
As well as the curriculum focus that the
painting brought, we extended the Arts week into incorporating other types of
Arts. We organised visits from Taekwondo and Karate groups, a circus
workshop, a poetry and singing session. We even had contributions from pupils
and staff demonstrating their dancing skills! The whole three weeks ( it had to be extended!)
was thoroughly enjoyable, which inspired the staff and children. |
| In June 2005 we decided to join in with the
Take One Picture project again. The National Gallery had chosen "The Marquise de Seignelay and Two of her Sons" by Pierre Mignard.
The staff again used this painting as a stimuli
for the week's teaching, with focuses of drama, non- fiction writing and art.
Year 2 recreated the painting by using nine different sections put together. It
was felt that after such a busy Arts week the previous year, that we would not
invite outside groups to school.
Year 2 worked together to create this 9 piece "jigsaw"
Chalk drawings of shells
Foundation Stage made clay volcanoes
Year 1 made this 3D Cupid
Class 2F created this model of the volcano which features in the background of the painting
Click on the above pictures to see them in full
scale
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| The latest painting to be explored was Jan Molenaer's " Two
Boys and a Girl making Music", painted in 1629. Each year group chose different
weeks during the Summer months of 2006, to create art work as well as linking to
the other curriculum subjects.
Year 1 made individual bird cages from paper straws, as well as a large
golden cage. Mrs Talbot explained how it was made...
"We used sticks, art straws and tape to make the
bird cage, We stuck some straws into a circle, and then put sticks and straws
going up. We wanted to put on one long spiral going round and round so we had to
stick lots of straws together. We stuck each piece with tape. Finally we painted
it with gold paint.
To make the bird we each had a small piece of clay. W rolled them and squashed
them together one by one to make the shape of the bird. After that we stuck
feathers into the soft clay. We found a diamond in our shapes box and stuck that
in to make the beak. Then we twisted pipe cleaners for the legs. finally we
pushed in the eyes."
In the Foundation Stage, the children had to guess what might be in the chest in the
picture. The then made their own boxes and described what they might put in
them!
 
 Mrs Coetzer's class explored how a school shirt was made in order to make
their own 17th century jacket. They drew the pattern and cut out the material.
Everyone had a turn at sewing the pieces together as well as sewing on buttons. |
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