26th September 2019
First week back with Mr.Watt’s 6th Class – I have worked with this class nearly every year since they were in Junior Infants so we know each other well! After some reminiscing on projects we had done over the years I asked the class if they had any suggestions for materials, themes or ideas they would like to work on over the next nine weeks. Suggestions included: Construction, Stained Glass, Abstract Art, Painting, Puppet Theatre and Action Figures.
So I planned to link some of these together over the first three sessions. As with every year I like to being with a walkabout around the field and as far as Monkstown Castle – gathering ideas – to bring a different angle and viewpoint to our drawings we brought small mirrors and tries to find different angles, reflections, abstractions.
On return to the classroom we then enlarged our drawings and began layering the drawings on top of each other to create an abstract design with some recognisable shapes and features from the walk. We then selected colours to add to the design. We will return to these designs next week.
DLR Creativity in the Classroom 