Drumcroon Big Draw 2006
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Structure and Place
The process of moving from Education Department to Children and Young People's Services provided the context for the the Summer School 2006.
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Capturing Water
Ruth Isherwood Hindley Junior and Infant School July 2006.
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'I
walk a path of beauty'-
A
Multicultural Arts Celebration -
St Edmund Arrowsmith Catholic High School Wigan
The
Multicultural Arts day was organised by the Arts faculty, drawing
in other curriculum areas to celebrate a diverse range of cultures.
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Heaven
and Earth
St
Wilfrids Primary School Wigan
The
Year 3 visit to Mandala Raga at Drumcroon involved several meetings,
both at the gallery and in school, exploring possible directions,
and aiming to link the gallery experience with the creation of
a large scale installation in school which explored and investigated
pattern. |
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A
Trace of Memory
In
July 2004 five Wigan schools agreed to take part in piloting a
new approach to a Drumcroon visit. Teachers attended an afternoon
in-service where they were given opportunities to review items
of work, view slides and gain insights into the content and processes
of the current exhibition. This enabled them to develop individual
approaches and directions which were then included in the Art
and Design plans for the term. |
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Empathy
not Sympathy
Anne-Marie
Quinn worked with Year 5 and Year 6 at Lowton Junior and Infant
School children over two days, making a contribution to a school
week that focused on issues around disability. The aim of the
week was to promote a positive language that embraced all people
in the world, a language of acceptance, tolerance and respect. |
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Mandala
Raga - St
James CE Primary School Wigan
Year
3 pupils spent a day working in the gallery, collecting visual
information in their sketchbook. They were looking closely at
collecting different kinds of symbols that could communicate ideas
about the interconnectedness of everything on the planet. |
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'Time'
- St Marys Catholic High School Leigh -July 2003
The
St Mary’s Gifted and Talented Summer School included contributions
from Art and Design, Drama and Music. A mixture of Year 6, Year
7 and Sixth Form students spent a week exploring the theme of
‘Time’. |
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Lowton
High School Wigan
All year 8 were recently involved in a two day event, working with
Anne-Marie Quinn to develop a collaborative work that symbolised
their own life, their hopes and expectations, and the ideals they
wanted to protect. |
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| Drawing
as Perception – Communication – Invention
St
Patrick's Catholic Primary School Wigan
Childrens
response to ‘Chasing
Shadows’ an exhibition of the work of artist, Michael
Brennand-Wood. His work was perceived as a series of ‘maps’-
connections between places, ideas, patterns and experiences –
and we consistently communicated Michael’s love of colour,
texture and symmetry |
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| Poems
in response to the work of Victoria Crowe
Poems produced by Y6 (11 year olds) during a days visit to ‘Alchemy’.
They used the word ‘alchemy’ to create an acrostic
poem which gave them a structure to help them build their thoughts
and responses to their work. Click
here to view the work of Victoria Crow. |
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Memorial
to the Holocaust
Pupils
from Year 9 at St Peters High School Wigan produced a memorial
piece in response to a day devoted to raising awareness of the
conditions and implications of the holocaust in the 1930’s
and 1940’s.
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Pupils
as Art Critics - KS3
Whilst pupils in Key Stage 3 find it relatively easy to articulate
their preferences verbally in response to artworks, many encounter
difficulties when required to express these ideas in writing using
" appropriate technical vocabulary".
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Literacy and Art
Creative
Writing in Response to Art The National Curriculum for English
and the National Literacy Strategy emphasise the need for pupils
to write in response to varied stimuli for genuine purposes and
audiences. Year 6 pupils at St. Oswald's Catholic School in Ashton-in-Makerfield
respond to Tim Mara's 'Alan's Room'. |
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You've
been framed
Infant
children use digital photography paint software and paper to develop
and art and design project on self portraiture.
Click
here to download a PDF version of
this project. |
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Mesage
on a Banner
The
Asafo flags of the Fante were influenced by European military
traditions and form the basis of great activities for KS1 and
lower KS2 pupils'.
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here to download a PDF version of
this project. |
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Star
Struck
Children
use Eric Carle's book 'Draw Me a Star' as the basis for a series
of lessons in language and art for seven year olds.
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here to download a PDF version of
this project. |
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